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
Cast Credits
The Spoiled
Character: Astaroth
MOVIE • 2021
The Dragon Prince
Character: Aaravos (voice)
TV • 2018
The Storyteller: Fallout
Character: Three Dog
TV • 2013
How the Universe Works
Character: Self - Narrator
TV • 2010
How the Universe Works
Character: Himself - Narrator
TV • 2010
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Koh (voice)
TV • 2005
Camp D.O.A.
Character: Watcher
MOVIE • 2004
The Wire
Character: Dr. Randall Frazier
TV • 2002
Boycott
Character: Bayard Rustin
MOVIE • 2001
Blackmale
Character: Victor
MOVIE • 2000
The Beat
Character:
TV • 2000
The Color of Friendship
Character: Oliver
MOVIE • 2000
Doctor Dolittle
Character: Jeremy
MOVIE • 1998
JAG
Character: Charlie Lynch
TV • 1995
The Doors
Character: Hairdresser
MOVIE • 1991
Do the Right Thing
Character: Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1989
School Daze
Character: Slim Daddy
MOVIE • 1988
She's Gotta Have It
Character: Dog 3
MOVIE • 1986
Good to Go
Character:
MOVIE • 1986
Mysterious Journeys
Character: Narrator
TV • TBA