Editing Delroy Lindo

{{short description|English–American actor (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Delroy Lindo
| image        = Delroy Lindo cropped.jpg
| caption      = Lindo in 2008
| birth_name   = Delroy George Lindo
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|11|18}}
| birth_place  = [[Lewisham]], London, England
| education    = {{Plainlist|
* [[San Francisco State University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])</small>
* [[American Conservatory Theater]] <small>([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])</small>
* [[New York University]] <small>([[Master of Arts|MA]])</small>
}}
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1975–present
| spouse       = {{marriage|Nashormeh Lindo|1990}}
| children     = 1
}}

'''Delroy George Lindo''' (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=3 June 2020|title=Delroy Lindo: 'British racism is as violent and virulent as America's'|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/03/delroy-lindo-george-floyd-protests-da-5-bloods-spike-lee-british-racism-america|access-date=19 March 2021|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is the recipient of such accolades as an [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]], a [[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]], and nominations for a [[Drama Desk Award]], a [[Helen Hayes Award]], a [[Tony Award]], two [[Critics' Choice Television Award]]s, and three [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]].

He moved with his mother to [[San Francisco]] when he was 16, after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four [[Spike Lee]] films: West Indian Archie in ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' (1992), Woody Carmichael in ''[[Crooklyn]]'' (1994), Rodney Little in ''[[Clockers (film)|Clockers]]'' (1995), and Paul in ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'' (2020). He was praised for his performance in ''Da 5 Bloods'' as a [[Vietnam War]] veteran, winning the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]] and the [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor]].

Lindo also played Bo Catlett in ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' (1995), Arthur Rose in ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' (1999), Detective Castlebeck in ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'' (2000), and Delta Slim in ''[[Sinners (2025 film)|Sinners]]'' (2025). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' (2011), as Winter on the series ''[[Believe (TV series)|Believe]]'' (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in ''[[The Good Fight]]'' (2017–2021).

== Early life ==
Delroy Lindo was born in 1952 in [[Lewisham]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaliyah 'Best Video' Acceptance Speech 2002 – MOBO | date=21 August 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35iMCnD-dRc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/35iMCnD-dRc| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|publisher=Mobo Awards, Channel 4, YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the son of [[Jamaicans in the United Kingdom|Jamaican]] parents who were part of the [[Windrush generation]]. His mother had immigrated to the UK in 1951 to work as a nurse,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/programs/one-farai/child-windrush|title = A Child of the Windrush|first=Farai|last= Chideya|author-link=Farai Chideya|date=10 July 2014|website=The World }}</ref> and his father worked in various jobs.<ref>Zondra Hughes (August 2002), [https://archive.today/20120629210618/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_10_57/ai_97997635 "Are these the 5 best actors in America? - under rated - Entertainment - Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ving Rhames And Jeffrey Wright"], ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]''.</ref> Lindo grew up in nearby [[Eltham]] and attended [[Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys]]. He became interested in acting as a child when he appeared in a [[Nativity of Jesus|nativity]] play at school.

When he was a teenager, Lindo moved with his mother to [[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]. When he was 16, they moved to the United States, to [[San Francisco]].<ref name="cricket"/> At the age of 24, Lindo began his studies in acting at the [[American Conservatory Theater]], graduating in 1979.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/delroy-lindo/bio/146992 "Delroy Lindo Biography"], ''TV Guide''.</ref>

== Career ==
Lindo made his film debut in 1976 with the Canadian [[John Candy]] comedy ''[[Find the Lady (1976 film)|Find the Lady]]''. He played an army sergeant in ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' (1979).<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 10 March 2021">{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/essentials-delroy-lindo/|title=The Essentials: Delroy Lindo Breaks Down His Freshest And Defining Roles|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|first= Robert|last=Daniels |date=10 March 2021|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref>

For a decade from the early 1980s, Lindo's career was more focused on theatre acting than film, although he has said this was not a conscious decision.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes 10 March 2021" /> In 1982 he debuted on Broadway in ''[["Master Harold"...and the Boys]],'' directed by the play's South African author [[Athol Fugard]]. By 1988, Lindo had earned a [[Tony Award|Tony]] nomination for his portrayal of Herald Loomis in [[August Wilson]]'s ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/28/theater/review-theater-panoramic-history-of-blacks-in-america-in-wilson-s-joe-turner.html|title=Review/Theater; Panoramic History Of Blacks in America In Wilson's 'Joe Turner'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Frank|last=Rich|date=28 March 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/delroy-lindo-vault-0000074335|title=Delroy Lindo|website=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]]|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref>

Lindo returned to film in the science fiction film ''[[The Blood of Heroes|Salute of the Jugger]]'' (1990), which has become a cult classic. Although he had turned down [[Spike Lee]] for a role in ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', Lee cast him as Woody Carmichael in the drama ''[[Crooklyn]]'' (1994), which brought Lindo notice. His other roles with Lee include West Indian Archie, a psychotic gangster, in ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'', and a starring role as a neighborhood drug dealer in ''[[Clockers (film)|Clockers]]''.

Other films in which he has starring roles are [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]'s ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' (1995), Ron Howard's ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' (1996), and ''[[Soul of the Game]]'' (1996), as the baseball player [[Satchel Paige]].

In 1998 Lindo co-starred as African-American explorer [[Matthew Henson]], in the TV film ''[[Glory & Honor]]'', directed by [[Kevin Hooks]]. It portrayed Henson's nearly 20-year partnership with Commander [[Robert Peary]] in Arctic exploration, and their effort to find the [[Geographic North Pole]] in 1909. Lindo received a Satellite Award for best actor for his portrayal of Henson. Lindo has continued to work in television, and in 2006 was seen on the short-lived NBC drama ''[[Kidnapped (American TV series)|Kidnapped]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-kidnappedpremiere-story.html|title=NBC's 'Kidnapped' Sought By Many|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|first=Jay |last=Bobbin|date=18 September 2006}}</ref>

Lindo had a small role in the 1995 film ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'', playing the corrupt Captain Wanta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/congo-sesame-cake-delroy-lindo-reaction/|title='Stop Eating My Sesame Cake!': Delroy Lindo Revisits His Unforgettable Scene in 'Congo'|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|first=Perri|last=Nemiroff|date=2 March 2021|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> Lindo was not credited for the role. He played an angel in the comedy film ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'' (1997).

He guest-starred on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in the episode "[[Brawl in the Family (The Simpsons)|Brawl in the Family]]", playing a character named Gabriel.

In the British film ''[[Wondrous Oblivion]]'' (2003), directed by [[Paul Morrison (director)|Paul Morrison]], Lindo starred as Dennis Samuels, the father of a Jamaican immigrant family in London in the 1950s. Lindo said he made the film in honor of his parents, who had similarly moved to London in those years.<ref name="cricket">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/26/1085461828735.html|title=It's not just cricket|newspaper=The Age|first=Stephanie|last=Bunbury|date=30 May 2004|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2007, Lindo began an association with [[Berkeley Repertory Theatre]] in Berkeley, [[California]], when he directed [[Tanya Barfield]]'s play ''The Blue Door''. In the autumn of 2008, Lindo revisited [[August Wilson]]'s play ''Joe Turner's Come and Gone'', directing a production at the Berkeley Rep.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/the-root-interview-delroy-lindo-1790879969|title=The Root Interview: Delroy Lindo|first=Belinda|last=Otas|website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]|date=23 June 2010|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> In 2010, he played the role of elderly seer Bynum in [[David Lan]]'s production of ''Joe Turner'' at the [[Young Vic Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Lindo-Leads-Young-Vic-Revival-of-JOE-TURNERS-COME-AND-GONE-Opens-May-27-20100416|title=Lindo Leads Young Vic Revival of JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE; Opens May 27|website=[[Broadway World]]|first=Jessica|last=Lewis|date=16 April 2010|access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref>

