About
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.
Filmography
True to the Game2017 · Tyrik
Little Boxes2017 · Mack
Roxanne Roxanne2017 · Mr. Lester
The Stanford Prison Experiment2015 · Jesse Fletcher
Get On Up2014 · Bobby Byrd
Gods Behaving Badly2013 · Dionysus
The Butler2013 · Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · Wainwright
The Help2011 · Henry The Waiter
Secretariat2010 · Eddie Sweat
The Soloist2009 · David Carter
The Express2008 · Will Davis, Jr.
Warm Springs2005 · Roy Collier