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Nelsan Ellis

Actor
Born November 30, 1977Died July 8, 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Veronica Mars
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment
  • Little Boxes

Known For

  • True Blood
  • Elementary
  • Get on Up
  • The Soloist
  • The Express
  • Secretariat
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  • Little Boxes
  • Warm Springs

Featured Videos

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Nelsan Ellis Filmography

2017
True to the Game · as Tyrik
2017
Roxanne Roxanne · as Mr. Lester
2016
2015
2014
Get on Up · as Bobby Byrd
2013
Gods Behaving Badly · as Dionysus
2013
The Butler · as Martin Luther King Jr.
2012
2012
Elementary (TV Series) · as Shinwell Johnson
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 (TV Series) · as Lafayette Reynolds
2005
The Inside (TV Series) · as Carter Howard
2005
Warm Springs · as Roy Collier
2004
Veronica Mars (TV Series) · as Apollo Bukenya
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Luol Nimieri

2017
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam
2011
Love Lust (TV Series) · as Self
2010
The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge
2007
Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

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