Portrait of Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

Acting

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. ​

Born: November 30, 1977

Place of Birth: Harvey, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2017
2017
2017
Roxanne Roxanne

as Mr. Lester

2015
2014
Get on Up

as Bobby Byrd

2013
2013
The Butler

as Martin Luther King Jr.

2012
Elementary

as Shinwell Johnson

2011
The Help

as Henry The Waiter

2010
Secretariat

as Eddie Sweat

2009
The Soloist

as David Carter

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2008
The Express

as Will Davis, Jr.

2008
True Blood

as Lafayette Reynolds

2005
The Inside

as Carter Howard

2005
Warm Springs

as Roy Collier

2004
Veronica Mars

as Apollo Bukenya

2002
Without a Trace

as Luol Nimieri