Nelsan Ellis
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Birth Place
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Born
November 30, 1978
Died
July 08, 2017
Cause of Death
Complications Due To Alcohol Withdrawal
Biography
Life Events
2002
Wrote and staged "Ugly," a semi-autobiographical play about domestic abuse; received the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Martin E. Segal Award
2005
Co-starred with Rachel Nichols and Adam Baldwin in Fox's short-lived crime drama "The Inside"
2008
Breakout role as the drug-dealing, Internet-pornographer and prostitute Lafayette on HBO's "True Blood"
2009
Cast opposite Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. in the biographical drama "The Soloist"
2010
Played Eddie Sweat in "Secretariat"
2011
Cast as Henry the waiter in "The Help"
2016
Starred as Shinwell Johnson on TV series "Elementary"
2017
Appeared as Tyrik in the posthumous release "True to the Game"
