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Nelsan Ellis
Actor

Nelsan Ellis

1977Harvey, Illinois, USA14 Movies6 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.

Filmography

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14 titles
True to the Game
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Tyrik
5.8

True to the Game

2017
Little Boxes
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Mack
6.1

Little Boxes

2017
Roxanne Roxanne
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Mr. Lester
6.0

Roxanne Roxanne

2017
The Stanford Prison Experiment
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Jesse Fletcher
6.8

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015
Get On Up
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Bobby Byrd
6.8

Get On Up

2014
Gods Behaving Badly
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Dionysus
2.5

Gods Behaving Badly

2013
The Butler
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Martin Luther King Jr.
7.3

The Butler

2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Wainwright
6.6

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013
The Help
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Henry The Waiter
8.2

The Help

2011
Secretariat
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Eddie Sweat
7.4

Secretariat

2010
Page 36
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Story

Page 36

2010
The Soloist
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David Carter
6.7

The Soloist

2009
The Express
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Will Davis, Jr.
7.1

The Express

2008
Warm Springs
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Roy Collier
6.6

Warm Springs

2005
Television

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6 titles
Elementary
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Shinwell Johnson
7.6

Elementary

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race
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Self - Guest Judge
7.5

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009
True Blood
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Lafayette Reynolds
7.6

True Blood

2008
The Inside
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Carter Howard
7.3

The Inside

2005
Veronica Mars
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Apollo Bukenya
7.8

Veronica Mars

2004
Without a Trace
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Luol Nimieri
7.2

Without a Trace

2002