Nelsan Ellis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- Born:
- Nov 30, 1977 In Harvey, Illinois, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 18
- First Appeared:
- In the series Without a Trace 2002-09-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie True to the Game 2017-09-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Roxanne Roxanne | Mr. Lester | 2017-01-22 |
| Movie | Little Boxes | Mack | 2017-04-14 |
| Movie | True to the Game | Tyrik | 2017-09-08 |
| Movie | The Stanford Prison Experiment | Jesse Fletcher | 2015-07-17 |
| Movie | Get on Up | Bobby Byrd | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Wainwright | 2013-04-24 |
| Movie | The Butler | Martin Luther King Jr. | 2013-08-16 |
| Series | Elementary | Shinwell Johnson | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | The Help | Henry The Waiter | 2011-08-09 |
| Movie | Secretariat | Eddie Sweat | 2010-08-20 |
| Movie | The Soloist | David Carter | 2009-04-24 |
| Movie | Young @ Heart | 2008-10-02 | |
| Series | True Blood | Lafayette Reynolds | 2008-09-07 |
| Movie | The Express | Will Davis, Jr. | 2008-10-10 |
| Movie | Warm Springs | Roy Collier | 2005-04-30 |
| Series | The Inside | Carter Howard | 2005-06-08 |
| Series | Veronica Mars | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
| Series | Without a Trace | Unknown | 2002-09-26 |