Elijah Kelley

Total Box Office:
 $315.8M
Highest Rated:
91% Hairspray (2007)
Lowest Rated:
40% Red Tails (2012)
Birthday:
Aug 1
Birthplace:
LaGrange, Georgia, USA
Bio:
Multifaceted performer Elijah Kelley debuted on camera in his early teens, initially with bit parts that included roles in the racially-themed drama A Lesson Before Dying (1999) and the prime-time cop drama The Shield. Kelley's enduring passions and most heightened gifts, however, lay in dancing and…

Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
73% Lee Daniels' The Butler
  • Charlie Gaines
$112.4M 2013
40% Red Tails
  • Samuel "Joker" George
$49.9M 2012
Rome & Jewel
  • Actor
-- 2008
91% Hairspray
  • Seaweed J. Stubbs
$118.8M 2007
Rome & Jewel
  • Ben
-- 2006
44% Take the Lead
  • Actor
$34.7M 2006
A Lesson Before Dying
  • Clarence
-- 1999


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
Numb3rs
  • Anthony
2005-2010

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Quotes from Elijah Kelley's Characters

    1. Motormouth Maybelle: [to kids] Well, looks like y'all took a step out of bounce, who do we have here?
    2. Seaweed J. Stubbs: Mama I want you to meet my new friends, this here's Link and this is Tracy Turnblad
    3. Tracy Turnblad: This is just so afrotastic!
    4. Motormouth Maybelle: [looks at Tracy]
    5. Seaweed J. Stubbs: [grabs Penny] and this here is Penny Pingleton
    6. Penny Pingleton: I'm very pleased and scared to be here
    7. Motormouth Maybelle: Oh honey we've got more reason to be scared on your street [walks over to Latoya whose messing with a record] Latoya put that record down you gonna scratch it!
    From Hairspray. Submitted by Matthew C (8 months ago)
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