Nelsan Ellis was an American actor. He achieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, among other accolades. He also starred as Shinwell Johnson in Elementary from 2016 to 2017, and played a variety of guest roles on television.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Little BoxesMovie | Mack | 40 |
| 2017 | Roxanne RoxanneMovie | Mr. Lester | 40 |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison ExperimentMovie | Jesse Fletcher | 38 |
| 2013 | The ButlerMovie | Martin Luther King Jr. | 36 |
| 2013 | The Reluctant FundamentalistMovie | Wainwright | 36 |
| 2012 | ElementarySeries | Shinwell Johnson | 35 |
| 2011 | The HelpMovie | Henry The Waiter | 34 |
| 2010 | SecretariatMovie | Eddie Sweat | 33 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag RaceSeries | Self - Guest Judge | 32 |
| 2009 | The SoloistMovie | David Carter | 32 |
| 2008 | True BloodSeries | Lafayette Reynolds | 31 |
| 2008 | The ExpressMovie | Will Davis, Jr. | 31 |
| 2005 | The InsideSeries | Carter Howard | 28 |
| 2004 | Veronica MarsSeries | Apollo Bukenya | 27 |
| 2002 | Without a TraceSeries | Luol Nimieri | 25 |