Elijah Cummings was born on January 18, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Elijah Eugene Cummings. He is known for his work on John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020), If I Die Tonight (2009) and Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009). He was married to Maya Cummings. He died on October 17, 2019 in Baltimore.