{"id":484,"date":"2013-02-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/2013\/02\/nelsan-ellis-facts.html"},"modified":"2024-09-27T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T06:47:08","slug":"nelsan-ellis-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/nelsan-ellis-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Facts About Nelsan Ellis | True Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nelsan Ellis was an American film and television actor who became well known for his role in the HBO series True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds.\n He was one of my favorite characters from True Blood, and it’s a shame he died at such a young age.\n Here are 20 facts about Nelsan Ellis.\n Nelsan Ellis was born November 30, 1978, which makes his star sign Sagittarius.\n He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles due to heart failure. He was only 39 years old.\n Nelsan Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois, United States.\n He stood at 5′ 10″ tall (1.78m).\n He was a Christian.\n At age 6, he moved to Bessemer, Alabama with his mother.\n During this time, Nelsan’s sister, who was pregnant, was murdered by her husband when he shot her point-blank with a sawed-off shotgun. This happened in-front of Nelsan’s six-year-old nephew.\n At age 15, Nelsan moved to Dolton, Illinois to attend Thornridge High School.\n He graduated from Thornridge High School in 1997.\n At the age of 17, he joined the United States Marines, although quit shortly after.\n When Ellis was 21, he was accepted for enrollment at the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, where he first met Rutina Wesley, also known as Tara Thornton from True Blood.\n