Actor

Nelsan Ellis

Contemporary1977–2017DramaComedyHistoryThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 1 film ↗Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Known For

13 acting credits

as Henry The Waiter

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2011

The Help

as Martin Luther King Jr.

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Filmography

2017Little BoxesMack6.1 2017True to the GameTyrik5.8 2017Roxanne RoxanneMr. Lester6.0 2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentJesse Fletcher6.8 2014Get On UpBobby Byrd6.8 2013The ButlerMartin Luther King Jr.7.3

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

As Director

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As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

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