dellis21@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Devale Ellis is a former NFL player turned actor. He is lead male in the #1 cable television drama series, “Tyler Perry's Sistas,” and has had recurring roles on Will Packer's “BIGGER,” and the Netflix series “It's Bruno.” Devale also scored guest starring roles in primetime hits such as “POWER,” “The Equalizer,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” and others. He is the creator of “The Ellises,” a social media sitcom on YouTube and Facebook, which has garnered over 500MM views. He is the co-host of the Webby award-winning podcast, “Dead Ass with Khadeen & Devale,” an iHeart radio podcast with more than 10MM downloads and three sold out live shows. In 2020, Devale authored the #1 Amazon bestselling children’s book, The Ellises & The Time Machine: Why Do We Have to Say 'Black Lives Matter?