Person Details

Birthday: 1977-11-30 02:23:33

Death: 2017-07-08 02:23:33

Aliases: Nelson Ellis

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Harvey, Illinois, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. ​

Most Famous Work

The Help
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8

The Help

(2011) Henry The Waiter
Elementary
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8

Elementary

(2012) Shinwell Johnson
Without a Trace
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7

Without a Trace

(2002) Luol Nimieri
True Blood
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8

True Blood

(2008) Lafayette Reynolds
Secretariat
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7

Secretariat

(2010) Eddie Sweat
The Stanford Prison Experiment
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7

The Stanford Prison Experiment

(2015) Jesse Fletcher
The Butler
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7

The Butler

(2013) Martin Luther King Jr.
Roxanne, Roxanne
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6

Roxanne, Roxanne

(2017) Mr. Lester

Acting

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

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