Portrait of Nelsan Ellis

Acting

Nelsan Ellis

Career

Active from 2005 to 2017, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment
GoodWatch score73/100

Characters

2

The characters Nelsan Ellis played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nelsan Ellis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • American History 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 67
Little Boxes
Little Boxes (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mack

True to the Game
True to the Game (2017)
GoodWatch score 42

as Tyrik

Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Lester

The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
GoodWatch score 73

as Jesse Fletcher

Get On Up
Get On Up (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bobby Byrd

The Butler
The Butler (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

as Martin Luther King Jr.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

as Wainwright

Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)

as Dionysus

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Shinwell Johnson

The Help
The Help (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

as Henry The Waiter

Secretariat
Secretariat (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Eddie Sweat

Page 36
Page 36 (2010)

Director, Story

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 67
The Soloist
The Soloist (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as David Carter

True Blood
True Blood (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Lafayette Reynolds

The Express
The Express (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Will Davis, Jr.

The Inside
The Inside (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Carter Howard

Warm Springs
Warm Springs (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

as Roy Collier

Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Apollo Bukenya

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Luol Nimieri