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
AIDS BURGER (my favorite scene) Lafayette - R.I.P. Nelsan Ellis
VideoKnown For
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Elementary
Shinwell Johnson
2012
Without a Trace
Luol Nimieri
2002
True Blood
Lafayette Reynolds
2008
Veronica Mars
Apollo Bukenya
2004
The Help
Henry The Waiter
2011
The Butler
Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
Secretariat
Eddie Sweat
2010
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Wainwright
2013
The Inside
Carter Howard
2005
Get On Up
Bobby Byrd
2014
Gods Behaving Badly
Dionysus
2013
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Jesse Fletcher
2015
Roxanne Roxanne
Mr. Lester
2017
The Soloist
David Carter
2009
Warm Springs
Roy Collier
2005
The Express
Will Davis, Jr.
2008
True to the Game
Tyrik
2017
Little Boxes
Mack
2017