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Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

Birthday: 1977-11-30 | Place of Birth: Harvey, Illinois, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. ​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2017
Little Boxes

as    Mack

2017
True to the Game

as    Tyrik

2015
The Stanford Prison Experiment

as    Jesse Fletcher

2014
Get on Up

as    Bobby Byrd

2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

as    Wainwright

2010
Secretariat

as    Eddie Sweat

2009
The Soloist

as    David Carter

2008
True Blood

as    Lafayette Reynolds

2008
The Express

as    Will Davis, Jr.

2005
The Inside

as    Carter Howard