---
title: 'Nelsan Ellis'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'actor'
born: '1977-11-30'
died: '2017-07-08'
birthplace: 'Harvey'
deathplace: 'New York City'
films_in_library: 10
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/nelsan-ellis'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelsan_Ellis'
wikidata: 'Q40299'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nelsan Ellis

film actor, television actor, film producer, actor.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2016 · [Little Boxes](https://cinepixo.com/movies/little-boxes-2016) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [The Stanford Prison Experiment](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-stanford-prison-experiment-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Get on Up](https://cinepixo.com/movies/get-on-up-2014) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [The Butler](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-butler-2013) — as Martin Luther King Jr. · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Gods Behaving Badly](https://cinepixo.com/movies/gods-behaving-badly-2013) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [The Reluctant Fundamentalist](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-reluctant-fundamentalist-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [The Help](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-help-2011) — as Henry The Waiter · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Secretariat](https://cinepixo.com/movies/secretariat-2010) — as Eddie Sweat · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [The Soloist](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-soloist-2009) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [The Express](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-express-2008) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/nelsan-ellis
Biographical facts from Wikipedia/Wikidata where linked above. Ratings and reviews are the work of this site's members.