Actor
Nelsan Ellis
November 30, 1977 · Harvey, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable work
8.2The Help (2011)
as Henry The Waiter
7.3The Butler (2013)
as Martin Luther King Jr.
7.6True Blood (2008)
as Lafayette Reynolds
7.6Elementary (2012)
as Shinwell Johnson
6.8The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
as Jesse Fletcher
6.7The Soloist (2009)
as David Carter
7.8Veronica Mars (2004)
as Apollo Bukenya
7.4Secretariat (2010)
as Eddie Sweat
6.8Get On Up (2014)
as Bobby Byrd
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