Elijah Kelley

DirectorWriterActorProducerSound 1998–2023 (25 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Shield

2002 · as Jaymon

8.1

Star

2016 · as Andy

8.0

The New Edition Story

2017 · as Ricardo Bell

7.8

Known For

Film

The Butler

Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Film

Hairspray

Seaweed

Film

Take the Lead

Danjou

Film

Strange Magic

Sunny (voice)

Film

28 Days

Darnell

Film

Red Tails

Samuel ‘Joker’ George

Film

The New Edition Story

Ricardo Bell

Film

The Wiz Live!

Scarecrow

Filmography

Acting (19)

Movies (12)

Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage

2021

as Self

Strange Magic

2015

as Sunny (voice)

7.2

The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

as Self

The Wiz Live!

as Scarecrow

Boys of Abu Ghraib

as Tunde

The Butler

as Charlie Gaines (15-18)

7.3

Red Tails

2012

as Samuel ‘Joker’ George

Hairspray

as Seaweed

Take the Lead

as Danjou

Heavens Fall

as Leroy Wright

28 Days

as Darnell

A Lesson Before Dying

1999

as Clarence

4.8

Television (7)

The Bobby Brown Story

as Ricky Bell

Tales

as Paul

The New Edition Story

as Ricardo Bell

Star

as Andy

Numb3rs

as Anthony

The Shield

as Jaymon

Mama Flora's Family

as Young Willie

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Pigeon

2023

Director

Pigeon

2023

Writer

Vacation!

Executive Producer

The Junior Defenders

Sound