Actor Nelsan Ellis plays Lafayette Reynolds, a flamboyant gay man who peddles vampire blood, in HBO's "True Blood."
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When actor Nelsan Ellis is on the set of HBO's vampire saga "True Blood," show producer Alan Ball says, "We all just stand back and point the camera in his direction.'' Ellis, Ball has said, "channels from his own planet.'' Ellis is, of course, from this planet. He grew up in the south suburbs -- metamorphosing from troublemaker to an artist commanding critical acclaim and expanding parts.