About the Author
Delroy Lindo is a British and American actor, recipient of an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was born in Lewisham, the son of Jamaican parents who were part of the Windrush generation. As a teenager he migrated to Toronto, Canada, and later San Francisco. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). Lindo also starred in Get Shorty (1995), The Cider House Rules (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), and Sinners (2025). He currently resides in Los Angeles and New York City.
