Portrait of Delroy Lindo

Acting

Delroy Lindo

Career

Active from 1976 to 2023, with a break from 1977 to 1988, busiest in 1996 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Up
Up
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Delroy Lindo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Historical
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Family Drama 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Urban Crime Drama 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys

TV show · as Mr. Nancy

Jabari’s People
Jabari’s People

Producer, Director

2020s

5 titles · average score 73
Sinners
Sinners (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

as Delta Slim

UnPrisoned
UnPrisoned (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Edwin Alexander

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Bass Reeves

Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

as Paul

LX 2048
LX 2048 (2020)
GoodWatch score 54

as Donald Stein

2010s

12 titles · average score 54
Malicious
Malicious (2018)
GoodWatch score 42

as Dr. Clark

The Good Fight
The Good Fight (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Adrian Boseman

Battlecreek
Battlecreek (2017)
GoodWatch score 45

as Arthur

This Is Us
This Is Us (2016)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Judge Ernest Bradley

Point Break
Point Break (2015)
GoodWatch score 34

as FBI Instructor

Do You Believe?
Do You Believe? (2015)
GoodWatch score 44

as Malachi

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)

as John Williams (voice)

Blood & Oil
Blood & Oil (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Sheriff Tip Harrison

Believe
Believe (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Dr. Milton Winter

Cymbeline
Cymbeline (2014)
GoodWatch score 37

as Belarius

The Chicago Code
The Chicago Code (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Alderman Ronin Gibbons

The Big Bang
The Big Bang (2011)
GoodWatch score 33

as Skeres

2000s

19 titles · average score 58
Up
Up (2009)
GoodWatch score 88

as Beta (voice)

Dug's Special Mission
Dug's Special Mission (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

as Beta (voice)

This Christmas
This Christmas (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Joe Black

Kidnapped
Kidnapped (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Latimer King

The Exonerated
The Exonerated (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

as Delbert Tibbs

Domino
Domino (2005)
GoodWatch score 42

as Claremont Williams

The Core
The Core (2003)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton

The One
The One (2001)
GoodWatch score 38

as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant

Heist
Heist (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bobby 'Bob' Blane

The Last Castle
The Last Castle (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gen. Wheeler

Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
GoodWatch score 47

as Det. Roland Castlebeck

Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die (2000)
GoodWatch score 52

as Isaak O'Day

1990s

25 titles · average score 62
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Arthur Rose

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Victor Moran

First Time Felon
First Time Felon (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Calhoun

Ransom
Ransom (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

as Agent Lonnie Hawkins

Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Colonel Max Wilkins

Soul of the Game
Soul of the Game (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Satchel Paige

Clockers
Clockers (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

as Rodney Little

Get Shorty
Get Shorty (1995)
GoodWatch score 76

as Bo Catlett

Crooklyn
Crooklyn (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

as Woody Carmichael

Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bonafide

Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (1993)
GoodWatch score 45

as Howard

Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1992)
GoodWatch score 81

as West Indian Archie

1980s

5 titles · average score 61
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Gabriel (voice)

The Blood of Heroes
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
GoodWatch score 42

as Mbulu

Perfect Witness
Perfect Witness (1989)
GoodWatch score 59

as Berger

A Man Called Hawk
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Isaac Stubbs

1970s

3 titles · average score 39
More American Graffiti
More American Graffiti (1979)
GoodWatch score 38

as Army Sergeant

Partners
Partners (1976)

as Drug Kingpin

Find the Lady
Find the Lady (1976)
GoodWatch score 40

as Sam