Join us for a 90-minute Career Retrospective of actor Delroy Lindo, moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.
BIO:
Delroy Lindo is coming of the critical and commercial sensation 'Sinners' for director Ryan Coogler. He recently starred in Spike Lee’s 'Da 5 Bloods' (New York Film Critics Award-Best Actor) and 'The Harder They Fall' for Netflix. Lindo has had memorable roles in films such as 'The Cider House Rules,' 'Heist' and previously garnered critical acclaim in a trio of films with director, Lee: 'Clockers,' 'Crooklyn' and 'Malcolm X.' Other notable films include 'Wondrous Oblivion,' 'The Core,' 'The One,' 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' 'Ransom,' 'Get Shorty,' 'Romeo Must Die,' 'This Christmas' (also as executive producer). Delroy will next be seen in the next installment of Legendary’s hit 'Godzilla x Kong' franchise.
On the series side, Delroy starred opposite Kerry Washington’s in Hulu’s 'UnPrisoned' and also appeared in four seasons of CBS’ 'The Good Fight' as Adrian Boseman. He’s featured in TV series such as 'Believe,' 'The Chicago Code' and 'Kidnapped,' and in films for TV, such as 'Soul of The Game' (playing baseball legend Satchel Paige), 'Profoundly Normal,' 'Strange Justice' (winning a Peabody Award) & 'Glory & Honor' (playing Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson). He won an NAACP Award for a guest appearance on 'Law and Order: SVU.' Delroy also produced and directed documentary interview films featuring Spike Lee, Charles Burnett and Joan Chen.
On Broadway, Lindo received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, playing Herald Loomis in August Wilson’s 'Joe Turner’s Come and Gone' and played Walter Lee in the Kennedy Center and Los Angeles productions of 'A Raisin in the Sun' (Helen Hayes Award Nomination and NAACP Image Award, Best Actor). He debuted on Broadway in Athol Fugard’s play, 'Master Harold and the Boys,' with James Earl Jones, going on to appear with Jones, in the play’s first National Tour.
Lindo directed the plays 'Blue Door' and Joe Turner’s 'Come and Gone' to critical acclaim at Berkeley Repertory Theater; and won a Los Angeles Theater Weekly Award directing the play, Medal of Honor Rag.
Mr. Lindo has an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities from Virginia Union University; a BFA degree (cum laude) from San Francisco State University; and an MFA from New York University’s Gallatin School.
He will next direct the Independent Feature Film, 'Jabari’s People.'
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