Corporal Ellis — A Soldier's Story Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Townsend

Appears in

A Soldier's Story (1984)

Role

Supporting

More characters from A Soldier's Story

• Captain Davenport (Howard Rollins)
• Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar)
• Private Wilkie (Art Evans)
• Private First Class Peterson (Denzel Washington)
• Corporal Cobb (David Alan Grier)
• Captain Taylor (Dennis Lipscomb)
• Lieutenant Byrd (Wings Hauser)
• Big Mary (Patti LaBelle)
• C.J. Memphis (Larry Riley)
• Private Smalls (David Harris)
• Colonel Nivens (Trey Wilson)
• Captain Wilcox (Scott Paulin)