Delroy Lindo's remarkable ability to access vast reserves of both anger and charm instills a depth of personality to what in others' hands might be one-note characterizations. American movie audiences first discovered him in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992) as the alternately suave and manic numbers boss West Indian Archie, who introduces young Malcolm to the pleasures and pitfalls of the wild life. Born in London to Jamaican parents, this lean, intense and versatile player grew up in England and Toronto, Canada before training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Lindo went on
