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Nelsan Ellis

Birthday: Nov 30, 1977 Date of death: Jul 08, 2017
Place of birth: Harvey, Illinois, USA
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.

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Known for

The Butler
The Butler (2013)
7.34
Martin Luther King Jr.
Secretariat
Secretariat (2010)
7.42
Eddie Sweat
The Soloist
The Soloist (2009)
6.69
David Carter
The Express
The Express (2008)
7.12
Will Davis, Jr.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
6.9
Jesse Fletcher
Get on Up
Get on Up (2014)
6.76
Bobby Byrd
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
6.63
Wainwright
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
6
Mr. Lester
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As an actor

Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Mr. Lester
Little Boxes
Little Boxes (2017)
Mack
True to the Game
True to the Game (2017)
Tyrik
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Jesse Fletcher
Get on Up
Get on Up (2014)
Bobby Byrd
The Butler
The Butler (2013)
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
Wainwright
Secretariat
Secretariat (2010)
Eddie Sweat
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