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Nelsan Ellis

Nelsan Ellis

Acting·1977–2017·14 films

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.…

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As Actor

The Help
The Help (2011)Henry The Waiter
The Butler
The Butler (2013)Martin Luther King Jr.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)Jesse Fletcher
The Soloist
The Soloist (2009)David Carter
Secretariat
Secretariat (2010)Eddie Sweat
Get On Up
Get On Up (2014)Bobby Byrd
The Express
The Express (2008)Will Davis, Jr.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)Wainwright
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)Mr. Lester
Little Boxes
Little Boxes (2017)Mack
True to the Game
True to the Game (2017)Tyrik
Warm Springs
Warm Springs (2005)Roy Collier
Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)Dionysus

As Director

Page 36
Page 36 (2010)

As Writer

Page 36
Page 36 (2010)