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Delroy Lindo is a Actor and Executive producer British born on 18 november 1952 at Eltham (United-kingdom)

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo
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Birth name Delroy George Lindo
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 november 1952 (71 years) at Eltham (United-kingdom)

Delroy George Lindo (born November 18, 1952) is an English actor and theatre director. Lindo has been nominated for the Tony and Screen Actors Guild awards and has won a Satellite Award. He is perhaps best known for his roles in a trio of Spike Lee films, especially as West Indian Archie in Lee's Malcolm X (1992) and Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), 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.

Biography

Né de parents jamaïquains, Delroy Lindo grandit en Grande-Bretagne, avant de s'installer à Toronto, puis un peu plus tard aux États-Unis. Il y suit des études théâtrales à l'American Conservatory Theater de San Francisco. Après quelques apparitions dans des séries et des téléfilms au début des années 80, mais aussi au cinéma où il obtient un petit rôle dans la comédie Find The Lady (1976) et More American Graffiti, il disparaît des plateaux pour retrouver la scène pendant près de dix ans, notamment à Broadway.

En 1992, il signe un retour marquant devant la caméra de Spike Lee dans Malcolm X où il joue Archie, une interprétation qui lui vaut de nombreuses récompenses. Il retrouve le cinéaste militant à trois occasion : en 1994 dans Crooklyn et en 1995 dans Clockers. Lindo fait partie, l'année suivante, du trio de choc de Get Shorty aux côtés de Gene Hackman et Danny DeVito que dirige Barry Sonnenfeld. Deux années de suite, il tourne avec Keanu Reeves en 1996 et 1997 dans Feeling Minnesota et L'Associé du diable. Son physique, massif (il mesure 1,93 m) y fait merveille, ainsi que son autorité naturelle. Un charisme qui le pousse aussi vers des rôles virils, tels celui du général Wheeler dans Le Dernier château, où il donne la réplique à Robert Redford et James Gandolfini.

Delroy Lindo affronte par deux fois la star des films d'action Jet Li dans Roméo doit mourir en 2000 et dans The One (2001) de James Wong. Cette même année, il retrouve le tiercé gagnant de Get Shorty dans Braquages sous la direction de David Mamet. Après avoir passé des aventures mouvementées au Sahara en compagnie de Matthew McConaughey, il est sollicité par Tony Scott pour tourner Domino (2005), qui retrace le parcours de Domino Harvey, fille de l'acteur Laurence Harvey, qui passa du métier de mannequin à celui de chasseuse de primes. En 2009, délaissant provisoirement le registre des films survitaminés, il prête pour la première fois sa voix à un film d'animation : Là-haut, des studios Pixar.

Best films

Ransom (1996)
(Actor)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
(Actor)
Broken Arrow (1996)
(Actor)
The Cider House Rules (2000)
(Actor)
Malcolm X (1992)
(Actor)

Usually with

Spike Lee
Spike Lee
(4 films)
Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
(2 films)
Pete Docter
Pete Docter
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Delroy Lindo (46 films)