Lindo was in the main cast of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] crime drama ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' (2011), the [[NBC]] fantasy series ''[[Believe (TV series)|Believe]]'', and the ABC soap ''[[Blood & Oil]]'' (2015). In 2017, Lindo began playing Adrian Boseman in the [[CBS]] legal drama ''[[The Good Fight]]'', a role he would star in for the series' first four seasons and reprise as a guest star in its fifth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/07/03/salute-good-fights-boss-delroy-lindo|title=A salute to 'The Good Fight's boss, Delroy Lindo|website=SBS|first=Tony|last=Morris|date=25 July 2017|access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-good-fight-cush-jumbo-delroy-lindo-return-season-5-paramount-plus-1234727922/|title='The Good Fight': Cush Jumbo & Delroy Lindo Return To Close Out Their Storylines In Season 5|first=Denise|last= Petski|website=Deadline|date=5 April 2021|access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> Lindo was cast as the lead in an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama pilot ''Harlem's Kitchen'' in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/delroy-lindo-lead-abc-drama-harlems-kitchen-1282786/|title=Delroy Lindo to Lead ABC Drama 'Harlem's Kitchen'|first=Rick|last=Porter|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=5 March 2020|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2015, Lindo was expected to play [[Marcus Garvey]] in a biopic of the black nationalist historical figure that had been [[Development hell|in pre-production]] for several years.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Delroy Lindo to Star as Marcus Garvey in Upcoming Biopic|url = https://www.colorlines.com/articles/delroy-lindo-star-marcus-garvey-upcoming-biopic|website = Colorlines|access-date = 21 December 2015|first = Sameer|last = Rao|date = 7 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://thesource.com/2016/03/07/marcus-garvey-biopic-set-to-be-released-in-2017/ "MARCUS GARVEY BIOPIC SET TO BE RELEASED IN 2017"], ''The Source'', 7 March 2016.</ref><ref>[http://jamaica-star.com/article/entertainment/20151204/popular-us-actor-delroy-lindo-star-marcus-garvey-new-biopic "Popular US actor Delroy Lindo to star as Marcus Garvey in a new biopic"], ''The Jamaica Star'', 4 December 2015.</ref> In recent years Lindo has appeared in the action film ''[[Point Break (2015 film)|Point Break]]'' (2015), the drama ''[[Battlecreek]]'' (2017), the horror film ''[[Malicious (2018 film)|Malicious]]'' (2018), and ''[[The Harder They Fall (2021 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (2021) as [[Bass Reeves]]. Lindo appeared in ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'' (2020) in another collaboration with Spike Lee. For his role in ''Da 5 Bloods'', Lindo received critical acclaim and a number of accolades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-02-10/delroy-lindo-da-5-bloods-shakespearean-tragic-character-spike-lee|title=Delroy Lindo: Broken ex-soldier in 'Da 5 Bloods' is 'Shakespearean tragic character'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first= Hugh|last=Hart|date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/oscars-delroy-lindo-da-5-bloods-lead-actor-1234772884/|title=Netflix to Oscar Campaign Delroy Lindo for Best Actor for 'Da 5 Bloods' (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Clayton|last=Davis|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=17 September 2020|access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref>

''Entertainment Weekly'' said of Hulu's comedy series ''[[Unprisoned]]'' (2023), "Delroy Lindo is so good it should be illegal."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Baldwin |first=Kristen |title=Delroy Lindo is so good in 'UnPrisoned,' it should be illegal |url=https://ew.com/tv/tv-reviews/unprisoned-review-hulu-kerry-washington-delroy-lindo/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, Lindo played the supporting role of Delta Slim in [[Ryan Coogler|Ryan Coogler’s]] critically acclaimed film ''[[Sinners (2025 film)|Sinners]]''.

===Upcoming===
It was announced in July 2021 that Lindo would star as Mr Nancy in the British [[Amazon Prime]] miniseries adaptation of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Anansi Boys (TV series)|Anansi Boys]]'' alongside [[Malachi Kirby]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Delroy Lindo To Star In Amazon's 'Anansi Boys'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/delroy-lindo-to-star-in-amazons-anansi-boys-1234801351/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Peter|last=White|date=28 July 2021}}</ref> In November, Lindo officially joined the cast of the upcoming [[Marvel Studios]] film ''[[Blade (upcoming film)|Blade]]'' in an undisclosed role.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=19 November 2021|title='Blade': Delroy Lindo Joins Mahershala Ali in Marvel Studios' Vampire Adventure (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-blade-delroy-lindo-mahershala-ali-1235049586/|access-date=19 November 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref>

