Echo Kellum

Echo Kellum (born August 29, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. Kellum is best known for his roles as Curtis Holt on The CW drama series Arrow, Tommy on the Fox sitcom Ben and Kate, Hunter on the NBC sitcom Sean Saves the World, and Noah Coleman on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew.

Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, he moved to Los Angeles in late 2009 to pursue a career in comedy. He is a graduate of The Groundlings, I.O. West, and the Upright Citizens Brigade. 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. 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. Kellum exited the series during its seventh season in 2019. He returned for two episodes in Arrow 's final season.

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

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 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. BenedictRuby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Doug (voice) Ex-Husbands Chris

Television 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) Recurring role 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 Recurring role 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 Recurring role 2024After MidnightHimself Episode #42 2025Make Some Noise 2 EpisodesVery Important People Jordache Episode: "Jordache" 2026 President Curtis Werewolf Syndicate Leader (voice) Episode: "Ex"

Video games 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