Actor
Jay Ellis
Born December 27, 1981 in Sumter, South Carolina, USA18 films
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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First watchTop Gun: Maverick20228.2as Lt. Reuben 'Payback' FitchAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a…View filmEssential films
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18 films as actor- TBAShootHank Banks/Frank Banks
- 2026One Night OnlyBernard Starks
- 2025Freaky TalesSleepy Floyd
- 2024The GutterLil Patience
- 2023Somebody I Used to KnowSean
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickLt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch
- 2019ThirstyYoung Man
- 2019Escape RoomJason Walker
- 2018The Last Days of TJ StaggsExecutive
- 2018In a RelationshipDexter
- 2018A Boy. A Girl. A Dream
- 2016Like Cotton TwinesMicha Brown
- 2015Breaking ThroughQuinn
- 2015November RuleJames Avedon
- 2015My Favorite FiveJonathan Colburn
- 2013Dear Secret SantaBrad
- 2013Movie 43Lucious (segment "Victory's Glory")
- 2010Triple StandardLewis