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Birth Name: Nelson Ellis
Born: 30 November 1977 Died: 8 July 2017
Country of origin: 
United States
Height: 5' 9"
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Gone, but not forgotten
(1670 items)list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz
Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago 
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Characters of True Blood (spoilers)
(41 items)list by Lexie
Published 12 years, 5 months ago
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My Favorite Male TV Show Characters
(42 items)list by luuhs
Published 10 years ago
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People...Black Actors
(887 items)list by william maxey 83
Published 9 years, 1 month ago
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Nelsan Ellis (1977-2017) was an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright, perhaps best known as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood.
Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois. Following his parents' divorce, Ellis and his mother moved to Alabama. He moved back to Illinois as a teenager, and graduated from Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois, in 1997. Ellis attended Juilliard and, while there, wrote a semi-autobiographical play titled Ugly that was performed at the school and later won the Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award. Ellis won a 2008 Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for
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1. True Blood (2008)
| Rating: | 1935 Watched |
2. Veronica Mars (2004)
| Rating: | 1288 Watched |
3. Without a Trace (2002)
| Rating: | 503 Watched |
4. Elementary (2012)
| Rating: | 339 Watched |
5. Chelsea Lately (2007)
| Rating: | 95 Watched |
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1. The Help (2011)
| Rating: | 1369 Watched |
2. The Soloist (2009)
| Rating: | 451 Watched |
3. The Butler
| Rating: | 372 Watched |
4. Secretariat (2010)
| Rating: | 146 Watched |
5. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
| Rating: | 113 Watched |
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Gone, but not forgotten (1670 person items)
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Tribute...We miss you...Patriarchs of Hollywood (266 person items)
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My favourite 'True Blood' characters
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R.I.P, Legend.
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People of my Age (Men) (137 person items)
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Lost too soon
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In Memoriam 2017 (128 person items)"Sunset: July 8, 2017 (Age: 39) Cause of Death: Complications from Heart Failure Claim to Fame: American Actor, best known for TV Series "True Blood""