{"id":7974,"date":"2026-07-08T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:31","slug":"jay-ellis","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis","title":{"rendered":"Jay Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7974","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nJay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis\",\"name\":\"Jay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T01:15:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Person\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?post_type=movie_engine_person\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jay Ellis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"lovemoviesnight.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com","og_description":"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, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis","og_site_name":"lovemoviesnight.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis","name":"Jay Ellis - lovemoviesnight.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-08T01:15:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jay-ellis#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Person","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?post_type=movie_engine_person"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jay Ellis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/","name":"lovemoviesnight.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person\/7974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/movie_engine_person"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}