Nelsan Ellis Autographs
Nelsan Ellis (November 30, 1977 – July 8, 2017) was an American actor. 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 on television.
In addition to his television work, Ellis appeared in several feature films throughout his career. He portrayed Eddie Sweat in the Disney sports drama Secretariat (2010), was Martin Luther King Jr. in Lee Daniels's The Butler (2013), and was Bobby Byrd in the 2014 James Brown biopic Get on Up. His final acting role was in True to the Game, which was released posthumously.
Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois, near Chicago, the son of Jackie Ellis and Tommie Lee Thompson. When Ellis and his siblings were young, their mother, a single parent after her divorce, broke down after the death of her brother. Ellis and his siblings became wards of the state, and later were raised in Bessemer, Alabama, by their maternal grandmother. He was diagnosed with dyslexia in second grade.
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Traded items with a signature of Nelsan Ellis
The most expensive item with a signature of Nelsan Ellis (NELSAN ELLIS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO - TRUE BLOOD STUD, GET ON UP THE BUTLER) was sold in November 2025 for $89.99 while the cheapest item (258 WEST AUTHENTIC NELSAN ELLIS AUTOGRAPH CARD #21/400) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2021. The month with the most items sold (4) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $46.99 for an autographed item of Nelsan Ellis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2022 with $82.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.25 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Nelsan Ellis is worth $29.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Nelsan Ellis were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2013 True Blood Archives Nelsan Ellis FB Autograph | $19.95 |  |
 | Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds - 2013 True Blood Archives Autograph Auto | $23.94 | |
| Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds 2013 TRUE BLOOD Archives Autograph Card Auto | $41.98 | |
| Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds True Blood Autograph Auto 253 West Authentic | $19.99 | |
| Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds True Blood Autograph Auto 253 West Authentic | $19.99 | |
| Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds True Blood Autograph Auto 253 West Authentic | $30.00 | |
| NELSAN ELLIS as REYNOLDS 2012 TRUE BLOOD PREMIER RITTENHOUSE Autograph AUTO CARD | $45.99 | |
| True Blood Archives 2013 Auto Autograph Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $68.98 | |
| True Blood Archives 2013 Auto Autograph Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $68.98 | |
| True Blood Archives 2013 Auto Autograph Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $68.98 | |
| True Blood Archives 2013 Auto Autograph Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $54.99 | |
| True Blood Premiere 2012 Auto Autograph Card Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $63.98 | |
| True Blood Premiere 2012 Auto Autograph Card Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $49.99 | |
| True Blood Premiere 2012 Auto Autograph Card Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds | $63.98 | |
| True Blood Trading Card Autograph Of Nelsan Ellis As Lafayette Reynolds | $25.00 | |
