Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 30, 1977
Place of Birth:
Harvey, Illinois, USA
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Nelsan Ellis
Biography
Nelsan Ellis (born c. 1978) was an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood.
He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, from complications with heart failure at the age of 39.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Little Boxes | Mack |
| 2017 | True to the Game | Tyrik |
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne | Mr. Lester |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison Experiment | Jesse Fletcher |
| 2014 | Get on Up | Bobby Byrd |
| 2013 | The Butler | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 2013 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Wainwright |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Dionysus |
| 2011 | The Help | Henry The Waiter |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Eddie Sweat |
| 2009 | The Soloist | David Carter |
| 2008 | The Express | Will Davis, Jr. |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Roy Collier |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Elementary | Shinwell Johnson |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge |
| 2008 | True Blood | Lafayette Reynolds |
| 2005 | The Inside | Carter Howard |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Apollo Bukenya |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Luol Nimieri |