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Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis (born c. 1978) is an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood. Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois. Following his parents' divorce, Ellis and his mother moved to Alabama. He moved back to Illinois as a teenager, and graduated from Thornridge High School...


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Born:
In Nelson Ellis
Movie/TV Credits:
40
First Appeared:
In the movie Ornaments
Latest Project:
Movie The Stanford Prison Experiment 2015-07-17

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Known For
Poster of Get on Up
Poster of The Help
Poster of True Blood
Poster of The Inside
Filmography
Series Send Me: An Original Web Series Unknown 2016
Movie True to the Game Unknown 2016
Movie Little Boxes Unknown 2016
Movie The Stanford Prison Experiment Jesse Fletcher 2015-07-17
Movie Hands to the Sky, Catch Them & They're Yours Unknown 2014
Movie Get on Up Unknown 2014-08-01
Movie Gods Behaving Badly Unknown 2013
Movie Damn Wonderful Unknown 2013
Movie Lee Daniels' The Butler Unknown 2013-08-16
Movie Train(ed) Unknown 2013
Movie #Nausea... for Millennials Unknown 2013
Movie The Reluctant Fundamentalist Unknown 2012
Movie Naked Eye Unknown 2012
Movie The End of Thorns Unknown 2011
Series Love Lust Unknown 2011
Movie The Help Unknown 2011-08-10
Movie Celebrity Vampire Baseball Himself - Sinners Designated Hitter 2010-06-05
Movie Secretariat Unknown 2010-10-08
Series The Talk Unknown 2010-10-18
Movie Page 36 Unknown 2010
Series True Blood: Webisodes Unknown 2010
Movie The Soloist Unknown 2009
Series RuPaul's Drag Race Unknown 2009-02-02
Movie Talent Unknown 2009
Movie The Express Unknown 2008-10-10
Series True Blood Unknown 2008-09-07
Movie Ornaments Unknown 2008
Movie True Blood-Lines: A New Type Unknown 2008
Series Chelsea Lately Unknown 2007-07-01
Movie Flower Shop Unknown 2006
Series CollegeHumor Originals Unknown 2006-03-31
Series The Inside Unknown 2005
Movie Trespass Unknown 2005
Series Made in Hollywood Unknown 2005-09-30
Movie Warm Springs Unknown 2005
Series Attack of the Show! Unknown 2005-03-28
Series Veronica Mars Unknown 2004-09-22
Series Without a Trace Unknown 2002-09-26
Movie Lost Unknown 2002
Series Today Unknown 1952-01-14