Delroy Lindo
Highest Rated: 98% Up (2009)
Lowest Rated: 11% Point Break (2015)
Birthday: Nov 18, 1952
Birthplace: Eltham, London, England, UK
After establishing himself as an excellent stage performer, actor Delroy Lindo was noted for his remarkable ability to balance both anger and charm while portraying a variety of onscreen villains in films like "Clockers" (1995) and "Get Shorty" (1995). Audiences first discovered Lindo in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992), at a time when the actor was trying to gain a foothold in Hollywood. It was Lee who gave Lindo several opportunities to showcase his range - playing a caring but misguided father in "Crooklyn" (1994) and a charming drug dealer in "Clockers." With the doors opened wide after "Get Shorty," Lindo struggled with another Hollywood trap - being typecast. But instead of portraying strictly amiable bad guys, he broke away with riveting portrayals of historical figures like Satchel Paige in "Soul of the Game" (HBO, 1996), explorer Mattew Henson in "Glory & Honor" (TNT, 1997), and Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in "Strange Justice" (Showtime, 1998). By the time he gave a memorable supporting turn in the multi-award winning "Lackawanna Blues" (HBO, 2005), Lindo was established as a versatile performer who excelled in a wide range of film, television and stage roles. Shifting to television work, Lindo starred in a number of short-lived series, from procedural drama "Kidnapped" (NBC 2006-07) and crime drama "The Chicago Code" (Fox 2011) to science fiction fantasy "Believe" (NBC 2014), before finding success with a supporting role in legal drama "The Good Fight" (CBS All Access 2017- ).
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blade | Unknown (Character) | - | 2025 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sinners | Unknown (Character) | - | 2025 |
88% |
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The Harder They Fall | Bass Reeves (Character) | - | 2021 |
45% |
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LX 2048 | Donald Stein (Character) | - | 2020 |
92% |
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Da 5 Bloods | Paul (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Malicious | Dr. Clark (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Battlecreek | Arthur (Character) | - | 2017 |
11% |
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Point Break | Instructor Hall (Character) | $15.6M | 2015 |
25% |
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Do You Believe? | Malachi (Character) | $13.0M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | John Williams (Voice) | - | 2015 |
32% |
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Cymbeline | Belarius (Character) | - | 2014 |
19% |
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The Big Bang | Det. Skeres (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Dug's Special Mission | Beta (Voice) | - | 2009 |
98% |
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Up | Beta (Voice) | - | 2009 |
71% | No Score Yet | One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story | Narrator | - | 2008 |
55% |
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This Christmas |
Joseph Black (Character), Executive Producer |
$49.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Exonerated | Delbert (Character) | - | 2005 |
75% |
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Lackawanna Blues | Mr. Lucious (Character) | - | 2005 |
18% |
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Domino | Claremont Williams (Character) | $10.1M | 2005 |
38% |
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Sahara | Carl (Character) | $68.6M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Profoundly Normal | Ricardo Thornton (Character) | - | 2003 |
65% |
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Wondrous Oblivion | Dennis Samuels (Character) | $88.6K | 2003 |
39% |
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The Core | Dr. Ed "Braz" Brazzelton (Character) | $31.1M | 2003 |
67% |
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Heist | Bobby Blane (Character) | $23.5M | 2001 |
13% |
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The One | Roedecker, Attendant (Character) | - | 2001 |
52% |
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The Last Castle | General Wheeler (Character) | $18.2M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pros & Cons | Kyle (Character) | - | 2000 |
26% |
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Gone in Sixty Seconds | Detective Roland Castlebeck (Character) | $101.6M | 2000 |
32% |
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Romeo Must Die | Isaak O'Day (Character) | $56.0M | 2000 |
71% |
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The Cider House Rules | Mr. Rose (Character) | $57.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Book of Stars | Professor (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Justice | Clarence Thomas (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glory and Honor | Mathew Henson (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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First Time Felon | Calhoun (Character) | - | 1997 |
41% |
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A Life Less Ordinary | Jackson (Character) | $4.3M | 1997 |
14% |
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Feeling Minnesota | Red (Character) | $3.1M | 1996 |
17% |
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The Winner | Kingman (Character) | - | 1996 |
74% |
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Ransom | Agent Lonnie Hawkins (Character) | $136.5M | 1996 |
67% |
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Soul of the Game | Satchel Paige (Character) | - | 1996 |
54% |
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Broken Arrow | Col. Max Wilkins (Character) | $70.6M | 1996 |
89% |
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Get Shorty | Bo Catlett (Character) | $68.8M | 1995 |
74% |
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Clockers | Rodney Little (Character) | $13.0M | 1995 |
79% |
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Crooklyn | Woody Carmichael (Character) | $12.8M | 1994 |
64% |
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Blood In, Blood Out | Bonafide (Character) | $4.0M | 1993 |
43% |
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Mr. Jones | Howard (Character) | $8.0M | 1993 |
88% |
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Malcolm X | West Indian Archie (Character) | $47.1M | 1992 |
75% |
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The Hard Way | Captain Brix (Character) | $24.5M | 1991 |
80% |
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Bright Angel | Harley (Character) | $17.4K | 1990 |
65% |
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Mountains of the Moon | Mabruki (Character) | $1.4M | 1990 |
22% |
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The Blood of Heroes | Mbulu (Character) | $882.3K | 1989 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2024 |
96% | 93% | Unprisoned |
Edwin Alexander (Character), Executive Producer |
2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2023 |
95% | 66% | The Good Fight | Adrian Boseman (Character) | 2017-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They've Gotta Have Us | Guest | 2018 |
94% | 81% | This Is Us | Judge Ernest Bradley (Guest Star) | 2017 |
63% | 40% | Blood & Oil | Tip Harrison (Character) | 2015 |
39% | 80% | Believe | Winter (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
100% | 84% | The Chicago Code | Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Character) | 2011 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Victor Moran (Guest Star) | 2009 |
67% | No Score Yet | Kidnapped | Unknown (Character) | 2006-2007 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Gabriel (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Issac Stubbs (Guest Star) | 1987 |