Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

1952-11-18Eltham, London, England, UKActing

Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British-born American actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor for his work in the 1988 production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone. He received wider recognition with roles in several Spike Lee films, playing West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul, a Vietnam War veteran, in Da 5 Bloods (2020), the latter of which earned him the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. For his role as blues player Delta Slim in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporti

Known For

Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die
The Last Castle
The Last Castle
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
Ransom
Ransom
The One
The One
Clockers
Clockers
Heist
Heist
The Blood of Heroes
The Blood of Heroes
Sahara
Sahara
Get Shorty
Get Shorty
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
Dug's Special Mission
Dug's Special Mission
Wondrous Oblivion
Wondrous Oblivion
Feeling Minnesota
Feeling Minnesota
The Core
The Core
Crooklyn
Crooklyn
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor