Nelsan Ellis — American Actor born on November 30, 1977,

Nelsan Ellis 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... (wikipedia)

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.
But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you.
I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.
With 'True Blood,' you don't know what to expect. You don't know how wild it's gonna get.
I'd always dabbled in acting.