Elvis Nolasco

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Elvis Nolasco

Elvis Nolasco is an actor known for his role in American Crime.

Elvis hails from New York, New York.

He is Dominican and spent evenings dancing to Latin music.

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Background

Elvis' love for salsa music led to an interest in break dancing - he used to dance with the legendary break dancing crew Soul Sonic Rockers.

His dancing ability led to a career that spans film, theater and television.

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Career

Nolasco has made appearances in a number of Spike Lee films including Clockers, Oldboy, and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.

In 2015, Nolasco portrayed Carter Nix in the first season of American Crime.

He returned for the second season to play Chris Dixon, a public school principal.

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Filmography


Film and TV performances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	I Like It Like That	Tito
1995	New York Undercover	Oscar	Episode: Olde Tyme Religion
1995	Clockers	Horace
1995	Law & Order	Dennis	Episode: Hot Pursuit
1996	Dance of the Quantum Cats	Miguel
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	Driver
1997	Prime Time	Moody
1997	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
2004	107 Street	Richard
2005	Miracle's Boys	Abe	3 episodes
2005	Secuestro	Jefe
2006	The Wannabe	Crime Stoppers Caller #1
2008	Che	Partygoer #4
2011	Da Brick	The Real
2011	Futurestates	Bato	Episode: White
2012	Mango Bajito	Jefe	and Associate Producer
2013	Oldboy	Cortez
2014	Suddenly	Census Pollster
2014	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	Post-production