Nelsan Ellis
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1977-11-30 – 2017-07-08
Place of birth: Harvey, Illinois, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelsan Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
Known for
The Soloist
2009David Carter
Secretariat
2010Eddie Sweat
Get On Up
2014Bobby Byrd
The Butler
2013Martin Luther King Jr.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015Jesse Fletcher
Little Boxes
2017Mack
The Help
2011Henry The Waiter
True to the Game
2017Tyrik
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013Wainwright
Roxanne Roxanne
2017Mr. Lester
The Express
2008Will Davis, Jr.
Warm Springs
2005Roy Collier