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Elvis Nolasco is an American actor, best known for his roles in MGM+'s NAACP crime drama Godfather of Harlem and ABC's anthology series American Crime .
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Elvis Nolasco is an American actor, best known for his roles in MGM+'s NAACP crime drama Godfather of Harlem and ABC's anthology series American Crime .
Nolasco was born and raised in New York City and is of Dominican descent. [1]
Nolasco has made appearances in a number of Spike Lee films including Clockers, Oldboy, and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus . [2]
In 2015, Nolasco portrayed Carter Nix in the first season of American Crime. [3] [4] He returned for the second season to play Chris Dixon, a public school principal. [5]
His latest production work includes the 2022 short fantasy film, Ro & the Stardust, which received noteworthy awards during the 2022 DTLA Film Festival and the Philadelphia Film Festival . In 2018, Nolasco successfully made his directorial debut at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles for his short film, Time 2 Surrender, of which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. The film was purchased by FOX Soul TV.
Nolasco can also be seen starring in bilingual films including the 2021 crime drama, Sinaliento, where he was awarded "Best Actor" for his lead role at the 10th Annual Dominican Film Festival In New York.
In 2023, viewers have seen see Nolasco playing Nat Pettigrew in Season 3 of Godfather of Harlem, and Jorge Ramirez, a Bakersfield, CA man who was wrongfully killed during a 2013 officer-involved shooting, in docuseries, Killing County.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | I Like It Like That | Tito | |
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Oscar | Episode: "Olde Tyme Religion" |
| Clockers | Horace | ||
| Law & Order | Dennis | Episode: "Hot Pursuit" | |
| 1996 | Dance of the Quantum Cats | Miguel | |
| I'm Not Rappaport | Driver | ||
| 1997 | Prime Time | Moody | |
| NYPD Blue | Trevor Botsford | Episode: "The Truth Is Out There" | |
| 2000 | Third Watch | Hard Brother | Episode: "Four Days" |
| 2002 | Rock Steady | Sunshine | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: SVU | Andre | Episode: "Mean" |
| 107 Street | Richard | ||
| 2005 | Miracle's Boys | Abe | 3 episodes |
| Secuestro | Jefe | ||
| 2006 | The Wannabe | Crime Stoppers Caller #1 | |
| 2008 | Che | Partygoer #4 | |
| 2011 | Da Brick | The Real | |
| Futurestates | Bato | Episode: "White" | |
| 2012 | Mango Bajito | Jefe | And associate producer |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Cortez | |
| 2014 | Suddenly | Census Pollster | |
| Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Lafayette Hightower | ||
| 2015–2016 | American Crime | Carter Nix (season 1) Chris Dixon (season 2) | Series regular (seasons 1 and 2) |
| 2017 | Roxanne Roxanne | Ray | |
| Claws | Detective Chip Lauderdale | Recurring role | |
| She's Gotta Have It | Papo "Da Mayor" | Recurring role | |
| 2018 | All American | J.P. Keating | Recurring role |
| 2019 | David Makes Man | Tio-Teo | Recurring role |
| Godfather of Harlem | Nat Pettigrew | Recurring role | |
| 2024 | Mr. Crocket | Mr. Crocket | Lead role |
| CARVED | A.J | ||
| TBA | Untitled task force project | Freddy Frias | Upcoming miniseries [6] |
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