Acting
Erik Dellums
Born September 23, 1964 · San Francisco, California, USA (age 61)
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, …
Known For
Doctor Dolittle · 1998Doctor Dolittle
★ 5.71998
MovieComedyFamily
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Do the Right Thing · 1989Do the Right Thing
★ 7.81989
MovieDrama
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. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
The Color of Friendship · 2000The Color of Friendship
★ 6.72000
MovieDramaFamily
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
The Doors · 1991The Doors
★ 7.11991
MovieMusicDrama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
School Daze · 1988School Daze
★ 5.71988
MovieComedyDrama
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
She's Gotta Have It · 1986She's Gotta Have It
★ 6.61986
MovieComedyRomance
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
Blackmale · 2000Blackmale
★ 4.32000
MovieActionComedy
Two desperate con men attempt to blackmail a psychotic doctor who may just be a serial killer.
Boycott · 2001Boycott
★ 6.72001
MovieHistoryDrama
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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