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. ​

Known For

The Help

as Henry The Waiter

The Butler

as Martin Luther King Jr.

Cast Credits

Roxanne Roxanne

as Mr. Lester

Get On Up

as Bobby Byrd

The Butler

as Martin Luther King Jr.

The Help

as Henry The Waiter

Secretariat

as Eddie Sweat

The Soloist

as David Carter

The Express

as Will Davis, Jr.

Warm Springs

as Roy Collier

Crew Credits

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Director