Delroy Lindo

Lindo in 2015, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Delroy G. Lindo

Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 18 November, 1952

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican

Delroy Lindo is a British and American actor, and theatre director. His roles include the films Find the Lady, The Blood of Heroes, Mountains of the Moon, Bright Angel, The Hard Way (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Blood In Blood Out, Mr. Jones, Crooklyn, Clockers, Congo, Get Shorty, Broken Arrow, Feeling Minnesota, The Winner, Ransom (1996), The Devil’s Advocate, A Life Less Ordinary, The Cider House Rules, The Book of Stars, Romeo Must Die, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Heist, The Last Castle, The One (2001), Wondrous Oblivion, The Core (2003), Sahara, Domino (2005), This Christmas, Up (2009), The Big Bang (2011), Cymbeline, Do You Believe?, Point Break (2015), Battlecreek, Malicious (2018), Da 5 Bloods, LX 2048, The Harder They Fall, and Sinners (2025); the shows Kidnapped, The Chicago Code, Believe, Blood & Oil, The Good Fight, and Unprisoned; and the made-for-tv movies Soul of the Game, Glory & Honor, and Strange Justice.

He was born in Lewisham, London, England, to Jamaican parents, Enna/Ena Cynthia (Moncrieffe) and Ivan Lester Lindo, also known as Austin Stanford or Austin Ivan Stanford. His father was a machinehand. His mother was born in White River, Saint Mary, and was a nurse, who had just recently moved to England. In 1958, his mother went to work in Canada for several years, while Delroy stayed with another family in London. He then lived in Toronto, Ontario, for a time, before moving to San Francisco, California, U.S. His father also moved to Toronto in the 1970s.

Delroy is married to Nashormeh, with whom he has a son.

His surname, Lindo, is Sephardi Jewish, and is common in Jamaica. No Jewish heritage appeared in Delroy’s DNA test.

Delroy’s paternal grandfather was named Thomas Augustus Stanford.

Delroy’s maternal grandfather was named Henry James Moncrieffe.

Delroy’s maternal grandmother was Ida Laing (the daughter of Edward Laing and Emma Elizabeth Black). Ida was born in Saint Mary Parish or Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. Edward was the son of James Laing and Margaret Campbell, who was enslaved. Margaret’s mother was Louisa Thomas.

A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2026) stated that Delroy’s genetic ancestry consists of:

*94% African
——–*24% Benin & Togo
——–*21% Nigeria
——–*13% Central West Africa
——–*8% Western Bantu Peoples
——–*7% Ivory Coast & Ghana
——–*7% Cameroon
——–*5% Senegal
——–*3% Yorubaland
——–*3% Central Nigeria
——–*1% Southern Bantu Peoples
——–*1% Northern Africa
——–*1% Mali
*6% European
——–*3% Ireland
——–*2% Germanic Europe
——–*1% Norway

Genetically, he was found to have a common ancestor with actor and director LeVar Burton.