Nelsan Ellis
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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Acted in
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
The Butler
2013
as Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Wainwright
Elementary
2012
as Shinwell Johnson
The Help
2011
as Henry The Waiter
Secretariat
2010
as Eddie Sweat
The Soloist
2009
as David Carter
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Judge
The Express
2008
as Will Davis, Jr.
True Blood
2008
as Lafayette Reynolds
The Inside
2005
as Carter Howard
Warm Springs
2005
as Roy Collier
Veronica Mars
2004
as Apollo Bukenya
Without a Trace
2002
as Luol Nimieri