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Actor

Da 5 Bloods
Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jasper Pääkkönen, Giancarlo Esposito, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Roles Paul
Rating65% 3.2501053.2501053.2501053.2501053.250105
Quatre vétérans Afro-Américains de la guerre du Viêt Nam retournent dans la jungle du Viêt Nam des années plus tard. Ils veulent y retrouver un trésor enfoui et le corps de leur chef d'unité. Sur place, ils vont par ailleurs se rendre compte des ravages causés par la guerre.
Point Break, 1h54
Origin Chine
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Surfing films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escalade, Escroquerie
Actors Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Ray Winstone, Judah Lewis, Tobias Santelmann
Roles FBI Instructor
Rating53% 2.659672.659672.659672.659672.65967
Johnny « Utah » est un athlète de l'extrême. Lors d'un run à moto-cross pour l'un de ses sponsors, son meilleur ami Jeff décède après une cascade ratée. Johnny s'en veut terriblement et quitte tout cet univers. Sept ans plus tard, Johnny postule au sein du FBI pour devenir agent fédéral. Il entend alors parler d'une équipe de braqueurs bien particuliers. Ces derniers ont dévalisé un stock de diamants à Bombay en s'échappant en parachute. Au Mexique, ils dérobent dans un avion un stock de billets qu'is relâchent dans le ciel au Mexique, avant de disparaitre en chute libre directement dans le gouffre des Hirondelles. Johnny sent qu'il peut les appréhender, même s'il n'est alors toujours pas officiellement un agent fédéral. Johnny va alors tenter d'en savoir plus sur ces braqueurs de l'extrême. Il va alors rencontrer le mystérieux et charismatique Bodhi.
Do You Believe?, 1h55
Directed by Jon Gunn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa Vega, Ted McGinley, Cybill Shepherd, Lee Majors
Roles Malachi
Rating60% 3.003683.003683.003683.003683.00368
The film begins with an opening quote from James 2:17. A pastor (McGinley) is shaken by a street preacher regarding his faith, which causes a chain of events for twelve different people, moving towards one cataclysmic event. Some will survive while others will not, but many lives will be changed. An older couple (Shepherd and Majors) have lost their only child. The aforementioned pastor and his wife (Tracy Melchior) were unable to conceive a child. A mother (Sorvino) and young daughter (Makenzie Moss) find themselves homeless, a young nurse (Dominguez) and her husband (Matthews) are caught in a court case that may ruin their lives. A young mother (Pettis) is about to give birth. A war veteran (Soria) returns home with PTSD. A suicidal young woman (PenaVega) seeks to see her father and feel loved again. A street gang is caught up in the mix when one of the members (Shwayze) unexpectedly ends up in church while running and hiding from the police.
Cymbeline
Cymbeline (2014)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael Almereyda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Théâtre, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Gangster films
Actors Ethan Hawke, Milla Jovovich, Dakota Johnson, Anton Yelchin, Penn Badgley, Ed Harris
Roles Belarius
Rating37% 1.8576251.8576251.8576251.8576251.857625
Based on the play Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, the story revolves around a war between dirty cops and a bigger gang, and a drug kingpin who is driven to desperate measures.
The Big Bang, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Antonio Banderas, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Thomas Kretschmann, James Van Der Beek, Snoop Dogg
Roles Skeres
Rating54% 2.7011352.7011352.7011352.7011352.701135
Detectives Poley (William Fichtner), Frizer (Thomas Kretschmann), and Skeres (Delroy Lindo) are interrogating Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas), a Los Angeles private investigator, who tells them that five years earlier, Russian mobster Skinny Faddeev gave $30 million in blood diamonds as an advance to Anton (Robert Maillet), a boxer, to intentionally lose a fight against his nephew. However, during the fight, Anton unintentionally killed the nephew. When Skinny was found dead, Anton was sentenced to life in prison. While Anton was in prison, he received over 200 letters from a woman named Lexie Persimmon.
The Big Bang, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, Sienna Guillory, William Fichtner, Delroy Lindo, Sam Elliott
Roles Skeres
Rating54% 2.7011352.7011352.7011352.7011352.701135
Un détective privé est engagé pour retrouver une strip-teaseuse. Ses recherches vont lui réserver son lot de surprises et d'action.
Up
Up (2009)
, 1h36
Directed by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Scoutisme, Transport films, Vieillesse, Aviation films, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Edward Asnere, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Delroy Lindo
Roles Beta (voice)
Rating79% 3.986343.986343.986343.986343.98634
