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.

Filmography

• Not Suitable for Work — Bill Gibson
• 2026One Night Only — Bernard Starks
• All Her Fault — Colin Dobbs
• 2025Freaky Tales — Sleepy Floyd
• Running Point — Jay Brown
• 2024The Gutter — Lil Patience
• The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy — (voice)
• History of the World: Part II — Jesus
• 2023Somebody I Used to Know — Sean
• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch
• Behind Her Faith — Producer
• 2020Black Box — Co-Executive Producer
• Mrs. America — Franklin Thomas
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Wise Man
• 2019Escape Room — Jason Walker
• 2019Thirsty — Young Man
• 2018A Boy. A Girl. A Dream
• 2018In a Relationship — Dexter
• 2018The Last Days of TJ Staggs — Executive
• Insecure — Lawrence, Director
• 2016Like Cotton Twines — Micha Brown
• 2015Breaking Through — Quinn
• Grace and Frankie — Dan
• 2015My Favorite Five — Jonathan Colburn
• 2015November Rule — James Avedon
• 2013Dear Secret Santa — Brad
• Masters of Sex — Dr. Cyril Franklin
• 2013Movie 43 — Lucious (segment "Victory's Glory")
• Hart of Dixie — Resident
• 2010Triple Standard — Lewis
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Naval Flight Officer Randall Baker
• iCarly — Friend #1
• The Game — Bryce Westbrook
• Grey's Anatomy — DJ
• How I Met Your Mother — Sound Guy
• Related — College Student
• NCIS — Tommy Hill
• Shoot — Hank Banks/Frank Banks, Producer
• The Rookie: North — Alex Holland, Producer

Appearances as themselves (15)

• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• How Did They Build That? — Self - Host
• 2021Insecure: The End — Self
• Bottomless Brunch at Colman's — Self
• Could You Survive the Movies? — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Bachelorette — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter