Portrait of Erik Dellums

Erik Dellums

Acting

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.

Born: September 23, 1964

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

2021
The Spoiled

as Astaroth

2018
The Dragon Prince

as Aaravos (voice)

2013
2010
How the Universe Works

as Self - Narrator

2010
How the Universe Works

as Himself - Narrator

2005
2004
Camp D.O.A.

as Watcher

2002
The Wire

as Dr. Randall Frazier

2001
Boycott

as Bayard Rustin

2000
Blackmale

as Victor

1998
1995
JAG

as Charlie Lynch

1991
The Doors

as Hairdresser

1989
Do the Right Thing

as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)

1988
School Daze

as Slim Daddy

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