Nelsan Ellis Brief Biography

Nelsan Ellis (born November 30, 1978) is an American film and television actor and playwright. He is well known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood, which he played from 2008 until the series' completion in 2014, and most recently for starring as Bobby Byrd in the James Brown biopic, Get On Up.

Nelsan Ellis News

• Celebrity deaths: Who we lost in 2017 -- including Tom Petty, Troy Gentry, Chris Cornell, Mary Tyler Moore, Gregg Allman, David Cassidy, Bill Paxton, Roger Moore, and Erin Moran
• Nelsan Ellis' addiction to drugs and alcohol led to his death, family says
• Nelsan Ellis, 'Elementary' and 'True Blood' actor, dead at 39
• Nelsan Ellis joins the Season 5 cast of 'Elementary'