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.
Filmography
The Spoiled
2021
as Astaroth
Camp D.O.A.
2004
as Watcher
Boycott
2001
as Bayard Rustin
Blackmale
2000
as Victor
The Color of Friendship
2000
as Oliver
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Jeremy
The Doors
1991
as Hairdresser
Do the Right Thing
1989
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
School Daze
1988
as Slim Daddy
She's Gotta Have It
1986
as Dog 3
Good to Go
1986
as Bam-Bam