Nelsan Ellis
Acting
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.
Born: November 30, 1977 · Harvey, Illinois, USA
Filmography (18)
True to the Game
2017
Actor: Tyrik
Little Boxes
2017
Actor: Mack
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
Actor: Mr. Lester
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
Actor: Jesse Fletcher
Get On Up
2014
Actor: Bobby Byrd
The Butler
2013
Actor: Martin Luther King…
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Actor: Wainwright
TV
Elementary
2012
Actor: Shinwell Johnson
The Help
2011
Actor: Henry The Waiter
Secretariat
2010
Actor: Eddie Sweat
The Soloist
2009
Actor: David Carter
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Actor: Self - Guest Judge
The Express
2008
Actor: Will Davis, Jr.
TV
True Blood
2008
Actor: Lafayette Reynolds
TV
The Inside
2005
Actor: Carter Howard
Warm Springs
2005
Actor: Roy Collier
TV
Veronica Mars
2004
Actor: Apollo Bukenya
TV
Without a Trace
2002
Actor: Luol Nimieri