Echo Kellum

Echo Kellum (born August 29, 1982)^[2][3] is an American comedian and actor. Kellum is best known for his roles as Curtis Holt on The CW drama series Arrow, Tommy on the Fox sitcom Ben and Kate,^[4] and Hunter on NBC's Sean Saves the World.^[5]

Echo Kellum
Kellum in 2017
Born	(1982-08-29) August 29, 1982 (age 42) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations	Comedian actor
Years active	2004–present
Children	2[1]

Early life

Born in Chicago, Illinois,^[6] he moved to Los Angeles in late 2009 to pursue a career in comedy.^[7] He is a graduate of The Groundlings, I.O. West, and the Upright Citizens Brigade.^[4][7]

Career

Kellum gained his first major role in 2012 when he was cast in the FOX comedy Ben and Kate (then titled Ben Fox Is My Manny) playing the role of Tommy, the best friend of the titular character Ben (Nat Faxon).^[8] Following Ben and Kate, Kellum was cast as Hunter in NBC's Sean Saves the World starring Sean Hayes and Megan Hilty.

In 2015, Kellum was cast in the recurring role of Curtis Holt, based on the DC Comics character Mister Terrific, in the fourth season of The CW drama series Arrow.^[9][10] Holt is a technological savant and inventor who initially works at Palmer Technologies under the supervision of Felicity Smoak, and later becomes a member of Team Arrow. Kellum also went on to portray the character in the Arrow spin-off series Legends of Tomorrow. In April 2016, it was announced that Kellum would be promoted to series regular for the fifth season of Arrow.^[11] Kellum exited the series during its seventh season in 2019.^[12] He returned for two episodes in Arrow's final season.^[13]

In 2017,^[14] Kellum appeared in Netflix's Girlfriend's Day^[15] as Madsen, beat poet and a co-worker of Bob Odenkirk's character.^[16]

Kellum voices the character "King Joaquín" on the Disney Channel animated series Elena of Avalor. He also voices multiple characters for the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty.

In 2021, Kellum landed a role on the NBC series Grand Crew.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Shangri-La Suite	Hepcat
2017	Girlfriend's Day	Madsen
2020	Undead Life	Butch	Short
2023	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Mr. Benedict
	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	Doug (voice)
	Ex-Husbands	Chris

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–13	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Concerned Citizen / Tiberius Jones	3 episodes
	Ben and Kate	Tommy	Main cast, 16 episodes
	Hot in Cleveland	Aaron / Johnny	Episodes: "Hot & Heavy", "Love Is All Around"
2013	The Gates	Rav Mukherjee	Unsold television pilot
	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Clarence / Lex	Episodes: "Inertia", "Unfrozen Agent Man"
	Key & Peele	Funk Band Member	Episode: "Tackle & Grapple"
2013–14	Sean Saves the World	Hunter	Main cast, 15 episodes (2 unaired)
2013–21	Rick and Morty	Brad / various voices	7 episodes
2014	American Dad!	Unknown character (voice)	Episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses"
	Two to Go	Nick	Unsold television pilot
2015	Dead People	Doug	Unsold television pilot
	A to Z	Joseph	Episodes: "J Is for Jan Vaughan", "K Is for Keep Out"
	Drunk History	Lew Alcindor	Episode: "Cleveland"
	The League	Mr. McGibblets	Episode: "The Yank Banker"
	You’re the Worst	Tall Nathan	4 episodes
2015–16	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Guitar / Lil' Doctor Dirty (voice)	3 episodes
2015–20	Arrow	Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific	Recurring role (season 4) Series regular (season 5–7) Special guest star (season 8) 72 episodes
2016	The UCB Show	Darbins	Episode: "Feel the Bern"
	Time Traveling Bong	Slave	Episode: "Chapter 2: The Middle"
	Con Man	Taylor	Episode: "What Goes Up..."
2016–20	Elena of Avalor	King Joaquin (voice)	8 episodes
2017	Legends of Tomorrow	Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific	2 episodes (season 3)
2018	Freedom Fighters: The Ray	Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific (voice)	2 episodes
2019	Liza on Demand	James Dixon Rogers	Episode: "Gentrification: The Musical"
2020	The Fugitive	Coop	5 episodes
	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Titan Lieutenant #1 (voice)	Episode: "No Small Parts"
2020–23	Solar Opposites	EDM Trunk / Jesse Guard #1 (voice)	4 episodes
2021	Robot Chicken	Maui, Skeleton Warrior #1 (voice)	Episode: "May Cause the Need for Speed"
2021–23	Grand Crew	Noah Koles	Main role
2022	The Old Man	Mike	5 episodes
2024	After Midnight	Himself	Episode #42

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Accounting	Little Public Defender 1, Cop 1	Voice role
2019	Trover Saves the Universe	Bathtub Jim, New Anchor in Studio	Voice role
2020	Battletoads	Pimple, Porkshank, Passerby	Voice role[17]

References

1. https://twitter.com/EchoK/status/871142715932655617 ^{[bare URL]}
2. Arrow [@CW_Arrow] (August 29, 2018). "Have a terrific birthday, @EchoK" (Tweet). Retrieved August 29, 2018 – via Twitter.
3. "Echo Kellum - Actor, Comedian". TV Insider. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
4. Robert Wilonsky (December 4, 2012). "Echo Kellum, co-star of FOX's 'Ben and Kate,' was in town promoting his show. This is our visit". The Dallas Morning News Pop Culture Blog. The Dallas Morning News Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
5. Michael Starr (October 2, 2013). "'Will & Grace' vet best reason to watch 'Sean Saves the World'". New York Post. Retrieved 2016-04-05. ...and Hayes is nicely supported by Echo Kellum and Megan Hilty as co-workers Hunter (he of the understated sarcasm) and Liz (also Sean's best friend outside the office).
6. Darel Jevens (July 20, 2015). "Chicago's Echo Kellum cast as Mr. Terrific on 'Arrow'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
7. "UCB Theatre • Echo Kellum". UCB Comedy. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
8. Nellie Andreeva (February 14, 2012). "Michael Arden Joins 'Anger Management', Echo Kellum Cast In 'Ben Fox Is My Manny'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
9. Natalie Abrams (July 17, 2015). "Arrow casts Mr. Terrific for season 4". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
10. Jeffery, Morgan (2017-04-26). "Echo Kellum says Arrow's big season 5 revamp was a risk". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
11. Matt Webb Mitovich (April 4, 2016). "Arrow Season 5: Echo Kellum Promoted to Series Regular as Curtis". TVLine. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
12. Agard, Chancellor (February 11, 2019). "Arrow star on their shocking exit from the show: 'It's not the end of [SPOILER]'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
13. "Arrow: Echo Kellum Returns as Curtis Holt in Season 8 Photos". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
14. "Echo Kellum Talks About the Future of "Arrow's" Mister Terrific". 6 July 2016.
15. Rebecca Ford (November 23, 2015). "Netflix Nabs Chris Sparling's 'Mercy,' 'Girlfriend's Day' With Bob Odenkirk (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
16. "Arrow's Echo Kellum Talks Playing Curtis, Mr Terrific and More | Talent Monthly Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
17. "Echo Kellum". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 January 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

• Echo Kellum at IMDb