Nelsan Ellis was an American actor and a playwright who is well known for the portrayal of the character of Lafayette Reynolds for , an television series.
Nelson Ellis Early Life, Education
Nelson was born in Harvey, Illinois on , to parents Jackie Ellis and Tommy Lee Thompson, who divorced later after some years of his birth. His mother also had a mental breakdown after the death of her brother.
Ellis along with his sister were raised by their grandmother in Bessemer, Alabama. He is of American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnicity.
In Alabama, he attended for a year before transferring to .
Ellis moved back to his hometown Illinois, at where he started living with his aunt and attended from where he graduated in . He was then enrolled at from where he earned a degree in in .
Career as an Actor: Movies & TV Works
Ellis was still in his college when he started his acting career, with a role in , a short film. It was not until when he landed a role in the television film . He then portrayed the role, Carter Howard, for . He also did a few guest roles in for and .
It was then Ellis got his huge break in the role of Lafayette Reynolds, for , a TV show which was premiered on on . The show ran for a total of and concluded in .
The series has helped him win a for best supporting actor and was also nominated for and a . He has starred as Shinwell Johnson for the CBS series, as well.
Apart from his roles in television series, he has also made a few appearances in big-screen movies like the biopic, in which he portrayed the role of Bobby Byrd. The movie was directed by renowned director Tate Taylor and stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown.
His notable roles also include the portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in . He has co-starred with many famous actors like Jammie Foxx in the (2009), (2010) with Diane Lane, who once dated Jon Bon Jovi, and with Jessica Chastain in . His last film was , adapted from the novel of the same name by Teri Woods' published in .
Married Life & Children
Ellis was married to Tiffany Snow, and together they had two children; son Breon Ellis and daughter. The actor had his personal life secluded from the eyes of the world.
There were no details regarding his marriage or any of his affairs. But it was once rumored that Ellis might be gay, because of the role he portrayed in , but it was all a hoax.
Death
Nelson died an untimely death on , and was just of age at the time. His family claimed that Ellis was struggling with alcoholism and was trying to free himself from its traumas, which ultimately led to an alcohol withdrawal syndrome and thus died.
Net Worth
Nelsan Ellis's net worth was estimated to be $3 million at the time of his death. His acting career might have helped him to build up such a high figure of net worth.
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