Elvis Nolasco

Elvis Nolasco is an American actor, best known for his roles in the MGM+ crime drama Godfather of Harlem and the ABC anthology series American Crime.

Biography Nolasco was born and raised in New York City and is of Dominican descent.

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.

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 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.

Filmography Film and TV performancesYearTitleRoleNotes 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 role2018 All AmericanJ.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 roleCarvedA.J 2025 Task Freddy Frias Miniseries