As of 2020, Lindo was developing a screenplay for his directorial debut about the [[Windrush generation]].<ref name="gq apr 21"/>

==Personal life==
Lindo married his wife Nashormeh in 1990. They settled in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], California, in 1996, having moved from [[New York City]] and preferring the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] to [[Los Angeles]]. Their son Damiri was born in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Jessica|last= Zack|date= 17 June 2020|title=Oakland's Delroy Lindo dons MAGA hat for complex role in Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods'|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/oaklands-delroy-lindo-dons-maga-hat-for-complex-role-in-spike-lees-da-5-bloods|access-date=10 October 2021|website=Datebook |location= San Francisco |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Versatile-East-Bay-actor-Delroy-Lindo-yearns-to-2871987.php|title=Versatile East Bay actor Delroy Lindo yearns to play more than thugs, heavies|journal=[[SF Gate]]|first=Edward|last=Guthmann|date=7 October 2001|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

Lindo is a football fan and supports [[Manchester United]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/interviews/interview-hollywood-veteran-delroy-lindo/|title=Interview with Hollywood Veteran Delroy Lindo|journal=Muscle & Fitness|first=Jeff|last=Tomko|date=27 June 2017 |access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref>

Upon learning more about the [[Windrush generation]], both through his mother's account and his own role as a Jamaican immigrant in ''[[Wondrous Oblivion]]'', Lindo became inspired to study the subject and history further. In 2014, he completed a master's thesis from [[New York University]]'s [[Gallatin School]].<ref name="gq apr 21">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-triumphant-career-of-delroy-lindo|title=The Long, Occasionally Dark, and Ultimately Triumphant Career of Delroy Lindo|journal=GQ|first=Mosi|last=Secret|date=20 April 2021|access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref>

He was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts and Humanities from [[Virginia Union University]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://filmfest.scad.edu/schedule/conversation-delroy-lindo| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210511153850/https://filmfest.scad.edu/schedule/conversation-delroy-lindo| archive-date = 11 May 2021| title = In Conversation with Delroy Lindo |publisher= SCAD Savannah Film Festival}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Find the Lady (1976 film)|Find the Lady]]'' || Sam ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' || Army Sergeant ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990 || ''[[The Blood of Heroes]]'' || Mbulu ||
|-
| ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]'' || Mabruki ||
|-
| ''[[Bright Angel]]'' || Harley ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[The Hard Way (1991 film)|The Hard Way]]'' || Captain Brix ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' || West Indian Archie ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993 ||''[[Blood In Blood Out]]'' || "Bonafide" ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Jones (1993 film)|Mr. Jones]]'' || Howard ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994 || ''L'exil du roi Behanzin'' || Behanzin ||
|-
| ''[[Crooklyn]]'' || Woody Carmichael ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1995 || ''[[Clockers (film)|Clockers]]'' || Rodney Little ||
|-
| ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' || Captain Wanta || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' || Bo Catlett ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996 || ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' || FBI Special Agent Lonnie Hawkins ||
|-
| ''[[Broken Arrow (1996 film)|Broken Arrow]]'' || Colonel Max Wilkins ||
|-
| ''[[Feeling Minnesota]]'' || "Red" ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'' || Jackson ||
|-
| ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' || Phillipe Moyez || Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''[[Pros & Cons]]'' || Kyle Pettibone ||
|-
| ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' || Arthur Rose ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000 || ''[[The Book of Stars]]'' || Professor ||
|-
| ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]'' || Detective Roland Castlebeck ||
|-
| ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'' || Isaak O'Day ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001 || ''[[The One (2001 film)|The One]]'' || Agent Harry Roedecker / Arri ||
|-
| ''[[Heist (2001 film)|Heist]]'' || Bobby Blane ||
|-
| ''[[The Last Castle]]'' || Brigadier General Jim Wheeler ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''[[The Core]]'' || Dr. Ed "Braz" Brazzleton ||
|-
| ''[[Wondrous Oblivion]]'' || Dennis Samuel ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Domino (2005 film)|Domino]]'' || Claremont Williams ||
|-
| ''[[Sahara (2005 film)|Sahara]]'' || Carl ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[This Christmas (2007 film)|This Christmas]]'' || Joe Black ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' || rowspan="2" | Beta (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Dug's Special Mission|Dug's Special Mission]]'' || Short film
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Big Bang (2011 film)|The Big Bang]]'' || Skeres ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Cymbeline (film)|Cymbeline]]'' || Belarius ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''[[Do You Believe? (film)|Do You Believe?]]'' || Malachi ||
|-
| ''[[Point Break (2015 film)|Point Break]]'' || FBI Instructor Hall ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Battlecreek]]'' || Arthur ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Malicious (2018 film)|Malicious]]'' || Dr. Clark ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'' || Paul ||
|-
| ''LX 2048'' || Donald Stein ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Harder They Fall (2021 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' || [[Bass Reeves]] ||
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Sinners (2025 film)|Sinners]]'' || Delta Slim ||
|-
| 2027 || ''[[Godzilla x Kong: Supernova]]'' || TBA || Filming
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' || Isaac Stubbs || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989 || ''[[A Man Called Hawk]]'' || Mark Slater || Episode: "Vendetta"
|-
| ''[[Perfect Witness]]'' || Berger || Television film
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Against the Law (album)|Against the Law]]'' || Ben || Episode: "Hoops"
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Soul of the Game]]'' || [[Satchel Paige]] || rowspan="4" | Television film
|-
| 1997 || ''[[First Time Felon]]'' || Calhoun 
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Glory & Honor]]'' ||[[Matthew Henson]]
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Strange Justice (1999 film)|Strange Justice]]'' || [[Clarence Thomas]] 
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Gabriel || Voice; episode: "[[Brawl in the Family (The Simpsons)|Brawl in the Family]]"
|-
| 2003 || ''Profoundly Normal'' || Ricardo Thornton || rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Lackawanna Blues (film)|Lackawanna Blues]]'' || Mr. Lucious 
|-
| ''[[The Exonerated]]'' || Delbert Tibbs 
|-
| 2006–2007 ||''[[Kidnapped (American TV series)|Kidnapped]]'' || Latimer King || Main cast; 13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Detective Victor Moran || Episode: "Baggage"
|-
| ''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' || Dr. Alfred Parks || Episode: "Can We Get That Drink Now?"
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' || Alderman Ronin Gibbons ||Main cast; 11 episodes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' || Dopey Smurf, Scorpion Cashier (voices) || Episode: "Papercut to Aorta"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Believe (TV series)|Believe]]'' || Dr. Milton Winter ||Main cast; 13 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Blood & Oil]]'' || "Tip" Harrison || Main cast; 10 episodes
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Marvel's Most Wanted]]'' || [[Dominic Fortune]] || Unaired pilot
|-
| 2017–2021 || ''[[The Good Fight]]'' || Adrian Boseman || Main cast; 40 episodes
