Actor profile

Jay Ellis

27th December 1981 Sumter, South Carolina, USA Acting

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.

17 Movies 33 TV Shows 53 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

One Night Only poster

One Night Only 28th July 2026 as Bernard Starks

Freaky Tales poster

Freaky Tales 4th April 2025 as Sleepy Floyd

The Gutter poster

The Gutter 1st November 2024 as Lil Patience

Somebody I Used to Know poster

Somebody I Used to Know 10th February 2023 as Sean

Top Gun: Maverick poster

Top Gun: Maverick 21st May 2022 as Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch

Insecure: The End poster

Insecure: The End 26th December 2021 as Self

Thirsty poster

Thirsty 8th September 2019 as Young Man

Escape Room poster

Escape Room 3rd January 2019 as Jason Walker

In a Relationship poster

In a Relationship 9th November 2018 as Dexter

A Boy. A Girl. A Dream poster

A Boy. A Girl. A Dream 22nd January 2018

Like Cotton Twines poster

Like Cotton Twines 1st June 2016 as Micha Brown

Breaking Through poster

Breaking Through 19th August 2015 as Quinn

November Rule poster

November Rule 14th February 2015 as James Avedon

My Favorite Five poster

My Favorite Five 6th January 2015 as Jonathan Colburn

Dear Secret Santa poster

Dear Secret Santa 30th November 2013 as Brad

Movie 43 poster

Movie 43 24th January 2013 as Lucious (segment "Victory's Glory")

Triple Standard poster

Triple Standard 13th August 2010 as Lewis

Not Suitable for Work poster

Not Suitable for Work 2nd June 2026 as Bill Gibson

All Her Fault poster

All Her Fault 7th November 2025 as Colin Dobbs

Running Point poster

Running Point 27th February 2025 as Jay Brown

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy poster

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy 22nd February 2024 as (voice)

History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II 6th March 2023 as Jesus

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self

How Did They Build That? poster

How Did They Build That? 3rd January 2021 as Self - Host

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's poster

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's 3rd May 2020 as Self

Mrs. America poster

Mrs. America 15th April 2020 as Franklin Thomas

Could You Survive The Movies? poster

Could You Survive The Movies? 21st October 2019 as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show 2nd August 2019 as Wise Man

Desus & Mero poster

Desus & Mero 21st February 2019 as Self - Illustrious Guest

Insecure poster

Insecure 9th October 2016 as Lawrence

Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie 8th May 2015 as Dan

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex 29th September 2013 as Dr. Cyril Franklin

Hart of Dixie poster

Hart of Dixie 26th September 2011 as Resident

NCIS: Los Angeles poster

NCIS: Los Angeles 22nd September 2009 as Naval Flight Officer Randall Baker

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

iCarly poster

iCarly 8th September 2007 as Friend #1

The Game poster

The Game 1st October 2006 as Bryce Westbrook

Related poster

Related 5th October 2005 as College Student

How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother 19th September 2005 as Sound Guy

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as DJ

NCIS poster

NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Tommy Hill

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

The Bachelorette poster

The Bachelorette 8th January 2003 as Self

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self - Presenter

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Presenter