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
