Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
November 30, 1977
Died
July 8, 2017 (age 39)
Place of Birth
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Nelson Ellis
Nelsan 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.
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Known For
TV
Elementary
Shinwell Johnson
2012
TV
Without a Trace
Luol Nimieri
2002
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
TV
True Blood
Lafayette Reynolds
2008
TV
Veronica Mars
Apollo Bukenya
2004
Film
The Help
Henry The Waiter
2011
TV
The Inside
Carter Howard
2005
Film
The Express
Will Davis, Jr.
2008
Film
Secretariat
Eddie Sweat
2010
Film
The Butler
Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
Film
The Soloist
David Carter
2009
Film
Warm Springs
Roy Collier
2005
Film
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Jesse Fletcher
2015
Film
Get On Up
Bobby Byrd
2014
Film
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Wainwright
2013
Film
Roxanne Roxanne
Mr. Lester
2017
Film
Little Boxes
Mack
2017
Film
Gods Behaving Badly
Dionysus
2013
Film
True to the Game
Tyrik
2017
Filmography
2017FilmTrue to the Gameas Tyrik2017FilmLittle Boxesas Mack2017FilmRoxanne Roxanneas Mr. Lester2015FilmThe Stanford Prison Experimentas Jesse Fletcher2014FilmGet On Upas Bobby Byrd2013FilmGods Behaving Badlyas Dionysus2013FilmThe Butleras Martin Luther King Jr.2013FilmThe Reluctant Fundamentalistas Wainwright2012TVElementaryas Shinwell Johnson2011FilmThe Helpas Henry The Waiter2010FilmSecretariatas Eddie Sweat2009FilmThe Soloistas David Carter2009TVRuPaul's Drag Raceas Self - Guest Judge2008FilmThe Expressas Will Davis, Jr.2008TVTrue Bloodas Lafayette Reynolds2005TVThe Insideas Carter Howard2005FilmWarm Springsas Roy Collier2004TVVeronica Marsas Apollo Bukenya2002TVWithout a Traceas Luol Nimieri