Nelsan Ellis
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Nelsan Ellis

Nov 30, 1977 - Harvey, Illinois, USA

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2009The SoloistDavid Carter
Movie2010SecretariatEddie Sweat
Movie2014Get on UpBobby Byrd
Movie2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.
Movie2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher
Movie2017Little BoxesMack
Movie2011The HelpHenry The Waiter
Movie2017True to the GameTyrik
Movie2013The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwright
Movie2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester
Movie2008The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.
Movie2005Warm SpringsRoy Collier
Movie2013Gods Behaving BadlyDionysus
TV Show2004Veronica MarsApollo Bukenya1
TV Show2002Without a TraceLuol Nimieri1
TV Show2005The InsideCarter Howard13
TV Show2008True BloodLafayette Reynolds80
TV Show2012ElementaryShinwell Johnson12
TV Show2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge1

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