Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 23, 1964
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Erik Dellums
Biography
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).
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Spoiled | Astaroth |
| 2004 | Camp D.O.A. | Watcher |
| 2001 | Boycott | Bayard Rustin |
| 2000 | The Color of Friendship | Oliver |
| 2000 | Blackmale | Victor |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Jeremy |
| 1991 | The Doors | Hairdresser |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited) |
| 1988 | School Daze | Slim Daddy |
| 1986 | Good to Go | |
| 1986 | She's Gotta Have It | Dog 3 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Dragon Prince | Aaravos (voice) |
| 2013 | The Storyteller: Fallout | Three Dog |
| 2010 | How the Universe Works | Self - Narrator |
| 2010 | How the Universe Works | Himself - Narrator |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Koh (voice) |
| 2002 | The Wire | Dr. Randall Frazier |
| 2000 | The Beat | |
| 1995 | JAG | Charlie Lynch |
| Mysterious Journeys | Narrator |