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Nelsan Ellis

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Nelsan Ellis

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 30, 1977 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Harvey, Illinois, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelsan Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known For

Acting
2017Little BoxesMack
2017True to the GameTyrik
2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester
2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher
2014Get On UpBobby Byrd
2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.
2013The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwright
2013Gods Behaving BadlyDionysus
2012ElementaryShinwell Johnson
2011The HelpHenry The Waiter
2010SecretariatEddie Sweat
2009The SoloistDavid Carter
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
2008The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.
2008True BloodLafayette Reynolds
2005Warm SpringsRoy Collier
2005The InsideCarter Howard
2004Veronica MarsApollo Bukenya
2002Without a TraceLuol Nimieri
Directing
2010Page 36Director
Writing
2010Page 36Story