Acting

Nelsan Ellis

Born November 30, 1977Died July 8, 2017 (39)United StatesHarvey, Illinois, USA19 creditsIMDb

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

Get On Up2014 · as Bobby Byrd
The Stanford Prison Experiment2015 · as Jesse Fletcher
The Help2011 · as Henry The Waiter
The Soloist2009 · as David Carter
The Butler2013 · as Martin Luther King Jr.
The Express2008 · as Will Davis, Jr.
Secretariat2010 · as Eddie Sweat
Series
True Blood2008 · as Lafayette Reynolds · 80 ep
Series
Elementary2012 · as Shinwell Johnson · 12 ep
Little Boxes2017 · as Mack
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Wainwright
True to the Game2017 · as Tyrik
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Elementary2012 · as Shinwell Johnson · 12 ep
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Without a Trace2002 · as Luol Nimieri · 1 ep
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True Blood2008 · as Lafayette Reynolds · 80 ep
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Veronica Mars2004 · as Apollo Bukenya · 1 ep
The Help2011 · as Henry The Waiter
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The Inside2005 · as Carter Howard · 13 ep
The Butler2013 · as Martin Luther King Jr.
Secretariat2010 · as Eddie Sweat
The Soloist2009 · as David Carter
The Stanford Prison Experiment2015 · as Jesse Fletcher
Get On Up2014 · as Bobby Byrd
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Wainwright
The Express2008 · as Will Davis, Jr.
Roxanne Roxanne2017 · as Mr. Lester
Warm Springs2005 · as Roy Collier
True to the Game2017 · as Tyrik
Little Boxes2017 · as Mack
Gods Behaving Badly2013 · as Dionysus