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Nelsan Ellis

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Nelsan Ellis

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19 known credits 1.0 popularity score 39 years

Biography

About 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.

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Nelsan Ellis across film and television

19credited titles
13movie credits
6TV credits
2005–2017screen career span

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