Nelsan Ellis
Actor
30 November 1977 — 8 July 2017 (39 years)
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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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.
Filmography
| 2017 | True to the Game · as Tyrik |
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne · as Mr. Lester |
| 2016 | Little Boxes · as MackOn Plex |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison Experiment · as Jesse FletcherOn Plex |
| 2014 | Get on Up · as Bobby Byrd |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly · as Dionysus |
| 2013 | The Butler · as Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 2012 | Elementary · as Shinwell Johnson |
| 2012 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist · as Wainwright |
| 2011 | The Help · as Henry The Waiter |
| 2010 | Secretariat · as Eddie Sweat |
| 2009 | The Soloist · as David Carter |
| 2008 | The Express · as Will Davis, Jr. |
| 2008 | True Blood · as Lafayette Reynolds |
| 2005 | The Inside · as Carter Howard |
| 2005 | Warm Springs · as Roy Collier |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars · as Apollo BukenyaOn Plex |
| 2002 | Without a Trace · as Luol Nimieri |
| 2017 | The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2011 | Love Lust · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today · as Self - Guest |