Nice article on Nelsan and Sam from Canyon News. Here’s a little excerpt, you can read the whole thing at the source.
Nelsan Ellis who portrays the flamboyantly gay Lafayette Reynolds in Alan Ball’s and HBO’s hit vampire series “True Blood” is a distinguished actor who attended the prestigious acting program at Juilliard and in 2008 the actor won from the Satellite award for Best Supporting Actor for his work on “True Blood.” Ellis also won raves when he wrote a play called “Ugly,” an almost autobiographical piece about the devastating effects of domestic abuse, after his sister Alice was shot by her husband in 2002. Nelsan staged the play while a student at Julliard. Received the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Martin E. Segal Award for his efforts.
In a show with hunks like Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard and Stephen Moyer, unsung heroes like Ellis and Sam Trammell, who portrays shape shifter Sam Merlotte, are important as supporting actors on the cult classic series. Trammell’s career and training is also very prestigious. Trammell made waves and received raves early on in his career when he appeared on the New York stage while building a maverick career in mostly independent features. Sam also attended Brown University where he caught the acting bug in his senior year.
Interesting article. I’ve heard so much about Tommy that it’s nice to finally read something by him.
These are both such great characters – I love that we are able to not only wallow in all that is SM, rave about Anna, snarl over AS — but here are these two and Tara who were with us from the beginning, also amazing us with their performances. What more could one ask – well, maybe just one tiny thing – more sexy B/S and B/S forever.
Yes, Tommy does write nicely about True Blood, because he is a FAN!!! He is also a Bill fan, but does like all the other characters and hates discontent amongst the viewers.
I thought this article nice and I learnt something about Nelsan!
This has come in handy for the visit to EYECON this weekend!!
thanks again Lizzie for the link ;)
I can appreciate a fine article like this. I would agree that Both of these guys are unsung heroes in their own way. Its Not just about the vampires but also how the townsfolk are able to deal with them. I think that the scenes with the townspeople in Sam’s Bar are just as engaging as the rest of the show. I find the secondary or supporting character’s storylines interesting,too. Sam and Laffayette are just plain working guys. Yet they bring much to the show,too. I like Both of these characters. Sam,Along with Bill and Sookie was the hero at the end of season 2. Its a great show and a good story. By The Way,Tommy Is a gifted writer and a good personal friend.