Devale Ellis
Actor, podcaster and former footballer
Devale Ellis is an actor and former football player who co-hosts the podcast Dead Ass With Khadeen & Devale with his wife. He is the author of We Over Me.
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American Born 1984 in Brooklyn, United States
About Devale Ellis
Devale Ellis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and played college football at Hofstra University. After going undrafted in 2006, he signed with the Detroit Lions. As an actor, he is best known for playing Zac Taylor in Sistas and its spin-off Zatima. He has also appeared in the Netflix series It's Bruno and in BIGGER. Ellis created the podcast Dead Ass With Khadeen & Devale with his wife, Khadeen, to talk about love, marriage and parenting. It launched in 2019 and has won a Webby award. With his brother Brian, he also founded Elite Prototype Athletics, a New York organization that trains and mentors student athletes.