Ellington Ratliff
Ratliff in 2013
Ratliff in 2013
Background information
Birth nameEllington Lee Ratliff
Born (1993-04-14) April 14, 1993
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, actor
InstrumentsDrums
LabelsHollywood
Websiteellington.ffm.to/ellington

Ellington Lee Ratliff (born April 14, 1993)[1] is an American drummer and actor. He is best known as the drummer of pop rock band R5, which was active from 2009 until 2018, and as a contributor to The Driver Era.

Early life

Ellington Lee Ratliff was born on April 14, 1993, in Los Angeles, California, to Cheryl and George Ratliff. From his father's previous marriage, Ratliff has three half-brothers: Erick, Elden, and Garette.

Career

Acting

In 2001, Ratliff made his acting debut in All You Need as Robbie Crenshaw. As a young adult, he appeared in episodes of television shows like Eastwick, Raising Hope, Nickelodeon's Victorious, and Red Scare as well as the 2012 film My Uncle Rafael. He and Ross Lynch of R5 were extras in the 2011 movie The Muppets. Ratliff appeared in the 2017 Criminal Minds "Red Light" as well as in a 2019 episode of Grown-ish.

Music

In October 2009, Ratliff met the Lynch siblings at a dance studio in California.

Equipment

Ratliff uses DW drums, pedals and hardware and Paiste cymbals, favoring their 2002 series. He has also used Tama drums and Promark drumsticks.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 So You Think You Can Dance Himself "Two of 16 Voted Off" (Season 5, Episode 11)
2009 Eastwick Allan "Mooning and Crooning" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2010 Victorious Ian "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2010-2011 General Hospital unnamed ski trip victim
2011 Raising Hope Son "It's a Hopeful Life" (Season 2, Episode 10)
2011 The Muppets Smalltown Resident
2013 Red Scare Huey Miller "The Nuclear Club" (Season 1, Episode 1)
"Brinksmanship" (Season 1, Episode 4)
2015 Violetta Himself (with R5) Season 3, episode 70
2017 Criminal Minds Ronnie Hawks "Red Light" (Season 12, Episode 22)
2019 Grown-ish Friend

Films

Year Title Role
2001 All You Need Robbie Crenshaw
2012 My Uncle Rafael Photographer

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Ellington
  • Released: April 26, 2021[2]
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: Ellington Music

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released
Title Year Album
"EMT"[3] 2020 Ellington
"Sun To Rise!"[4] 2021

References

  1. ↑ "Music: R5's Ellington Ratliff readies for Riverside show and Wisconsin return". Onmilwaukee.com. July 24, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ellington". Retrieved April 8, 2021 – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "EMT - Single". iTunes. December 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sun To Rise! - Single". iTunes. February 24, 2021.
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