Nelsan Ellis

Known for

Acting

Born

November 30, 1977

Birthplace

Harvey, Illinois, USA

Died

July 8, 2017 (aged 39)

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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Best known work

The Help

2011

The Butler

2013

True Blood

2008

Elementary

2012

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015

The Soloist

2009

Veronica Mars

2004

Secretariat

2010

Get On Up

2014

The Express

2008

Filmography

2017
True to the Game
as Tyrik
2017
Little Boxes
as Mack
2017
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester
2015
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
2014
Get On Up
as Bobby Byrd
2013
Gods Behaving Badly
as Dionysus
2013
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
2012
ElementaryTV
as Shinwell Johnson (12 episodes)
2011
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
2010
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat
2010
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Director, Story
2009
The Soloist
as David Carter
2009
RuPaul's Drag RaceTV
as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2008
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
2008
True BloodTV
as Lafayette Reynolds (80 episodes)
2005
The InsideTV
as Carter Howard (13 episodes)
2005
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
2004
Veronica MarsTV
as Apollo Bukenya (1 episode)
2002
Without a TraceTV
as Luol Nimieri (1 episode)