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Erik Dellums

Actor

Erik Dellums

Born September 23, 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA11 films

Erik Todd Dellums (born September 23, 1964) is an American actor and narrator. On television, he is known for playing the drug kingpin Luther Mahoney on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996 - 1998) and Dr. Randall Frazier on The Wire (2002 - 2004). He voiced Koh in Avatar: The Last Aribender (2005) and Aaravos in The Dragon Prince (2018 - 2024). Dellums also has performed voice work in video games, including the roles of radio DJ Three Dog in the Fallout 3 (2008), Nazir in Skyrim (2011), and Prince Arcann, Thexan, and Oggo in Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015). Dellums appeared in minor parts in the Spike Lee films She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), and Do the Right Thing (1989).

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He is the son of Ron Dellums, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 - 1998 and as the Mayor of Oakland from 2007 - 2011.

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Do the Right Thing posterFirst watchDo the Right Thing19897.8as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Doors poster7.1The Doors1991Doctor Dolittle poster5.7Doctor Dolittle1998She's Gotta Have It poster6.6She's Gotta Have It1986The Color of Friendship poster6.7The Color of Friendship2000School Daze poster5.7School Daze1988

Filmography

11 films as actor
  1. 2021The SpoiledAstaroth
  2. 2004Camp D.O.A.Watcher
  3. 2001BoycottBayard Rustin
  4. 2000BlackmaleVictor
  5. 2000The Color of FriendshipOliver
  6. 1998Doctor DolittleJeremy
  7. 1991The DoorsHairdresser
  8. 1989Do the Right ThingCustomer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
  9. 1988School DazeSlim Daddy
  10. 1986She's Gotta Have ItDog 3
  11. 1986Good to GoBam-Bam