Nelsan Ellis was born on the 30th November 1978, in Hilton Harvey, Illinois USA, and is an actor who is probably best recognized for starring in the role of Carter Howard in the FOX crime drama series “The Inside” (2005-2006), playing Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO horror series “True Blood” (2008-2014), and as Shinwell Johnson in the CBS procedural drama series “Elementary” (2016-2017). He is also known as a playwright. His career has been active since 2002.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Nelsan Ellis is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Nelsan’s net worth is over $3 million, accumulated through his successful involvement in the entertainment industry as a professional actor, and as a playwright.
Nelsan Ellis Net Worth $3 Million
Nelsan Ellis spent his childhood with his siblings in Bessemer, Alabama, where he was raised by his grandmother after the divorce of his parents. There he attended Jess Lanier High School for a year, after which he transferred to McAdory High School. When he was 15 years old, he returned to Illinois, and in 1997 he matriculated from Thornridge High School in Dolton. As a 17-year-old boy, Nelsan became a member of the US Marines, but soon quit, and continued his education at Illinois State University. While in college, he won the National Championship in Duo Interpretation, as well as the National Forensic Association tournament, and then enrolled at the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, from which he graduated with a BFA degree in 2004.
Nelsan’s acting career actually began in 2002, when he made his debut appearance in the short drama “Lost”. His breakout came three years later, when he starred in the role of Roy Collier in the TV film “Warm Springs” (2005), and was then selected to portray Carter Howard in the TV crime drama series “The Inside” (2005-2006), starring alongside Adam Baldwin and Rachel Nichols. In the following year, he guest-starred in “Veronica Mars”, and “Without A Trace”. All of these roles increased his net worth considerably.
In 2008, Nelsan won the role of Lafayette Reynolds in the TV series “True Blood”, starring with Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Sam Trammell and which lasted until 2014. This role earned him enormous success, and since then his career has only gone upwards, as well as his net worth. He subsequently appeared in a number of film titles, such as “The Express” (2008) playing Will Davis, Jr., “Secretariat” (2010) as Eddie Sweat, and “Get On Up” (2014) in the role of Bobby Byrd, among others, all contributing to his net worth.
To speak further about his acting career, Nelsan was cast in Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s film entitled “The Stanford Prison Experiment” in 2015, and in the following year appeared in “True To The Game” and “Little Boxes”. Most recently, he landed the role of Shinwell Johnson in the TV series “Elementary” (2016-2017), which will certainly increase his net worth.
Thanks to his accomplishments in the film industry and his work on “True Blood”, Nelsan has won a number of recognitions and awards, including the 2008 Satellite Award, the 2009 Ewwy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the 2011 NAACP Image Award, etc.
Additionally to this, Nelsan is also known as a playwright, writing the play entitled “Ugly”, while he was a student, for which he earned the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Martin E. Segal Award.
When it comes to his personal life, Nelsan Ellis is rumoured to be married, but keeps his love life to himself, and the only other thing known to the media is his current residence, which is in Los Angeles, California.
