Acting
Nelsan Ellis
1977-2017
Known for True Blood, Get On Up, The Help.
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Born11/30/1977
Died07/08/2017
AgeDied at 39
BirthplaceHarvey, Illinois, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asNelson Ellis
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.
Movie Credits
Little Boxes (2016)
Get On Up (2014)
The Soloist (2009)
The Express (2008)
True to the Game (2017)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Secretariat (2010)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
Warm Springs (2005)
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
The Butler (2013)
