Nelsan Ellis
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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Acting
Movie
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
2011
Movie
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
2013
TV
True Blood
as Lafayette Reynolds
2008
TV
Elementary
as Shinwell Johnson
2012
Movie
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
2015
Movie
The Soloist
as David Carter
2009
TV
Veronica Mars
as Apollo Bukenya
2004
Movie
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat
2010
Movie
Get On Up
as Bobby Byrd
2014
Movie
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
2008
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
TV
Without a Trace
as Luol Nimieri
2002
Movie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
2013
Movie
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester
2017
Movie
Little Boxes
as Mack
2017
Movie
True to the Game
as Tyrik
2017
Movie
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
2005
TV
The Inside
as Carter Howard
2005
Movie
Gods Behaving Badly
as Dionysus
2013
