Delroy George Lindo was born on 18 November 1952, in Eltham, London, England, of Jamaican parentage, and is a British-American actor and theatre director, probably best known for his roles in the films “Malcolm X”, “Crooklyn”, “Clockers”, “Get Shorty” and “Gone in 60 Seconds”.
So just how rich is Delroy Lindo? According to sources, in late 2016 Lindo’s net worth reaches $4 million, having been acquired during his acting career now spanning over 40 years.
Delroy Lindo Net Worth $4 Million
Lindo grew up in in London’s Lewisham district, but in his teens, he moved with his mother to Canada, and then to the USA to live in San Francisco. When he was 24, he enrolled in San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater, to study acting.
Delroy made his film debut with the 1976 comedy “Find the Lady”. After his role of Army Sergeant in the 1979 film “More American Graffiti”, he focused on work in theater, and made his Broadway debut in 1982 in the play “Master Harold…and the Boys” and went on to perform in various other productions during the ’80s, such as in “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”. His net worth was established.
The next decade saw Lindo returning to film. After several minor film parts, he came into the national spotlight with his appearance in three Spike Lee films; he played the psychotic West Indian gangster Archie in the biographical drama film “Malcolm X”, then portrayed Woody Carmichael, the father of an African-American family in Brooklyn, in the drama film “Crooklyn”, and a neighborhood drug dealer Rodney Little in the crime drama “Clockers” – these roles offered an ideal showcase for Lindo’s remarkable talent. His other notable film parts of the time include the crime thriller comedy “Get Shorty”, crime thriller “Ransom”, and the TV films “Soul of the Game” and “Glory & Honor”. All these performances enabled him to gain a significant recognition in the acting world, earning him several major nominations and considerably adding to his net worth.
In the early 2000s, Lindo took roles in two action films with Jet Li, “Romeo Must Die” and “The One”. He also appeared in other big-budget projects, such as “Gone in 60 Seconds”, “”Heist” and “The Core”. All added to his wealth.
The actor was also active on television; in 2006 he was cast as the FBI agent Latimer King in the television series “Kidnapped”, a couple of episodic appearances in “Law and Oreder – Special Victims Unit” and “Mercy”, before playing the corrupt politician Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the crime drama series “The Chicago Code”. In 2014 he was cast as Dr. Milton Winter in the fantasy drama series “Believe”, and as Tip Harrison in the 2015 soap opera “Blood & Oil”. Lindo’s most recent roles in films were in the 2015 “Cymbeline”, “Do You Believe” and “Point Break”, all maintaining his net worth.
Aside from his career in acting, he has also worked as a theater director; in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California, he directed the plays “The Blue Door” and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone”. He is currently filming “Marcus Garvey Biopic”, set to be released in 2017.
When it comes to his private life, Lindo has been married twice, firstly to Kathi Coaston during the ’70s. As of 1990, he has been married to artist and arts educator Nashormeh Lindo; the couple has one child together, and resides in San Francisco.
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