Carl Fredricksen is a young 8-year-old boy who idolizes famous explorer Charles Muntz. Muntz has been accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant exotic bird he says he discovered at Paradise Falls, and vows to return there to catch one alive. One day Carl befriends a girl named Ellie, who is also a fan of Muntz. She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse"—an abandoned house in the neighborhood—to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls. Carl and Ellie eventually get married and live together in the restored house. After suffering a miscarriage and being told they cannot have another child, the two decide to realize their dream of visiting Paradise Falls. They try to save for the trip, but repeatedly end up spending the money on more pressing needs. Finally, an elderly Carl arranges for the trip, but Ellie suddenly becomes ill and dies.
Dug's Special Mission
Directed by Ronnie del Carmen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Edward Asnere, Jordan Nagai, Pete Docter
Roles Beta (voice)
Rating69% 3.4985653.4985653.4985653.4985653.498565
It is Dug's birthday. This ordinary Golden Retriever wishes that it will be the happiest day of his life, when suddenly, Kevin runs over him and the pack leaders - Alpha (a Doberman Pinscher), Beta (a Rottweiler) and Gamma (a Bulldog) - run into Dug. Irritated with Dug for getting in their way, they come up with "special missions" for Dug to help capture the bird. However, these are just ploys to keep Dug out of their way.
This Christmas, 1h59
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Mirtha Michelle, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Columbus Short
Roles Joe Black
Rating64% 3.2002853.2002853.2002853.2002853.200285
Les membres d'une famille passent Noël ensemble pour la première fois depuis 4 ans...
The Exonerated, 1h35
Directed by Bob Balaban
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Bobby Cannavale
Roles Delbert Tibbs
Rating65% 3.2941853.2941853.2941853.2941853.294185
L'histoire de six personnes accusées de crimes à tord et enfermées. Quelques années plus tard, elles sont acquitées.
Sahara
Sahara (2005)
, 2h4
Directed by Breck Eisner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Buddy films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, William H. Macy, Lambert Wilson, Rainn Wilson
Roles Carl
Rating59% 2.9993652.9993652.9993652.9993652.999365
The film begins with a prologue set in Richmond, Virginia in 1865, showing the ironclad CSS Texas, carrying the last of the Confederacy's treasury, as Captain Mason Tombs tries to run a Union blockade.
Domino
Domino (2005)
, 2h7
Directed by Tony Scott
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Documentary, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about television, La téléréalité
Actors Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Édgar Ramírez, Jacqueline Bisset, Delroy Lindo, Mo'Nique
Roles Claremont Williams
Rating59% 2.9500252.9500252.9500252.9500252.950025
Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley), a bounty hunter, has been arrested by the FBI, which is investigating the theft of $10 million from an armored truck 36 hours prior. Domino is interviewed by criminal psychologist Taryn Mills (Lucy Liu) and agrees to tell her everything she knows about the case. In a more or less disoriented fashion, Domino explains about her profession and the events leading up to the theft with Mills occasionally prompting her to give more detail.
The Core
The Core (2003)
, 2h15
Directed by Jon Amiel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, Tchéky Karyo, Christopher Shyer
Roles Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Rating55% 2.7524752.7524752.7524752.7524752.752475
Geologist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) and scientists Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo) and Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci) become aware of an instability of Earth's magnetic field after a series of incidents across the globe. They determine that the Earth's molten core, which generates this field, has stopped rotating, and within a year the field will collapse exposing the planet's surface directly to devastating solar radiation. Backed by the U.S. Government, Keyes, Leveque, and Zimsky create a plan to bore down to the core and set off several nuclear explosions to restart the rotation. They gain help of rogue scientist Ed "Braz" Brazzelton (Delroy Lindo) who has devised a vessel made of "Unobtainium" that can withstand the heat and pressure within the Earth's crust and convert it to energy, as well as a laser-driven boring system that will allow them to quickly pass through the crust. Construction starts immediately on the Virgil, a multi-compartment vessel to be helmed by Space Shuttle pilots Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Hilary Swank) who will join Keyes and the others. To prevent a worldwide panic, Keyes enlists computer hacker Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch (DJ Qualls) to scour the Internet and eliminate all traces of the pending disaster or their plan.