Editing Delroy Lindo (section)

== Early life ==
Delroy Lindo was born in 1952 in [[Lewisham]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Aaliyah 'Best Video' Acceptance Speech 2002 – MOBO | date=21 August 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35iMCnD-dRc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/35iMCnD-dRc| archive-date=17 November 2021 | url-status=live|publisher=Mobo Awards, Channel 4, YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the son of [[Jamaicans in the United Kingdom|Jamaican]] parents who were part of the [[Windrush generation]]. His mother had immigrated to the UK in 1951 to work as a nurse,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/programs/one-farai/child-windrush|title = A Child of the Windrush|first=Farai|last= Chideya|author-link=Farai Chideya|date=10 July 2014|website=The World }}</ref> and his father worked in various jobs.<ref>Zondra Hughes (August 2002), [https://archive.today/20120629210618/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_10_57/ai_97997635 "Are these the 5 best actors in America? - under rated - Entertainment - Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ving Rhames And Jeffrey Wright"], ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]''.</ref> Lindo grew up in nearby [[Eltham]] and attended [[Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys]]. He became interested in acting as a child when he appeared in a [[Nativity of Jesus|nativity]] play at school.

When he was a teenager, Lindo moved with his mother to [[Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]. When he was 16, they moved to the United States, to [[San Francisco]].<ref name="cricket"/> At the age of 24, Lindo began his studies in acting at the [[American Conservatory Theater]], graduating in 1979.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/delroy-lindo/bio/146992 "Delroy Lindo Biography"], ''TV Guide''.</ref>