Nelsan Ellis
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
30 Nov 1977
Age
49 Years
Born In
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Total Projects
19
Years Active
15 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.8 ★
Overview
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
Filmography
movie
True to the Game
True to the Game
as Tyrik
movie
Little Boxes
Little Boxes
as Mack
movie
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester
movie
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
movie
Get On Up
Get On Up
as Bobby Byrd
movie
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly
as Dionysus
movie
The Butler
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
movie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
tv
Elementary
Elementary
as Shinwell Johnson
movie
The Help
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
movie
Secretariat
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat
movie
The Soloist
The Soloist
as David Carter
tv
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
movie
The Express
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
tv
True Blood
True Blood
as Lafayette Reynolds
tv
The Inside
The Inside
as Carter Howard
movie
Warm Springs
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
tv
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
as Apollo Bukenya
tv
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
as Luol Nimieri