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.
The Help
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Movie pageThe Butler
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Movie pageSecretariat
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Movie pageThe Express
as Will Davis, Jr.Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American...
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Movie pageThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
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Movie pageGet on Up
as Bobby ByrdA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential...
Movie pageLittle Boxes
as MackIt's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white....
Movie pageTrue to the Game
as TyrikBased on the Terri Woods best selling novel, True to the Game is the love story of Quadir...
Movie pageWarm Springs
as Roy CollierFranklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in...
Movie pageElementary
as Shinwell JohnsonA modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases....
TV Show pageTrue Blood
as Lafayette ReynoldsThanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from...
TV Show pageWithout a Trace
as Luol NimieriThe series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
TV Show pageRuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - JudgeJoin RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate...
TV Show pageVeronica Mars
as Apollo BukenyaIn the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school...
TV Show pageThe Inside
as Carter HowardThe Inside is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon...
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