Nelsan Ellis
Known for Acting · 19 credits
- Born
- 1977-11-30
- Died
- 2017-07-08
- Place of birth
- Harvey, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Nelson Ellis
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (13)
The Help
2011
as Henry The Waiter
The Butler
2013
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Secretariat
2010
as Eddie Sweat
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
as Jesse Fletcher
The Express
2008
as Will Davis, Jr.
Get On Up
2014
as Bobby Byrd
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Wainwright
The Soloist
2009
as David Carter
Warm Springs
2005
as Roy Collier
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
as Mr. Lester
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Dionysus
Little Boxes
2017
as Mack
True to the Game
2017
as Tyrik
About Nelsan Ellis
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. With 19 credits spanning from 2002 to 2017, Nelsan Ellis has appeared in 13 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Nelsan Ellis Movies
- The Help (2011) — as Henry The Waiter
- The Butler (2013) — as Martin Luther King Jr.
- Secretariat (2010) — as Eddie Sweat
- The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) — as Jesse Fletcher
- The Express (2008) — as Will Davis, Jr.
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