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Nelsan Ellis

Acting · 1977–2017 · Harvey, Illinois, USA

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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  Elementary

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  Without a Trace

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  RuPaul's Drag Race

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  The Help

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  The Inside

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  The Butler

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  The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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  Secretariat

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• 2017True to the GameTyrik
• 2017Little BoxesMack
• 2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester
• 2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher
• 2014Get On UpBobby Byrd
• 2013Gods Behaving BadlyDionysus
• 2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.
• 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistWainwright
• 2012ElementaryShinwell Johnson
• 2011The HelpHenry The Waiter
• 2010SecretariatEddie Sweat
• 2010Page 36Story
• 2009The SoloistDavid Carter
• 2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
• 2008The ExpressWill Davis, Jr.
• 2008True BloodLafayette Reynolds
• 2005The InsideCarter Howard
• 2005Warm SpringsRoy Collier
• 2004Veronica MarsApollo Bukenya
• 2002Without a TraceLuol Nimieri