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Nelsan Ellis

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Known forActing

GenderMale

Birthday1977-11-30

Place of BirthHarvey, Illinois, USA

Death2017-07-08

BiographyNelsan 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 HelpHenry The Waiter

Veronica MarsApollo Bukenya

True BloodLafayette Reynolds

ElementaryShinwell Johnson

RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge

SecretariatEddie Sweat

The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.

Without a TraceLuol Nimieri

The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.

The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher

Get on UpBobby Byrd

The SoloistDavid Carter

The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwright

Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester