Delroy Lindo

Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an American, British born, stage, film, and television actor and theatre director. Lindo has been nominated for Tony[3] and Screen Actors Guild awards and has won a Satellite Award. He is perhaps best known for his roles in three Spike Lee films, having portrayed West Indian Archie in Lee's Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), and Rodney Little in Clockers (1995). Lindo also played Catlett in Get Shorty, Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules, and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011) and as Winter on the series Believe, which premiered in 2014.
== Early life ==
Delroy Lindo was born in 1952 in Lewisham, south east London,[4] the son of Jamaican parents who had emigrated to Britain. Lindo became interested in acting as a child during a Nativity play. His mother was a nurse and his father worked in various jobs.[5] As a teenager, he and his mother moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When he was sixteen, they moved to San Francisco.[6] At the age of 24, Lindo started acting studies at the American Conservatory Theater, graduating in 1979.[7]
== Career ==
Lindo's film debut came in 1976 with the British comedy Find the Lady, followed by two other roles in films, including an Army Sergeant in More American Graffiti (1979).
He stopped his film career for 10 years to concentrate on theatre acting. 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 Tonynomination for his portrayal of Herald Loomis in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
Lindo returned to film in the 1990s, acting alongside Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen in the science fiction film Salute of the Jugger (1990), which has become a cult classic. Although he had turned down Spike Lee for a role in his debut Do the Right Thing, Lee cast him as Woody Carmichael in the drama Crooklyn(1994), which brought him notice. Together with his other roles with Lee - as the West Indian Archie, a psychotic gangster, in Malcolm X, and a starring role as a neighbourhood drug dealer in Clockers - he became established in his film career.
Other films in which he has starring roles are Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty(1995), Ron Howard's 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 his nearly 20-year partnership with Commander Robert Peary in Arctic exploration and their effort to find the Geographic North Pole in 1909. He received a Satellite Award as best actor. Lindo continues to work in television and was most recently seen on the short-lived NBC drama Kidnapped.
Lindo 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", playing a similar character named Gabriel.
Lindo had a small role in the 1995 science fiction/action film Congo, playing the corrupt Captain Wanta. Lindo was not credited for the role.
In the British film, Wondrous Oblivion (2003), directed by Paul Morrison, he starred as Dennis Samuels, the father of a Jamaican immigrant family in London in the 1950s; he coaches his children and the son of a neighbour Jewish family in cricket, earning their admiration in a time of strained social relations. Lindo said he made the film in honour of his parents, who had similarly moved to London in those years.[6]
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. 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.
Lindo is poised to play Marcus Garvey in an upcoming biopic of the black nationalist historical figure.[8]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1976	Find the Lady 	Sam 	
1979	More American Graffiti	Army Sergeant 	
1990	The Blood of Heroes 	Mbulu 	
1990	Mountains of the Moon 	Mabruki 	
1990	Bright Angel 	Harley 	
1991	The Hard Way 	Captain Brix, NYPD 	
1992	Malcolm X 	West Indian Archie 	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
1993	Blood In Blood Out 	Bonafide 	
1993	Mr. Jones 	Howard 	
1994	L'exil du roi Behanzin	Behanzin 	Award of Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur for Best Actor[9]
1994	Crooklyn 	Woody Carmichael 	
1995	Clockers 	Rodney Little 	Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
1995	Congo 	Captain Wanta 	Uncredited
1995	Get Shorty 	Bo Catlett 	Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1996	Ransom 	Agent Lonnie Hawkins 	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1996	Broken Arrow 	Colonel Max Wilkins 	
1996	Feeling Minnesota 	Red 	
1997	A Life Less Ordinary 	Jackson 	
1997	The Devil's Advocate 	Phillipe Moyez 	Uncredited
1999	Pros & Cons 	Kyle 	
1999	The Cider House Rules 	Arthur Rose 	Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000	The Book of Stars 	Professor 	
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds 	Det. Roland Castlebeck 	
2000	Romeo Must Die 	Isaak O'Day 	
2001	The One 	MVA Agent Harry Roedecker	
2001	Heist 	Bobby "Bob" Blane 	
2001	The Last Castle 	Gen. Wheeler 	
2003	The Core 	Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton 	
2003	Wondrous Oblivion 	Dennis Samuel 	
2005	Domino 	Claremont Williams 	
2005	Sahara 	Carl 	
2007	This Christmas 	Joseph 'Joe' Black 	
2009	Up 	Beta 	Voice
2011	The Big Bang 	Skeres 	
2015	Cymbeline 	Belarius 	
2015	Do You Believe? 	Malachi 	
2015	Point Break 	Instructor Hall 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987 	Beauty and the Beast 	Isaac Stubbs 	2 episodes
1989 	A Man Called Hawk 	Mark Slater 	Episode: "Vendetta"
1989 	Perfect Witness 	Berger 	Television film
1991 	Against the Law 	Ben 	Episode: "Hoops"
1996 	Soul of the Game 	Satchel Paige 	Television film
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1997 	First Time Felon 	Calhoun 	Television film
1998 	Glory & Honor 	Mathew Henson 	Television film
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2002 	The Simpsons 	Gabriel 	Voice; Episode: "Brawl in the Family"
2003 	Profoundly Normal 	Ricardo Thornton 	Television film
2005 	Lackawanna Blues 	Mr. Lucious 	Television film
2006–2007 	Kidnapped 	Latimer King 	13 episodes
2009 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Victor Moran 	Episode: "Baggage"
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2009 	Mercy 	Dr. Alfred Parks 	Episode: "Can We Get That Drink Now?"
2011 	The Chicago Code 	Alderman Ronin Gibbons 	11 episodes
2013 	Robot Chicken 	Dopey Smurf/Scorpion Cashier	Voice; Episode: "Papercut to Aorta"
2014 	Believe 	Dr. Milton Winter 	13 episodes
2015 	Blood & Oil 	Tip Harrison 	10 episodes
2016 	Marvel's Most Wanted 	Dominic Fortune 	Pilot
2017–present	The Good Fight 	Adrian Boseman 	23 episodes
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2017 	This Is Us 	Judge Ernest Bradley 	Episode: "The Most Disappointed Man"
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