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Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

Acting

November 30, 1977 – July 8, 2017 (died at 39)
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Male
15 Movies
6 TV Shows

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. ​

True Blood
True Blood

True Blood

2008 7.6

as Lafayette Reynolds

Age 30 (now 39)
80 eps
Get On Up
Get On Up

Get On Up

2014 6.8

as Bobby Byrd

Age 36 (now 39)
Elementary
Elementary

Elementary

2012 7.6

as Shinwell Johnson

Age 34 (now 39)
12 eps
The Soloist
The Soloist

The Soloist

2009 6.7

as David Carter

Age 31 (now 39)
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015 6.8

as Jesse Fletcher

Age 37 (now 39)
Secretariat
Secretariat

Secretariat

2010 7.4

as Eddie Sweat

Age 32 (now 39)
The Express
The Express

The Express

2008 7.1

as Will Davis, Jr.

Age 30 (now 39)
Little Boxes
Little Boxes

Little Boxes

2017 6.2

as Mack

Age 39
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013 6.6

as Wainwright

Age 35 (now 39)
The Butler
The Butler

The Butler

2013 7.3

as Martin Luther King Jr.

Age 35 (now 39)
The Help
The Help

The Help

2011 8.2

as Henry The Waiter

Age 33 (now 39)
True to the Game
True to the Game

True to the Game

2017 5.8

as Tyrik

Age 39
The Inside
The Inside

The Inside

2005 7.3

as Carter Howard

Age 27 (now 39)
13 eps
Warm Springs
Warm Springs

Warm Springs

2005 6.6

as Roy Collier

Age 27 (now 39)
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne

Roxanne Roxanne

2017 6.0

as Mr. Lester

Age 39
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars

2004 7.8

as Apollo Bukenya

Age 26 (now 39)
1 ep