Famous Actor Delroy Lindo to Star As Marcus Garvey in Biographical Movie
Delroy Lindo, the famous actor of Jamaican parents is to play the role of Marcus Garvey in an upcoming biopic to be released some time in 2017.
The 63-year-old star has played prominent roles in films such as Malcolm X (1992), Gone in 60 Seconds, This Christmas, Romeo Must Die, and the TV series The Chicago Code.
Lindo was raised in Lewisham, England, United Kingdom until his teens when he and his mother, a nurse, moved to Toronto in Canada.
He later migrated to United States, where he attended acting school and has since made a name for himself as one of the most talented black actors in Hollywood.
Marcus Garvey is arguably one of the most celebrated black icons of all time.
He was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).
