Erik Dellums

Known for

Acting

Born

September 23, 1964 (age 62)

Birthplace

San Francisco, California, USA

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)....

Best known work

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2005

Doctor Dolittle

1998

The Wire

2002

Homeland

2011

Do the Right Thing

1989

The Doors

1991

The Dragon Prince

2018

JAG

1995

She's Gotta Have It

1986

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

Filmography

TBA
Mysterious JourneysTV
as Narrator (20 episodes)
2021
The Spoiled
as Astaroth
2018
The Dragon PrinceTV
as Aaravos (voice) (28 episodes)
2013
The Storyteller: FalloutTV
as Three Dog (1 episode)
2012
NASA's Unexplained FilesTV
as Narrator (7 episodes)
2011
HomelandTV
as Doctor (1 episode)
2010
How the Universe WorksTV
as Self - Narrator (9 episodes), as Himself - Narrator (16 episodes)
2005
Avatar: The Last AirbenderTV
as Koh (voice) (2 episodes)
2005
Jonny ZeroTV
as Antoine Negasi (1 episode)
2004
Camp D.O.A.
as Watcher
2002
The WireTV
as Dr. Randall Frazier (5 episodes)
2001
Boycott
as Bayard Rustin
2000
Blackmale
as Victor
2000
The BeatTV
2000
The Color of Friendship
as Oliver
1998
Doctor Dolittle
as Jeremy
1995
JAGTV
as Charlie Lynch (1 episode)
1993
Homicide: Life on the StreetTV
as Luther Mahoney (6 episodes)
1991
The Doors
as Hairdresser
1989
Do the Right Thing
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
1988
School Daze
as Slim Daddy
1986
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 3
1986
Good to Go
as Bam-Bam