Nelsan Ellis
Actor
Biography
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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As Director
Filmography
The Help
as Henry The Waiter 2011
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr. 2013
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher 2015
The Soloist
as David Carter 2009
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat 2010
Get on Up
as Bobby Byrd 2014
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr. 2008
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright 2013
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester 2017
Little Boxes
as Mack 2017
True to the Game
as Tyrik 2017
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier 2005