Nelsan Ellis
Born: 1977-11-30 in Harvey, Illinois, USA
Died: 2017-07-08
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2017
- Roxanne Roxanne as Mr. Lester
- Little Boxes as Mack
- True to the Game as Tyrik
2015
- The Stanford Prison Experiment as Jesse Fletcher
2014
- Get on Up as Bobby Byrd
2013
- The Butler as Martin Luther King Jr.
- Gods Behaving Badly as Dionysus
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Wainwright
2012
- Elementary as Shinwell Johnson
2011
- The Help as Henry The Waiter
2010
- Secretariat as Eddie Sweat
- Page 36 ... (Director)
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- The Soloist as David Carter
2008
- True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds
- The Express as Will Davis, Jr.
2005
- The Inside as Carter Howard
- Warm Springs as Roy Collier
2004
- Veronica Mars as Apollo Bukenya
2002
- Without a Trace as Luol Nimieri