|-
| 2017 || ''[[This Is Us]]'' || Judge Ernest Bradley || Episode: "The Most Disappointed Man"
|-
| 2023–2024 || ''[[Unprisoned]]'' || Edwin Alexander || Main cast; also executive producer
|-
| {{TableTBA}} || ''[[Anansi Boys (TV series)|Anansi Boys]]'' || [[Anansi|Mr Nancy]] || Filming
|-
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Theatre
|-
| 1975–76 ||[[Of Mice and Men (play)|''Of Mice and Men'']]||
| [[Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre]]
|-
| 1979 ||''Spell Number 7''
| Performer
|[[Negro Ensemble Company]]
|-
| 1981–82 ||''[[Macbeth]]''|| Performer
| [[Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park|Cincinnati Playhouse]]
|-
| 1982–83 ||''[["Master Harold"...and the Boys]]''|| Willie
| [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983–84
| ''[[Home (Williams play)|Home]]''
| Cephus Miles
| Hartford Stage Company
|-
| ''A Lesson from Aloes''
| Performer
| [[Virginia Stage Company]]
|-
| 1983–86 ||''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''|| Walter Lee Younger
| [[Yale Repertory Theatre]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/09/theater/stage-a-raisin-in-the-sun-at-yale.html|title=Stage—"A Raisin In the Sun" at Yale|last=Gussow|first=Mel|author-link=Mel Gussow|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 November 1983|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref><br>[[Roundabout Theatre Company]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/11/17/shining-raisin-in-the-sun/5234441d-a73e-4696-aee7-ad07a7e517d0/|title=Shining 'Raisin' In the Sun'|last=Richards|first=David|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=17 November 1986|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984–85
|''The Black Branch''
| Eli Crooner
| rowspan="2" |[[Actors Theatre of Louisville]]
|-
| ''Advice to the Players''
| Robert Obosa
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
| Friar Francis
| [[Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts)|Shakespeare & Company]]
|-
| 1985–86
| ''Union Boys''
| Performer
| [[Yale Repertory Theatre]]
|-
| 1986–88
| ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''
| Herald Loomis
| [[Huntington Theatre Company]], [[Old Globe Theatre]], [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]
|-
| 1988–89
| ''Cobb''
| Oscar Charleston
| Yale Repertory Theatre
|-
| 1989–90
| ''Miss Evers' Boys''
| Caleb Humphries
| [[Center Stage (theater)|Center Stage]]
|-
| 1990–91
| ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''
| [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Gaius Cassius]]
| [[Center Theatre Group]]
|-
| 1992–93
| ''[[Othello]]''
| [[Othello (character)|Othello]]
| [[Great Lakes Theater]]
|-
| 1993
| ''The Heliotrope Bouqet by Scott Joplin & Louis Chauvin''
| [[Scott Joplin]]
| [[Playwrights Horizons|Playwrights Horizons' Theatre]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Othello]]''
| [[Othello (character)|Othello]]
| [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]]
|-
|2008
| ''[[Agamemnon (Seneca)|Agamemnon]]''
| [[Agamemnon]]
| [[Getty Villa]]
|-
| 2009
| ''Things of Dry Hours''
| Tice Hogan
| [[New York Theatre Workshop]]
|-
| 2012
|''[[The Exonerated (play)|The Exonerated]]''
| Delbert Tibbs
| [[Bleecker Street Theater]]
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Up (video game)|Up]]''
| Beta (voice)
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year{{efn|The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.}}
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}}
|-
|[[African-American Film Critics Association]]
| 2022
| Best Ensemble
| ''[[The Harder They Fall (2021 film)|The Harder They Fall]]''
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Inman|first=DeMicia|date=18 January 2022|title='The Harder They Fall' Wins Big At African American Film Critics Association Awards|url=https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/the-harder-they-fall-african-american-film-critics-associaton-awards-1234643545/|access-date=21 January 2022|website=VIBE.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Austin Film Critics Association]]
|[[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2021|2022]]
|[[Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]]
|''The Harder They Fall ''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/austin-film-critics-nominations-the-power-of-the-dog-dune-licorice-pizza-lead/ |title=Austin Film Critics nominations: 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Dune,' 'Licorice Pizza' lead |first=Erik |last=Anderson |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=4 January 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Black Reel Awards]]
|rowspan=2|[[Black Reel Awards of 2000|2000]]
|[[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor|Outstanding Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[The Cider House Rules]]''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series|Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series]]
| ''[[Strange Justice (1999 film)|Strange Justice]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Black Reel Awards of 2006|2006]]
|''[[The Exonerated]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Black Reel Awards of 2010|2010]]
|Best Voice Performance
|''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Black Reel Awards of 2021|2021]]
| Outstanding Actor
|''[[Da 5 Bloods]] ''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Detroit Film Critics Society]]
|2021
|[[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]]
|''The Harder They Fall ''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last= Jamieson |first=Doug|title=Cyrano Named Best Picture by Detroit Film Critics Society|url=https://filmotomy.com/cyrano-named-best-picture-by-detroit-film-critics-society/|website=filmotomy.com|date=6 December 2021|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award]]
| 1988
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play]]
| ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Celebration of Cinema and Television##4th Celebration of Black Cinema and Television|Celebration of Black Cinema and Television]]
| [[Celebration of Cinema and Television##4th Celebration of Black Cinema and Television|2021]]
| Ensemble Award
