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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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Filmography17 titles
The Help
2011as Henry The Waiter
2011as Henry The Waiter
Veronica Mars
2004as Apollo Bukenya
2004as Apollo Bukenya
Elementary
2012as Shinwell Johnson
2012as Shinwell Johnson
True Blood
2008as Lafayette Reynolds
2008as Lafayette Reynolds
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009as Self - Guest Judge
2009as Self - Guest Judge
Secretariat
2010as Eddie Sweat
2010as Eddie Sweat
The Butler
2013as Martin Luther King Jr.
2013as Martin Luther King Jr.
Without a Trace
2002as Luol Nimieri
2002as Luol Nimieri
The Express
2008as Will Davis, Jr.
2008as Will Davis, Jr.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015as Jesse Fletcher
2015as Jesse Fletcher
Get on Up
2014as Bobby Byrd
2014as Bobby Byrd
The Soloist
2009as David Carter
2009as David Carter
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2012as Wainwright
2012as Wainwright
Warm Springs
2005as Roy Collier
2005as Roy Collier
Little Boxes
2017as Mack
2017as Mack
Roxanne Roxanne
2017as Mr. Lester
2017as Mr. Lester
True to the Game
2017as Tyrik
2017as Tyrik