Acting

Nelsan Ellis

Born: November 30, 1977
Died: July 8, 2017 (aged 39)
Birthplace: Harvey, Illinois, USA
Credits: 20 titles

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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Signature work

Known For

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

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

Without a Trace

2002

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

Little Boxes

2017

True to the Game

2017

Warm Springs

2005

The Inside

2005

Acting credits 19

Year	Title	Role
2017	True to the Game Film	Tyrik
2017	Little Boxes Film	Mack
2017	Roxanne Roxanne Film	Mr. Lester
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment Film	Jesse Fletcher
2014	Get On Up Film	Bobby Byrd
2013	Gods Behaving Badly Film	Dionysus
2013	The Butler Film	Martin Luther King Jr.
2013	The Reluctant Fundamentalist Film	Wainwright
2012	Elementary TV	Shinwell Johnson (12 ep)
2011	The Help Film	Henry The Waiter
2010	Secretariat Film	Eddie Sweat
2009	The Soloist Film	David Carter
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race TV	Self - Guest Judge (1 ep)
2008	The Express Film	Will Davis, Jr.
2008	True Blood TV	Lafayette Reynolds (80 ep)
2005	The Inside TV	Carter Howard (13 ep)
2005	Warm Springs Film	Roy Collier
2004	Veronica Mars TV	Apollo Bukenya (1 ep)
2002	Without a Trace TV	Luol Nimieri (1 ep)

Crew credits 1

Year	Title	Job
2010	Page 36 Film	Story, Director