| ''The Harder They Fall''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=10 November 2022 |title=Will Smith, Ava DuVernay & Antoine Fuqua Among New Honorees For CCA's Celebration Of Black Cinema & Television |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/will-smith-ava-duvernay-antoine-fuqua-celebration-black-cinema-television-1234871362/ |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
|1995
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''[[Clockers (film)|Clockers]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|2020
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Super Awards]]
| 2020
| Best Actor in an Action Movie
| ''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |[[Critics' Choice Television Award|Critics' Choice Award]]
| [[23rd Critics' Choice Awards|2018]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|rowspan="2" |''[[The Good Fight]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[25th Critics' Choice Awards|2020]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[26th Critics' Choice Awards|2021]]
|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Gotham Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021|2021]]
| Ensemble Tribute Award
|''The Harder They Fall''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/the-harder-they-fall-cast-to-receive-ensemble-tribute-at-gotham-awards-1234857853/|title='The Harder They Fall' Cast To Receive Ensemble Tribute At Gotham Awards|first=Matt|last=Grobar|work=Deadline|date=18 October 2021|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hollywood Critics Association Awards]]
|2022
|Best Cast Ensemble
|''The Harder They Fall''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2021|title=The 5th Annual HCA Awards|url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2021/12/02/the-5th-annual-hca-awards/|access-date=2 December 2021|website=Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Award
|2020
| [[Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society
| 1999
| Best Supporting Actor
|''The Cider House Rules''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| 2020
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan=6|[[NAACP Image Award]]
| 1992
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]]
|''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]]
| ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special|Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie]]
| ''[[Soul of the Game]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|2009
| [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|2022]]
||[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Outstanding S]] [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture|Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]]
|rowspan=2|''The Harder They Fall''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=18 January 2022|title=NAACP Image Awards: 'Harder They Fall,' 'Insecure' Lead Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naacp-image-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235076593/|access-date=18 January 2022|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
| {{won}}
|-
|[[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
|2021
|[[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]]
| ''The Harder They Fall''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan=4|[[National Society of Film Critics]]
| 1992
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''Malcolm X''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
| rowspan=2|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''Clockers''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=2|
|-
|''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|2020
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{won}}
|
|-
|[[San Diego Film Critics Society]]
|[[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021|2022]]
|[[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble|Best Performance by an Ensemble]]
| ''The Harder They Fall''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=PhiladelphiaRowHomeMagazine|date=3 November 2021|title=KRIMES, PAPER & GLUE, and KING RICHARD Win Coveted Audience Awards at 30th Philadelphia Film Festival|url=https://gohomephillyblog.com/2021/11/03/krimes-paper-glue-and-king-richard-win-coveted-audience-awards-at-30th-philadelphia-film-festival/|url-status=live|access-date=9 November 2021|website=Philadelphia RowHome Magazine|language=en|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109204558/https://gohomephillyblog.com/2021/11/03/krimes-paper-glue-and-king-richard-win-coveted-audience-awards-at-30th-philadelphia-film-festival/}}</ref>
|-
|[[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]
|2021
| American Riviera Award
| Himself
| {{won}}
|
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Satellite Award]]
|1999
|rowspan=2|[[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor - Miniseries of Television Movie]]
| ''[[Glory & Honor]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2000
| ''Strange Justice''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2020
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
|''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|1995
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''Get Shorty''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|1999
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''The Cider House Rules''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|2020
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|''Da 5 Bloods''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Tony Award]]
| 1988
| [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]]
| ''Joe Turner's Come and Gone''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards]]
|[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2021|2021]]
|[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]]
|''The Harder They Fall''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 WAFCA Award Winners - The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)|url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.wafca.com}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Notes==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|5148}}
*{{IBDB name}}
* Mosi Secret, [https://www.gq.com/story/the-triumphant-career-of-delroy-lindo "The Long, Occasionally Dark, and Ultimately Triumphant Career of Delroy Lindo"], ''[[GQ]]'', 20 April 2021

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