Elimu Nelson
Elimu Nelson is an American actor. His latest film in which he has a major role is Love Don't Cost a Thing. He has had supporting roles in movies such as Dance Flick, Love & Sex, The Hard Easy, and Unspeakable.
He has made television guest-starring appearances on Pacific Blue, Undressed, JAG, The Practice and City of Angels and the TNT feature Passing Glory.
Early life
Nelson was born in Orange, New Jersey of African American descent, but raised in Milton, Massachusetts. The elder of two, he excelled in basketball and soccer at an early age. Elimu attended Milton High School and graduated in 1991. Elimu then graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication, with a concentration in African American Studies and Spanish. After graduation he made his way to Los Angeles after a brief stint in NYC. Upon arriving in LA he hit the ground running with some commercial work and guest appearances on television shows such as: Pacific Blue, Undressed, JAG, The Practice and City of Angels. He also guest starred in The Shield as Derrick Tripp. He is currently working on future projects and living in Burbank, CA.Filmography
- Passing Glory as Touché
- Love & Sex as Jerome Davis
- What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway as Nikko
- The Shield as Derrick Tripp
- Love Don't Cost a Thing as Dru Hilton
- The Hard Easy as Stephen McKinley
- Final Destination 3
- Private Practice as Greg O'Brien - In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor...
- Unspeakable as Neal Knox
- Dance Flick as Prison Guard
- Fugue as Terry
- The Game as Adisa Edwards - The Black People Episode
- My Favorite Five as Peter
- Modern Family as Officer Clemons - ''The Big Guns''