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BornNovember 30, 1977
DiedJuly 8, 2017 (age 39)
Place of birthHarvey, Illinois, USA
Film credits13
Nelsan Ellis
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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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Filmography
True to the Game
2017
as Tyrik
Little Boxes
2017
as Mack
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
as Mr. Lester
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
as Jesse Fletcher
Get On Up
2014
as Bobby Byrd
Gods Behaving Badly
2013
as Dionysus
The Butler
2013
as Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Wainwright
The Help
2011
as Henry The Waiter
Secretariat
2010
as Eddie Sweat
The Soloist
2009
as David Carter
The Express
2008
as Will Davis, Jr.
Warm Springs
2005
as Roy Collier