Nelsan Ellis

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

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Known For

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002 • as Luol Nimieri

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009 • as Self - Guest Judge

Elementary

Elementary

2012 • as Shinwell Johnson

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars

2004 • as Apollo Bukenya

True Blood

True Blood

2008 • as Lafayette Reynolds

The Help

The Help

2011 • as Henry The Waiter

Filmography

2017

Little Boxes
Little Boxes
as Mack
Movie - Released: 4/14/2017
True to the Game
True to the Game
as Tyrik
Movie - Released: 9/8/2017
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne
as Mr. Lester
Movie - Released: 1/22/2017

2015

The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Jesse Fletcher
Movie - Released: 7/17/2015

2014

Get on Up
Get on Up
as Bobby Byrd
Movie - Released: 8/1/2014

2013

The Butler
The Butler
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie - Released: 8/16/2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Wainwright
Movie - Released: 4/24/2013
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly
as Dionysus
Movie - Released: 11/13/2013

2012

Elementary
Elementary
as Shinwell Johnson
TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

The Help
The Help
as Henry The Waiter
Movie - Released: 8/9/2011

2010

Secretariat
Secretariat
as Eddie Sweat
Movie - Released: 8/20/2010

2009

The Soloist
The Soloist
as David Carter
Movie - Released: 4/24/2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 2/2/2009

2008

The Express
The Express
as Will Davis, Jr.
Movie - Released: 10/10/2008
True Blood
True Blood
as Lafayette Reynolds
TV - Released: 9/7/2008

2005

Warm Springs
Warm Springs
as Roy Collier
Movie - Released: 4/30/2005
The Inside
The Inside
as Carter Howard
TV - Released: 6/8/2005

2004

Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
as Apollo Bukenya
TV - Released: 9/22/2004

2002

Without a Trace
Without a Trace
as Luol Nimieri
TV - Released: 9/26/2002