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.
- Occupation
- actor, film actor, television actor, film producer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 30, 1977
- Died
- July 8, 2017
