Delroy Lindo
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Delroy George Lindo is a British-born American actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 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), and Rodney Little in Clockers (1995)
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Delroy George Lindo is a male actor and director born in 1952 in Eltham, London, England. He holds citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. Lindo began his work period in 1976 and is educated at San Francisco State University. He speaks, writes, and signs in the English language.
His professional roles include stage actor and film actor. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His archives are held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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Eltham, London, England, UK
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),…
Known for
- Godzilla x Kong: Supernova2027
- Sinners — Delta Slim2025
- Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners — Self2025
- UnPrisoned — Edwin Alexander2023
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
- The Harder They Fall — Bass Reeves2021
- Da 5 Bloods — Paul2020
- LX 2048 — Donald Stein2020
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- Born
- Delroy George Lindo , ( 1952-11-18 ) 18 November 1952 (age 73) , London, England
- Education
- San Francisco State University ( BFA ) American Conservatory Theater ( MFA ) New York University ( MA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1975–present
- Spouse
- Nashormeh Lindo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Eltham
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Delroy Lindo 2025.png
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- date of birth
- 1952-11-18
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- Delroy Lindo
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- name in native language
- Delroy George Lindo
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- social media followers
- 3828
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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 nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 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), and Rodney Little in Clockers (1995)
He gained further recognition for his role as Paul, a Vietnam War veteran in the film Da 5 Bloods (2020), he earned 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 horror film Sinners (2025), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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