Nelsan Ellis Quotes

United States, Actor
November 30, 1977 – July, 8, 2017.

Nelsan Ellis was an American actor and playwright. He achieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, among other accolades. He also starred as Shinwell Johnson in Elementary from 2016 to 2017, and played a variety of guest roles in other television series, including Veronica Mars and Without a Trace.

Also known as Playwright

If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me.

Nelsan Ellis
- Women
Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way.

Nelsan Ellis
- Character

I had no intention of being an actor.

Nelsan Ellis
Rihanna and makeup gets me into LaLa Land.

Nelsan Ellis
- Makeup
- Land