Erik Dellums | |
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| Born | Erik Todd Dellums San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University (BS) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, narrator |
| Father | Ron Dellums |
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Erik Todd Dellums is an American actor and narrator. He is known for playing the drug kingpin Luther Mahoney for two seasons on Homicide: Life on the Street . He also voiced the roles as the radio DJ Three Dog in the 2008 video game Fallout 3 ; Prince Arcann, Thexan, and Oggo in Knights of the Fallen Empire , the 2015 expansion to Star Wars: The Old Republic ; and Aaravos in the animated Netflix series The Dragon Prince , for which he received an Emmy Award nomination.
Erik Dellums was born in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and later moved to Washington, D.C. [1] [ better source needed ] He is the son of Leola "Roscoe” Higgs Dellums, a lawyer, and Ron Dellums, the former U.S. representative from California and mayor of Oakland. [2] His sister Piper Dellums is an author. [3]
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Brown University in 1986. [1] [ better source needed ]
Dellums had minor appearances in several Spike Lee films early in his career, such as She's Gotta Have It (1986) and Do the Right Thing (1989). He was portrayed (as a child) by Travis Kyle Davis in a Disney Channel Original Movie entitled The Color of Friendship (2000), which was based on what happened when his family hosted a foreign exchange student from South Africa during the Apartheid era; Dellums had a cameo role as himself. He provided the voice of the character Koh the Face Stealer in the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender , as well as the narration for Key Constitutional Concepts, a documentary produced in 2006 by the Annenberg Foundation.
Dellums has had parts in television police dramas such as New York Undercover , Homicide: Life on the Street (in which he played drug kingpin Luther Mahoney), and The Wire (in which he played a medical examiner). He also played a doctor in one episode of Homeland . Dellums provided voice acting for the 2008 video game Fallout 3 as Three Dog. He provided the voice of Nazir, a character in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim . Dellums narrates the Travel Channel series Mysterious Journeys , as well as the documentary television series How the Universe Works and NASA's Unexplained Files on the Science Channel. Dellums narrates the Science series The Planets – hosted by former astronaut Mike Massimino – which premiered in 2017 and was retitled The Planets and Beyond for its second season in 2018. [4]
Dellums also reprised the role of Three Dog in the YouTube lore series by ShoddyCast, and he also performs the voice for Prince/Emperor Arcann in the game Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire and its sequel expansions Knights of the Eternal Throne and Onslaught . He's also the voice provider of the character Aaravos in the Netflix series The Dragon Prince .
Dellums' political and social writings on his personal blog gained notice in 2011, and his criticisms of the presidency of Barack Obama earned him guest appearances on Fox News. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | She's Gotta Have It | Dog #3 | |
| 1986 | Good to Go | Bam-Bam | |
| 1988 | School Daze | Gammite Slim Daddy | |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Customer in Pizzeria | Uncredited |
| 1991 | The Doors | Hairdresser at the Sullivan Show | |
| 1997 | Joe Joe Angel & the Dead Guy | The Man | |
| 1998 | Dr. Dolittle | Jeremy | |
| 2000 | BlackMale | Victor | |
| 2003 | Brother Outsider | Voice of Bayard Rustin | |
| 2005 | Bellclair Times | Devin | |
| 2005 | Camp D.O.A. | Watcher | |
| 2008 | Patsy | Harry | |
| 2022 | Almost Human: Rise of the Apes | Narrator |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Luther Mahoney | 6 episodes |
| 1998 | New York Undercover | Mohammad | Episode: "Change, Change, Change" |
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger | David 'Lucifer' Thompson | Episode: "The Children of Halloween" |
| 1999 | JAG | Charlie Lynch | Episode: "Goodbyes" |
| 2000 | NYPD Blue | Inez / Harold Carmichael | Episode: "A Hole in Juan" |
| 2000 | The Color of Friendship | Oliver | Television film |
| 2001 | Boycott | Bayard Rustin | |
| 2002–2004 | The Wire | Dr. Randall Frazier | 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Jonny Zero | Antoine Negasi | Episode: "Diamonds & Guns" |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Koh | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Narrow Escapes of WWII | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| 2012–2021 | How the Universe Works | 14 episodes | |
| 2013 | Golden Boy | Pablo Vega | Episode: "Next Question" |
| 2013 | Homeland | Doctor Graham | Episode: "Tower of David" |
| 2014–2017 | NASA's Unexplained Files | Narrator | 39 episodes |
| 2015 | Amnesia | Sargent Johnson | Episode: "Awakening" |
| 2017 | Great American Eclipse | Narrator | Television film |
| 2017–2018 | The Planet | 9 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | The Planets and Beyond | 17 episodes | |
| 2018–2024 | The Dragon Prince | Aaravos | 26 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | Three Dog |
| 2009 | League of Legends | Nasus |
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Nazir |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire | Various voices |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne | |
| 2017 | The Elder Scrolls: Legends | Tyr |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught | Various voices |
| 2022 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith |
| Year | Organisation | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Voice Role Performer | The Dragon Prince | Pending | [6] |