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Nelsan Ellis
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In short · Acted for two decades — 13 credits.
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Actor
13 credits
Little Boxes(2016)
Mack Burns
FilmSend Me: An Original Web Series(2015)
Benjamin
TV
Get on Up(2014)
Bobby Byrd
Film
The Butler(2013)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film
The Reluctant Fundamentalist(2012)
Wainwright
Film
Elementary(2012)
Shinwell Johnson
TV
The Help(2011)
Actor
Film
Secretariat(2010)
Eddie Sweat
Film
The Soloist(2009)
David Carter
Film
The Express(2008)
Will Davis, Jr.
Film
True Blood(2008)
Lafayette Reynolds
TV
The Inside(2005)
Carter Howard
TV
Warm Springs(2005)
Roy Collier
Film
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