Jay Ellis 1981 43

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.

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From Sumter, South Carolina, USA

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2025 Shoot as Hank Banks/Frank Banks Producer

2025 Freaky Tales as Sleepy Floyd

2024 The Gutter as Lil Patience

2023 Somebody I Used to Know as Sean

2022 Top Gun: Maverick as Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch

2021 Insecure: The End as Self

2020 Black Box Co-Executive Producer

2019 Thirsty as Young Man

2019 Escape Room as Jason Walker

2018 The Last Days of TJ Staggs as Executive

2018 In a Relationship as Dexter

2018 The Everything as Steven

2018 A Boy. A Girl. A Dream

2016 Like Cotton Twines as Micha Brown

2015 Breaking Through as Quinn

2015 November Rule as James Avedon

2015 My Favorite Five as Jonathan Colburn

2013 Dear Secret Santa as Brad

2013 Movie 43 as Lucious (segment "Victory's Glory")

2010 Triple Standard as Lewis

Genres

7.90 Documentary 1

7.33 Action 2

6.54 Mystery 1

6.50 Crime 1

6.47 Horror 2

6.47 Thriller 2

6.41 Drama 7

6.39 Science Fiction 1

6.30 Fantasy 1

6.30 Family 1

6.14 Romance 7

6.00 TV Movie 1

5.53 Comedy 9

5.50 Music 1