Acting
Nelsan Ellis
Born 1977-11-30
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Nelsan Ellis
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The Help
2011
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The Butler
2013
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Elementary
2012
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True Blood
2008
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Veronica Mars
2004
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
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RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
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Without a Trace
2002
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The Soloist
2009
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Secretariat
2010
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (21 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | True to the Game | Tyrik | Movie | 2017 |
 | Little Boxes | Mack | Movie | 2017 |
 | Roxanne Roxanne | Mr. Lester | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Stanford Prison Experiment | Jesse Fletcher | Movie | 2015 |
 | Get On Up | Bobby Byrd | Movie | 2014 |
 | Gods Behaving Badly | Dionysus | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Butler | Martin Luther King Jr. | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Wainwright | Movie | 2013 |
 | Elementary | Shinwell Johnson | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Help | Henry The Waiter | Movie | 2011 |
 | Secretariat | Eddie Sweat | Movie | 2010 |
 | Page 36 | Story | Movie | 2010 |
| Page 36 | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Soloist | David Carter | Movie | 2009 |
 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Express | Will Davis, Jr. | Movie | 2008 |
 | True Blood | Lafayette Reynolds | TV Series | 2008 |
 | The Inside | Carter Howard | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Warm Springs | Roy Collier | Movie | 2005 |
 | Veronica Mars | Apollo Bukenya | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Without a Trace | Luol Nimieri | TV Series | 2002 |