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Nelsan Ellis

  • Born Nov. 30, 1977
  • Harvey, Illinois, USA
  • Died July 8, 2017, aged 39

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 …

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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. ​

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Lafayette Reynolds

Shinwell Johnson

Jesse Fletcher

David Carter

Apollo Bukenya

Eddie Sweat

Bobby Byrd

Will Davis, Jr.

Luol Nimieri

Wainwright

Mr. Lester

Mack

Tyrik

Roy Collier

Carter Howard

Dionysus

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Self - Guest Judge