Erik Dellums
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Doors
as Hairdresser
1991
Do the Right Thing
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
1989
Camp D.O.A.
as Watcher
2004
The Color of Friendship
as Oliver
2000
Good to Go
as Bam-Bam
1986
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 3
1986
Blackmale
as Victor
2000
Doctor Dolittle
as Jeremy
1998
School Daze
as Slim Daddy
1988
Boycott
as Bayard Rustin
2001
The Spoiled
as Astaroth
2021
TV Appearances
JAG
as Charlie Lynch
1995
The Wire
as Dr. Randall Frazier
2002
How the Universe Works
as Self - Narrator
2010
Mysterious Journeys
as Narrator
TBA
The Beat
2000
How the Universe Works
as Himself - Narrator
2010
The Dragon Prince
as Aaravos (voice)
2018
The Storyteller: Fallout
as Three Dog
2013
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Koh (voice)
2005
NASA's Unexplained Files
as Narrator
2012
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Luther Mahoney
1993
Homeland
as Doctor
2011