Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

1977-11-30 – 2017-07-08 (age 39) Harvey, Illinois, USA
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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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Known For

The Help
The Help

2011

as Henry The Waiter

Secretariat
Secretariat

2010

as Eddie Sweat

The Butler
The Butler

2013

as Martin Luther King Jr.

The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015

as Jesse Fletcher

The Express
The Express

2008

as Will Davis, Jr.

Get On Up
Get On Up

2014

as Bobby Byrd

Warm Springs
Warm Springs

2005

as Roy Collier

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Soloist
The Soloist

2009

as David Carter

Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne

2017

as Mr. Lester

Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly

2013

as Dionysus

Little Boxes
Little Boxes

2017

as Mack

True to the Game
True to the Game

2017

as Tyrik