Erik Dellums
Known For
Acting
Born
1964-09-23 in 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). 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.
Most Known For
Homeland
as Doctor
JAG
as Charlie Lynch
The Wire
as Dr. Randall Frazier
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Koh (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Luther Mahoney
The Dragon Prince
as Aaravos (voice)
How the Universe Works
as Self - Narrator
How the Universe Works
as Himself - Narrator
The Beat
Doctor Dolittle
as Jeremy
Do the Right Thing
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
Blackmale
as Victor
The Doors
as Hairdresser
The Storyteller: Fallout
as Three Dog
NASA's Unexplained Files
as Narrator
Mysterious Journeys
as Narrator
School Daze
as Slim Daddy
Boycott
as Bayard Rustin
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 3
The Color of Friendship
as Oliver