Nelsan Ellis
Acting1977Harvey, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2017
2016
Elementary
TVas Shinwell Johnson• 12 eps
2015
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
RuPaul's Drag Race
TVas Self - Guest Judge• 1 eps
2014
Get On Up
as Bobby Byrd
2013
Gods Behaving Badly
as Dionysus
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
2011
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
2010
2009
The Soloist
as David Carter
2008
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
True Blood
TVas Lafayette Reynolds• 80 eps
2007
Veronica Mars
TVas Apollo Bukenya• 1 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Luol Nimieri• 1 eps
2005
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
The Inside
TVas Carter Howard