Nelsan Ellis

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    November 30, 1977

    Day of Death

    July 8, 2017 (39 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Harvey, Illinois, USA

    Nelsan 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelsan Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

    Known For

    • The Help

      The Help

      2011

    • The Butler

      The Butler

      2013

    • True Blood

      True Blood

      2008

    • Elementary

      Elementary

      2012

    • The Stanford Prison Experiment

      The Stanford Prison Experiment

      2015

    • The Soloist

      The Soloist

      2009

    • Veronica Mars

      Veronica Mars

      2004

    • Secretariat

      Secretariat

      2010

    • Get on Up

      Get on Up

      2014

    • The Express

      The Express

      2008

    • Without a Trace

      Without a Trace

      2002

    • RuPaul's Drag Race

      RuPaul's Drag Race

      2009

    • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

      The Reluctant Fundamentalist

      2013

    • Roxanne Roxanne

      Roxanne Roxanne

      2017

    • Little Boxes

      Little Boxes

      2017