Elijah Kelley

Elijah Kelley exploded on the big screen in the  New Line musical Hairspray! in 2007. Kelley played the lead role of 'Seaweed J. Stubbs' opposite Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Amanda Bynes and Michelle Pfieffer. With the success of Hairspray!, Kelley earned a Critics Choice Award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture, as well as a SAG Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

He was seen in the George Lucas produced film, Red Tails about the famed Tuskegee airmen opposite and all-star cast that includes Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr, Method Man and Ne-Yo. He has also finished filming The Boys of Abu Ghraib, an independent film starring Sean Astin about an American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib who finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site. Kelley is no stranger to the silver screen, he can be seen in Newline's Take the Lead, and as well as 28 Days, Heaven's Fall, Rome And Jewel and Fled.

Kelley's television credits include CBS' "Numb3rs" directed by Jerry Bruckheimer, UPN's "Everbody Hates Chris," FX's "The Shield," HBO's "A Lesson Before Dying" and CBS' "Mama Flora's Family." The truest example of a triple-threat, Elijah Kelley is also a professional dancer and singer.

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