lamon archey played eli grant on days of our lives.
lamon archey played eli grant on days of our lives.
who plays eli grant on days of our lives?
lamon archey
eli grant is a fictional character from the long-running nbc daytime soap opera "days of our lives". created by head writers dena higley and ryan quan, the role was originated by actor lamon archey in 2017. eli is introduced as the previously unknown son of valerie grant (vanessa a. williams) fathered by the late david banning. through his father, eli is a member of the horton family, the central family within the series. eli is embraced by the family, particularly his grandmother julie olson williams (susan seaforth hayes) which puts a strain on his budding romance with gabi hernandez (camila banus).
eli grant
later, eli and lani arrest gabi's brother dario (jordi vilasuso) for hacking "countess wilhelmina" cosmetics and running a counterfeit operation. however, they make enemies with police commissioner raines (aaron d. spears) when they shut him out of the case. dario convinces eli to grant him immunity and place him into the witness protection program in exchange for giving up his partner. however, eli's plan backfires when dario disappears after a failed attempt on his life that lands abigail in the hospital and eli tells his aunt hope brady (kristian alfonso) that dario's partner is responsible for abby's accident. eli blindsides everyone including lani and valerie when he has abe arrested for conspiring with dario. julie even threatens to take back the martin house if eli doesn't get abe released. while eli tries to keep his loved ones at bay, it is revealed that he and abe are working together to bring down dario's real accomplice, commissioner raines. raines later kidnaps gabi forcing eli, hope and gabi's brother rafe hernandez (galen gering) to come to her rescue. eli takes a risky shot to save gabi and raines is arrested. as eli and gabi rekindle their romance against rafe's wishes, eli gets fired for his actions. fortunately, abe recommends him to the salem pd. meanwhile, eli is confronted by sheila (tionne watkins), an estranged friend from his past, whom he was responsible for sending to prison. riddled with guilt, eli agrees to help sheila get out of town. eli comforts lani when her brother theo (kyler pettis) gets shot in a confrontation with her cop boyfriend jj. when abe ask for his personal opinion, eli reluctantly admits that he believes jj could've handled the situation better. gabi is irate at eli for painting jj as some trigger happy cop and he accuses gabi of still pining for him. eli admits that he is afraid to lose gabi and they are more determined than ever to make their relationship work. after gabi stands eli up at the horton christmas party, eli comforts a distraught lani who reveals that she walked in on jj and gabi in bed.
eli grant