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Delroy Lindo Biography

Birth Place:
Eltham, London, England
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Born in a suburb of London, but moved to Canada and was educated in San Francisco
  • Has stated that he first got the acting bug after being in a Nativity play when he was 5 years old
  • Has acted in regional theater across the U
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  • Made his Broadway debut in 1982 in Master Harold
  • and the Boys
  • While he often plays a bad guy in many of his film roles (Clockers, Get Shorty, Feeling Minnesota), he was cast as an angel in 1997's A Life Less Ordinary

Awards

  • 2020Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2020Critics' Choice Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 1999Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1995Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated

Relationships

  • Damiri -- Son
  • Neshormeh Lindo -- Wife