Erik Dellums
Actor
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
Do the Right Thing
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited) 1989
The Doors
as Hairdresser 1991
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 3 1986
School Daze
as Slim Daddy 1988
The Color of Friendship
as Oliver 2000
Boycott
as Bayard Rustin 2001
Blackmale
as Victor 2000
Good to Go
1986
Camp D.O.A.
as Watcher 2004
The Spoiled
as Astaroth 2021
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Sacrafice
as Arcann / Thexan (voice) 2015
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Betrayed
as Arcann / Thexan (voice) 2016