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Nelsan Ellis
Born 1977-11-30Harvey, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelsan Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Screen work
Movies & roles
True to the GameTyrikLittle BoxesMackRoxanne RoxanneMr. LesterThe Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse FletcherGet On UpBobby ByrdGods Behaving BadlyDionysusThe ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwrightThe HelpHenry The WaiterSecretariatEddie SweatThe SoloistDavid CarterThe ExpressWill Davis, Jr.Warm SpringsRoy Collier