Jay Ellis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1981-12-27 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Jay Ellis

Biography

Wendell Ramone "Jay" Ellis Jr. (born December 27, 1981) is an American actor. Born in Sumter, South Carolina, he started with modeling, before moving to Los Angeles and starting his acting career. In 2013, he received his first major role on BET's series The Game. In 2015, he joined the cast of HBO's series Insecure, which premiered in 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2013

Movie 43

as Lucious (segment "Victory's Glory")

2025

Freaky Tales

as Sleepy Floyd

2015

2024

The Gutter

as Lil Patience

2015

My Favorite Five

as Jonathan Colburn

2016

Like Cotton Twines

as Micha Brown

2015

November Rule

as James Avedon

2018

2019

Escape Room

as Jason Walker

2010

2022

Top Gun: Maverick

as Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch

2018

2019

Thirsty

as Young Man

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Shoot

as Hank Banks/Frank Banks

Production

2020

Black Box

as Co-Executive Producer

-

Shoot

as Producer

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