Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Biography

Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production 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 the Spike Lee films: 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 Delta Slim in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Lindo is also known for playing Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Isaak O'Day in Romeo Must Die (2000), and Delta Slim in Sinners (2025). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter in the fantasy drama series Believe (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in The Good Fight (2017–2021).

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🎬 Movies Featuring Delroy Lindo

Sinners

Sinners (2025)

as Delta Slim
LX 2048

LX 2048 (2020)

as Donald Stein
Point Break

Point Break (2015)

as FBI Instructor
Up

Up (2009)

as Beta (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
The Exonerated

The Exonerated (2006)

as Delbert Tibbs
Domino

Domino (2005)

as Claremont Williams
The Core

The Core (2003)

as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Profoundly Normal

Profoundly Normal (2003)

as Ricardo Thornton
Heist

Heist (2001)

as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
The One

The One (2001)

as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Gone in Sixty Seconds

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

as Det. Roland Castlebeck
Strange Justice

Strange Justice (1999)

as Clarence Thomas
Glory & Honor

Glory & Honor (1998)

as Mathew Henson
The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
Ransom

Ransom (1996)

as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow (1996)

as Colonel Max Wilkins
Clockers

Clockers (1995)

as Rodney Little
Congo

Congo (1995)

as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
Crooklyn

Crooklyn (1994)

as Woody Carmichael
Malcolm X

Malcolm X (1992)

as West Indian Archie
The Hard Way

The Hard Way (1991)

as Captain Brix
Partners

Partners (1976)

as Drug Kingpin