Nelsan Ellis: movies and TV shows
Nelsan Ellis has 21 credits in the archive: 15 films and 6 TV series, from 2002 to 2017. Highest rated: The Help (8.2/10).
Career timeline
2002 – 2017 · busiest year: 2010 (3 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne | Mr. Lester | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2017 | True to the Game | Tyrik | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2017 | Little Boxes | Mack | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison Experiment | Jesse Fletcher | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2014 | Get On Up | Bobby Byrd | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2013 | The Butler | Martin Luther King Jr. | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 2013 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Wainwright | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 2013 | Gods Behaving Badly | Dionysus | Film | 2.5 | 35 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Shinwell Johnson | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 2011 | The Help | Henry The Waiter | Film | 8.2 | 33 |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Eddie Sweat | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 2010 | Page 36 | Film | — | 32 | |
| 2010 | Page 36 | Film | — | 32 | |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 2009 | The Soloist | David Carter | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 2008 | True Blood | Lafayette Reynolds | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 2008 | The Express | Will Davis, Jr. | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 2005 | The Inside | Carter Howard | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Roy Collier | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Apollo Bukenya | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Luol Nimieri | TV | 7.2 | 24 |