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Heading into the Silvercup Studios in Astoria to tape
an episode of the new NBC series "Kidnapped,"
Delroy Lindo says seeing the New York City skyline
energizes him. . .. _
"It's fantastic!" says Lindo, who plays dence in committing to 'Kidnapped/bllt
FBI agent Latimer King in the serial· it certainly made the idea ofworking 'q~
ized drama beginning Wednesday at 10 the project that much richer." ; ';;
p.m. One week from retirement , King is Lindo is looking forward to fleshing: :
drawn into a complex kidnapping plot out details of Agent King as the season
involVing the wealthy and powerful Cain progresses, rather than knowing exactly,
family (headed by Timothy Hutton and where his character is headed, as wh\!n
Dana Delany). he does movies and theater.. : ..
"I feel really good about being back in ''Was I intrigued by that process or; .
New York and working. I don't feel good challenge? I actually didn't think of it;i :
about being away from my family," says in those terms," says Lindo. "But tqat's
Lindo, who lives with his wife and son absolutely the case. And to be hon-
outside San Francisco. est, I'm still figuring out how to work
"My little boy just started kindergar· on this. There are lots of things I don't
ten, and I just went back to California know about Latimer King." .
this weekend so I could be there for his Lindo has directed plays· and has
first couple days. So it's not good being optioned the book "Dam.aged Goods" to
away, especially at this point in his life. develop into a movie. He also stars in the
But it feels really good to be in the city." film ''Wondrous Oblivion." a British film
Many New Yorkers remember about Jamaican immigrants in the
Lindo, 53, from the theater he U.K that opened July 21 in the
did here in the late '70s and United States.
early '80s. He scored .. 'Wondrous Oblivion'
major triumphs in Athol was special for me. I want·
Fugard's "Master Har· ed to do it very much for
old and the Boys" and Au· my mother and those of m)'
gust Wilson's "Joe Turner's mother's generation who
Come and Gone" (which caught all kinds of hell in
got him a Tony nomination) England," says Lindo, whose
before moving on to film. mother was Jamaican and
He also had memorable turns in worked as a nurse and raised
Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" and "Crook· Lindo on her own. She died in 1996.
Iyn," the comedy caper "Get Shorty" and Partly as an homage to his son, Lindo
the drama "The Cider House Rules." His -who was born in England and raised.
rare appearances on TV include his de· there and in Toronto before studying at
piction of baseball player Satchel Paige the American Conservatory Theater in
in 1996's "Soul of the Game," and the re-San Francisco -worked over the last
cent Emmy winner "Lackawanna Blues." few years to earn his bachelor' s degree
Committing to a series is a new chal- at San Francisco State University while
lenge for him. But seeing the cast fill up juggling the responsibilities of his career
with talented actors like Hutton, Delany, and family.
Tony winner Audra McDonald and his ''I'm hugely proud of that achieve·
old friend Mykelti Williamson made the ment," says Lindo. "Over the years I
leap easier, he says. thought it would be nice to finish and
"The show has a lot of really strong actually get the piece of paper.
people, and that's very exciting," says "Becoming a parent inlIuenced my
Lindo, who admits he has never watched decision. When I speak about the
much TV (His own list of Must·See TV importance of education to my son
includes stuff like 1978's "I, Claudius.") when he is growing up, I guess I wanted
"I wouldn't say that gave me more confi· to be as legitimate as 1 could be." •
MARtHA SWoP~
Heading into the Silvercup Studios in Astoria to tape
an episode of the new NBC series "Kidnapped,"
Delroy Lindo says seeing the New York City skyline
energizes him. . .. _
"It's fantastic!" says Lindo, who plays dence in committing to 'Kidnapped/bllt
FBI agent Latimer King in the serial· it certainly made the idea ofworking 'q~
ized drama beginning Wednesday at 10 the project that much richer." ; ';;
p.m. One week from retirement , King is Lindo is looking forward to fleshing: :
drawn into a complex kidnapping plot out details of Agent King as the season
involVing the wealthy and powerful Cain progresses, rather than knowing exactly,
family (headed by Timothy Hutton and where his character is headed, as wh\!n
Dana Delany). he does movies and theater.. : ..
"I feel really good about being back in ''Was I intrigued by that process or; .
New York and working. I don't feel good challenge? I actually didn't think of it;i :
about being away from my family," says in those terms," says Lindo. "But tqat's
Lindo, who lives with his wife and son absolutely the case. And to be hon-
outside San Francisco. est, I'm still figuring out how to work
"My little boy just started kindergar· on this. There are lots of things I don't
ten, and I just went back to California know about Latimer King." .
this weekend so I could be there for his Lindo has directed plays· and has
first couple days. So it's not good being optioned the book "Dam.aged Goods" to
away, especially at this point in his life. develop into a movie. He also stars in the
But it feels really good to be in the city." film ''Wondrous Oblivion." a British film
Many New Yorkers remember about Jamaican immigrants in the
Lindo, 53, from the theater he U.K that opened July 21 in the
did here in the late '70s and United States.
early '80s. He scored .. 'Wondrous Oblivion'
major triumphs in Athol was special for me. I want·
Fugard's "Master Har· ed to do it very much for
old and the Boys" and Au· my mother and those of m)'
gust Wilson's "Joe Turner's mother's generation who
Come and Gone" (which caught all kinds of hell in
got him a Tony nomination) England," says Lindo, whose
before moving on to film. mother was Jamaican and
He also had memorable turns in worked as a nurse and raised
Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" and "Crook· Lindo on her own. She died in 1996.
Iyn," the comedy caper "Get Shorty" and Partly as an homage to his son, Lindo
the drama "The Cider House Rules." His -who was born in England and raised.
rare appearances on TV include his de· there and in Toronto before studying at
piction of baseball player Satchel Paige the American Conservatory Theater in
in 1996's "Soul of the Game," and the re-San Francisco -worked over the last
cent Emmy winner "Lackawanna Blues." few years to earn his bachelor' s degree
Committing to a series is a new chal- at San Francisco State University while
lenge for him. But seeing the cast fill up juggling the responsibilities of his career
with talented actors like Hutton, Delany, and family.
Tony winner Audra McDonald and his ''I'm hugely proud of that achieve·
old friend Mykelti Williamson made the ment," says Lindo. "Over the years I
leap easier, he says. thought it would be nice to finish and
"The show has a lot of really strong actually get the piece of paper.
people, and that's very exciting," says "Becoming a parent inlIuenced my
Lindo, who admits he has never watched decision. When I speak about the
much TV (His own list of Must·See TV importance of education to my son
includes stuff like 1978's "I, Claudius.") when he is growing up, I guess I wanted
"I wouldn't say that gave me more confi· to be as legitimate as 1 could be." •
MARtHA SWoP~