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Nelsan Ellis was born in Chicago and raised in Alabama. While studying at Julliard, Ellis wrote a semi-autobiographical play called "Ugly," which was not only performed at the school, but he received the Martin Segal Award by Lincoln Center. Further productions of "Ugly" were performed at the Fringe Festival, Storm Theatre and the Santa Monica Playhouse. He also wrote and directed the short film "Page 36," which aired on HBO. Nelsan Ellis can be seen on the hit… (more)
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Actor
Movies | |
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2017 |
True to the Game |
2016 |
Little Boxes |
2015 |
The Stanford Prison Experiment |
2014 |
Get on Up |
2013 |
Gods Behaving Badly |
The Butler |
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2012 |
The Reluctant Fundamentalist |
2011 |
The Help |
2010 |
Secretariat |
2009 |
The Soloist |
2008 |
The Express |
2005 |
Warm Springs (TV movie) |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
See It Loud: The History of Black Television (series) - a.f. |
2008 |
True Blood-Lines: A New Type (TV movie) |
Short | |
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2010 |
A Drop of True Blood (series) |
2002 |
Lost |
Performer
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2010 |
The Talk |