Nelsan Ellis
Known for acting · Born 30 November 1977 · Died 8 July 2017 · aged 39 · Harvey, Illinois, USA
20 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
True Blood
2008
Elementary
2012
Get On Up
2014
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
The Soloist
2009
The Express
2008
Little Boxes
2017
The Inside
2005
Secretariat
2010
True to the Game
2017
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
The Help
2011
Acting (19)
2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. LesterFilm
2017Little BoxesMackFilm
2017True to the GameTyrikFilm
2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse FletcherFilm
2014Get On UpBobby ByrdFilm
2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.Film
2013The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwrightFilm
2013Gods Behaving BadlyDionysusFilm
2012ElementaryShinwell Johnson · 12 episodesSeries
2011The HelpHenry The WaiterFilm
2010SecretariatEddie SweatFilm
2009The SoloistDavid CarterFilm
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2008True BloodLafayette Reynolds · 80 episodesSeries
2008The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.Film
2005Warm SpringsRoy CollierFilm
2005The InsideCarter Howard · 13 episodesSeries
2004Veronica MarsApollo BukenyaSeries
2002Without a TraceLuol NimieriSeries
Writing (1)
2010Page 36Story, DirectorFilm