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Nelsan Ellis

Actor • Born 1977

Nelsan Ellis

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About

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. ​

Known for

Elementary posterElementarySeries • 2012Without a Trace posterWithout a TraceSeries • 2002True Blood posterTrue BloodSeries • 2008Veronica Mars posterVeronica MarsSeries • 2004The Help posterThe HelpMovie • 2011The Butler posterThe ButlerMovie • 2013Secretariat posterSecretariatMovie • 2010The Inside posterThe InsideSeries • 2005The Stanford Prison Experiment posterThe Stanford Prison ExperimentMovie • 2015The Soloist posterThe SoloistMovie • 2009Get On Up posterGet On UpMovie • 2014The Reluctant Fundamentalist posterThe Reluctant FundamentalistMovie • 2013The Express posterThe ExpressMovie • 2008Warm Springs posterWarm SpringsMovie • 2005Roxanne Roxanne posterRoxanne RoxanneMovie • 2017True to the Game posterTrue to the GameMovie • 2017Little Boxes posterLittle BoxesMovie • 2017