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Elijah Kelley

Actor

Elijah Kelley

Born August 1, 1986 in LaGrange, Georgia, USA10 films

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The Butler posterFirst watchThe Butler20137.3as Charlie Gaines (15-18)Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his.View film

Essential films

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Hairspray poster6.7Hairspray2007Strange Magic poster7.3Strange Magic2015Take the Lead poster6.9Take the Lead2006Red Tails poster6.7Red Tails201228 Days poster6.228 Days2000The Wiz Live! poster7.0The Wiz Live!2015Boys of Abu Ghraib poster5.4Boys of Abu Ghraib2014

Filmography

10 films as actor
  1. 2015The Wiz Live!Scarecrow
  2. 2015Strange MagicSunny (voice)
  3. 2014Boys of Abu GhraibTunde
  4. 2013The ButlerCharlie Gaines (15-18)
  5. 2012Red TailsSamuel ‘Joker’ George
  6. 2007HairspraySeaweed
  7. 2006Heavens FallLeroy Wright
  8. 2006Take the LeadDanjou
  9. 200028 DaysDarnell
  10. 1999A Lesson Before DyingClarence