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Nelsan Ellis

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Nelsan Ellis

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American actor (1977–2017)

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Nelsan Ellis was an American actor and film producer. Born in Harvey, Illinois, on November 30, 1977, he was educated at the Juilliard School. His professional career in acting and producing began in 2002 and continued until 2017. Ellis was a native English speaker and wrote in English.

He died in New York City on July 8, 2017, due to cardiac arrest resulting from natural causes. Ellis was a father of two children.

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Film & TV

Harvey, Illinois, USA

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. ​

Known for

  • Little Boxes — Mack2017
  • True to the Game — Tyrik2017
  • Roxanne Roxanne — Mr. Lester2017
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment — Jesse Fletcher2015
  • Get On Up — Bobby Byrd2014
  • The Butler — Martin Luther King Jr.2013
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist — Wainwright2013
  • Gods Behaving Badly — Dionysus2013
  • Elementary — Shinwell Johnson2012
  • The Help — Henry The Waiter2011

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Instance of
human
Family name
Ellis
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Harvey
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
film producer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Nelsan Ellis at True Blood premiere party.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Nelsan Ellis
date of birth
1977-11-30
date of death
2017-07-08
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
cardiac arrest
start of work period
2002-00-00
end of work period
2017-00-00
writing language
English language
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