Delroy Lindo Nets First Oscar Nod at 73, Capping a Long Run of Snubs

Delroy Lindo, 73, earned his first Oscar nomination for Sinners, a milestone that ends a decades-long run of acclaimed work punctuated by notable snubs (including Spike Lee’s Malcolm X in 1992 and Da 5 Bloods in 2020). He told Entertainment Weekly he was “profoundly disappointed, frankly” by past Oscar chatter, but he and Spike Lee persisted. Sinners leads with 16 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Original Screenplay, while Lindo’s nomination caps a career that also features roles in Crooklyn, Clockers, Inside Man, Get Shorty and The Cider House Rules.