Nelsan Ellis

Actor

Nelsan Ellis

Born November 30, 1977 in Harvey, Illinois, USADied July 8, 201713 films

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.

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He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, from complications with heart failure at the age of 39.

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Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Little Boxes poster6.2Little Boxes2017The Soloist poster6.7The Soloist2009The Express poster7.1The Express2008The Help poster8.2The Help2011Secretariat poster7.4Secretariat2010The Stanford Prison Experiment poster6.8The Stanford Prison Experiment2015The Butler poster7.3The Butler2013The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster6.6The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013

Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. 2017True to the GameTyrik
  2. 2017Little BoxesMack
  3. 2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester
  4. 2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher
  5. 2014Get On UpBobby Byrd
  6. 2013Gods Behaving BadlyDionysus
  7. 2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.
  8. 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwright
  9. 2011The HelpHenry The Waiter
  10. 2010SecretariatEddie Sweat
  11. 2009The SoloistDavid Carter
  12. 2008The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.
  13. 2005Warm SpringsRoy Collier