
Erik Dellums
Acting • Born 1964-09-23
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
23 credits
The Doors
Movie • 1991
Hairdresser

Do the Right Thing
Movie • 1989
Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)

Camp D.O.A.
Movie • 2004
Watcher

The Color of Friendship
Movie • 2000
Oliver

Good to Go
Movie • 1986
Bam-Bam

She's Gotta Have It
Movie • 1986
Dog 3

Blackmale
Movie • 2000
Victor

Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Jeremy

School Daze
Movie • 1988
Slim Daddy

Boycott
Movie • 2001
Bayard Rustin

The Spoiled
Movie • 2021
Astaroth

JAG
TV • 1995
Charlie Lynch

The Wire
TV • 2002
Dr. Randall Frazier

How the Universe Works
TV • 2010
Self - Narrator

Mysterious Journeys
TV
Narrator

The Beat
TV • 2000

How the Universe Works
TV • 2010
Himself - Narrator

The Dragon Prince
TV • 2018
Aaravos (voice)

The Storyteller: Fallout
TV • 2013
Three Dog

Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Koh (voice)

NASA's Unexplained Files
TV • 2012
Narrator

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Luther Mahoney

Homeland
TV • 2011
Doctor