Name: Delroy Lindo
Date of Birth: 18 November 1952 Has one son, Damiri. Is a fan of the London-based football (soccer) team Arsenal. Was nominated for Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." Still considers himself British, despite having lived in America since his late teens. Before being able to fully support himself as an actor, he worked a variety of jobs that ranged from busing tables, driving cabs, and selling pesticides over the phone. Lives in San Francisco. ... The son of Jamaican parents (his mother was a nurse; his father held various jobs), Lindo was inspired to act after seeing the production of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of The Shrew" on PBS television. Took an 8-day tour of South Africa with Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassett, and Alexandra Paul to urge Black people there to participate in that country's first fully democratic national election in 1994. Went to stunt-driving school to prepare for his role in Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000). Has played two characters named Isaac. Isaac Stubbs in "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) and, most noticeably, Isaak O'Day in Romeo Must Die (2000). Read more Delroy Lindo movies (actor)User Comments |
