
Erik Dellums
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2021
The Spoiled as Astaroth
2018The Dragon Prince as Aaravos (voice)
2013The Storyteller: Fallout as Three Dog
2012NASA's Unexplained Files as Narrator
2010How the Universe Works as Self - Narrator
2010How the Universe Works as Himself - Narrator
2005Avatar: The Last Airbender as Koh (voice)
2004Camp D.O.A. as Watcher
2002The Wire as Dr. Randall Frazier
2001Boycott as Bayard Rustin
2000Blackmale as Victor
2000The Beat
2000The Color of Friendship as Oliver
1998Doctor Dolittle as Jeremy
1995JAG as Charlie Lynch
1991The Doors as Hairdresser
1989Do the Right Thing as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
1988School Daze as Slim Daddy
1986She's Gotta Have It as Dog 3
1986Good to Go
—Mysterious Journeys as Narrator








