Delroy Lindo is a British actor, producer and theater director of Jamaican descent. Best known to the general public for his roles in the films Malcolm X, Get the Shorty, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Winemakers' Rules. Since 2017, has been playing one of the main roles in the legal series “Good Fight”. Nominee for the Tony Award and the Actors Guild Award.
Childhood and youth
Delroy Lindo was born November 18, 1952 in southern London in a family of immigrants from Jamaica. A native of the working class, his father changed many jobs, his mother was a nurse.
As a teenager, he moved with his family to the Canadian city of Toronto. At sixteen he moved to San Francisco, California. At the age of twenty-four, Delroy entered the acting school at the American Conservatory Theater.
Carier start
In the mid-seventies, Leroy Lindo began to work actively. He appeared in several episodes of the medical series Dr. Simon Lock, in 1976 he played a small role in the British comedy Find a Girl.
In 1979, the actor decided to take a break in filming in films and TV shows and concentrated on working in the theater. Soon made his Broadway debut, participated in several successful productions. In 1988, he received a nomination for the prestigious Tony Theater Award in the category "Best Actor in a Play".
In 1987 he returned to the screens, appeared in two episodes of the popular series "Beauty and the Beast." In subsequent years, appeared in several feature films and television projects. In 1989, he played the main role in the fantastic action movie "Jagger's Greetings", which subsequently gained cult status.
First successes
The first major breakthrough in the work of Delroy Lindo was the work with Spike Lee in the biographical drama "Malcolm X." Also appeared in the role of police captain in the action movie Naprolom. Later, Lindo worked twice more with Lee, playing a major role in the drama "Crooklyn" and appearing in a small role in the film "Pushers."
In 1995, the actor played a major role in the crime comedy “Get Shorty” based on the works of the famous American writer Elmore Leonard, which became one of the most famous films with his participation. Delroy Lindo appeared on the screen with Hollywood stars John Travolta and Rene Russo.
A year later, Delroy appeared in the thriller Ron Howard's "Ransom", which proved to be excellent at the box office. The picture collected more than three hundred million dollars and became one of the highest grossing films of the year. Also in 1996, the actor appeared in the romantic comedy “Feeling Minnesota” and John Wu’s action movie “Broken Arrow”.
Career heyday
In 1997, Delroy Lindo appeared as an angel in Danny Boyle’s romantic comedy, A Lesser Life. He also played a small role in the film "The Devil's Advocate." Two years later, perhaps the most popular of all films with Delroy Lindo, the drama The Rules of the Winemakers, was released. The film was nominated for an Oscar in several categories, and Lindo himself was nominated for an award from the Las Vegas Film Critics Association as the best supporting actor.
In 2000, two major Hollywood projects with the participation of the actor were released. Delroy Lindo played a supporting role in the action films "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Romeo Must Die." Both films performed well at the box office. The following year, Lindo played one of the main roles in David Mamet's crime drama "Robbery."
In subsequent years, the actor began to appear more often in high-budget genre projects. He played in the action movie of Robert Redford “The Last Castle” and the disaster film “Earth's core”, both paintings made a positive impression on the audience. In 2005, he played a supporting role in Tony Scott's action movie Domino. Then he appeared in the adventure film "Sahara", whose budget amounted to one hundred and sixty million dollars. The picture became one of the main box office failures of the year.
After a series of financially unsuccessful films, Delroy Lindo tried to switch to television projects. He starred in the TV series "Kidnapped", which was closed after the first season. A few years later, he joined the cast of the television drama Power of Law, which was also closed after the first season.
In these years, the actor began to appear less often in films. The most successful work on the big screen for him was the voice acting of one of the characters of the cartoon "Up".
Recent projects
In 2014, Delroy Lindo got the main role in the science fiction series "Believe", but this project was not extended for the second season. A year later, the actor appeared in the action movie "On the crest of a wave", which failed at the box office and received negative reviews from critics.
In 2016, he played one of the central roles in the series "Blood and Oil", but this television project was unsuccessful. In 2017, Lindo received one of the main roles in the legal drama “The Good Fight”, the spin-off of the popular series “The Good Wife”. The project was successful, and Delroy received a nomination for an award from the Association of Film Critics for his best supporting role for his work. The series has recently been extended for the third season.
The actor also appeared as a guest star in one of the episodes of the popular television drama "It's Us."
Personal life
Little is known about the actor’s personal life. He first married in 1978, but the date of the divorce is unknown. It is also unknown when Lindo married a second time, from this marriage the actor has one child. At the moment, Delroy Lindo is still married.
The actor supports the London football club Arsenal. He still calls himself British, despite the fact that he left the country as a teenager. Lindo currently lives in Auckland, California.