Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

1977-11-30 Harvey, Illinois, USA 14 Credits

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. ​

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True to the Game

True to the Game

2017

as Tyrik

5.9
Acting

Based on the Terri Woods best selling novel, True to the Game is the love story of Quadir Richards, a charismatic drug lord, and Gena Rollins, a young...

Little Boxes

Little Boxes

2017

as Mack

6.1
Acting

It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black...

Roxanne Roxanne

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

as Mr. Lester

6.0
Acting

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne S...

The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015

as Jesse Fletcher

6.8
Acting

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners ...

Get on Up

Get on Up

2014

as Bobby Byrd

6.8
Acting

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Gods Behaving Badly

Gods Behaving Badly

2013

as Dionysus

2.5
Acting

Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.

The Butler

The Butler

2013

as Martin Luther King Jr.

7.3
Acting

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

as Wainwright

6.6
Acting

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Help

The Help

2011

as Henry The Waiter

8.2
Acting

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson ...

Secretariat

Secretariat

2010

as Eddie Sweat

7.4
Acting

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. ...

Page 36

Page 36

2010

Director, Story

Directing Writing

To save his ailing son from certain death, a father voluntarily sells himself into slavery through an underground corporation. After entering into a c...

The Soloist

The Soloist

2009

as David Carter

6.7
Acting

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

The Express

The Express

2008

as Will Davis, Jr.

7.1
Acting

Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Warm Springs

Warm Springs

2005

as Roy Collier

6.8
Acting

Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.