Nelsan Ellis

Acting

Nelsan Ellis

Born November 30, 1977Harvey, Illinois, USA20 credits

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

Little Boxes
2017Little Boxes
as MackMovie
Roxanne Roxanne
2017Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. LesterMovie
Get On Up
2014Get On Up
as Bobby ByrdMovie
Gods Behaving Badly
2013Gods Behaving Badly
as DionysusMovie
The Butler
2013The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.Movie
Elementary
2012Elementary
as Shinwell JohnsonTV
The Help
2011The Help
as Henry The WaiterMovie
Secretariat
2010Secretariat
as Eddie SweatMovie
Page 36
2010Page 36
StoryMovie
The Soloist
2009The Soloist
as David CarterMovie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest JudgeTV
The Express
2008The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.Movie
True Blood
2008True Blood
as Lafayette ReynoldsTV
The Inside
2005The Inside
as Carter HowardTV
Warm Springs
2005Warm Springs
as Roy CollierMovie
Veronica Mars
2004Veronica Mars
as Apollo BukenyaTV
Without a Trace
2002Without a Trace
as Luol NimieriTV