Nelsan Ellis
Television

Nelsan Ellis

Section Title: Television
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

2005	Warm Springs	Roy Collier	Television film

2005–2006	The Inside	Carter Howard	12 episodes

2007	Veronica Mars	Apollo Bukenya	Episode: "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer"

2007	Without a Trace	Deng Nimieri	Episode: "Lost Boy"

2008–2014	True Blood	Lafayette Reynolds	Regular; 80 episodes Won Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Won Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won Ewwy Award for best supporting actor in a Drama series Won NewNowNext Award for Brink of Fame: Actor Nominated for a Scream Award for best supporting actor

2015	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself, Guest Judge	Episode: "Conjoined Queens"

2016–2017	Elementary	Shinwell Johnson	Main character; 11 episodes

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Nelsan Ellis portrayed Lafayette Reynolds in the television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award among other accolades.

final_sentence: Nelsan Ellis portrayed Lafayette Reynolds in the television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award among other accolades.