Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 30, 1977

died

July 8, 2017

place of birth

Harvey, Illinois, USA

also known as

Nelson Ellis

total credits

13 movies

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.

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Known For

The Help

The Help

as Henry The Waiter

Secretariat

Secretariat

as Eddie Sweat

The Butler

The Butler

as Martin Luther King Jr.

Get On Up

Get On Up

as Bobby Byrd

The Express

The Express

as Will Davis, Jr.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

as Jesse Fletcher

Filmography

13 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

The Help
8.2

The Help

2011as Henry The Waiter
Secretariat
7.4

Secretariat

2010as Eddie Sweat
The Butler
7.3

The Butler

2013as Martin Luther King Jr.
Get On Up
6.8

Get On Up

2014as Bobby Byrd
The Express
7.1

The Express

2008as Will Davis, Jr.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
6.8

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015as Jesse Fletcher
The Soloist
6.7

The Soloist

2009as David Carter
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
6.6

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013as Wainwright
Warm Springs
6.6

Warm Springs

2005as Roy Collier
Roxanne Roxanne
6.0

Roxanne Roxanne

2017as Mr. Lester
Gods Behaving Badly
2.5

Gods Behaving Badly

2013as Dionysus
Little Boxes
6.2

Little Boxes

2017as Mack
True to the Game
5.8

True to the Game

2017as Tyrik