Elvis Nolasco

Acting

Elvis Nolasco

Born 1968-12-19 · New York, New York, USA

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.

Acting credits

Oldboy poster
5.9

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

Oldboy

2013

Che: Part One poster
6.8

Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.

Che: Part One

2008

Clockers poster
6.7

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

Clockers

1995

Mr. Crocket poster
5.2

A single mother thinks she's found the key to calming her child down – a VHS copy of a strange children's program named Mr. Crocket's World. However, a darker, bloodier secret waits to invade their home from inside the tape.

Mr. Crocket

2024

Carved poster
4.8

On Halloween 1993, the staff of a historic pioneer village attraction must work together to survive the attack of a monstrous killer pumpkin set on revenge.

Carved

2024

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus poster
4.7

Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his transformation he enters into a dangerous romance with Ganja Hightower that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status.

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

2015

Cold Side poster
6.0

Antu, a young screenwriter journeys into the fictional worlds of his screenplays.

Cold Side

2017

El Tiguere poster
NR

In the face of food insecurity and a harsh legal system in the Bronx, a Dominican immigrant operates his mobile food garden under the radar, determined to rebuild his life and repair his relationship with his estranged son.

El Tiguere

2025

Mogadishu, Minnesota poster
NR

A drama about a Somali family living in Minneapolis.

Mogadishu, Minnesota

2016

Roxanne Roxanne poster
6.0

The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.

Roxanne Roxanne

2017

I Like It Like That poster
6.3

After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her transgender sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.

I Like It Like That

1994

InVade poster
NR

An undocumented scientist and his son try to stop an environmental disaster.

InVade

2021

No artwork available
10.0

An avant garde prison power struggle as witnessed through the point of view of the inmates’ only television set with the biggest troublemaker and sweetest seducer on the cellblock. The Knicks have just taken the Bulls to overtime, but it’s time for Star Trek. The film took two days to shoot, one week to edit, and one year to create the special effects. With it being Shot on 16mm film and transferred to video and then edited on a computer - the first student film at Columbia to be edited digitally.

Prime Time

1997

I'm Not Rappaport poster
5.7

Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.

I'm Not Rappaport

1996

179th Street poster
5.0

New York City in the 1980's, the Latino Drug Lords' War is fueled by "Crack", while a boy chained to radiator witnesses it all. Based on two true stories of how the American Dream turns into an American Nightmare.

179th Street

2014

Short Handle poster
1.5

Lured by the notion of a quick buck (the proverbial 'Easy Fruit' or 'Mango Bajito' in Spanish), three young people decide to kidnap the son of a rich family, and hide out in the wild mountains of the Dominican Republic - until everything that can go wrong, does.

Short Handle

2012

Time 2 Surrender poster
NR

Dino is a disabled Iraqi war vet haunted by the things he's done and is struggling to accept who he's become. He frequently clashes with his straight-laced little brother until one day, Dino is forced to face the truth about his self-destructive behavior, which sets him on a path toward redemption. He discovers that the biggest battle left to fight is within.

Time 2 Surrender

2018

Rock Steady poster
8.0

Sunshine and America reminisce over a relationship that goes back "like skellys".

Rock Steady

2002

In Search of a Dream poster
7.0

Two friends in Washington Heights take different paths to earn a living: one working in a grocery store, the other as a drug dealer.

In Search of a Dream

1997

No artwork available
NR

In the aftermath of a hurricane, a Brooklyn artist and her daughter embark on a last-wish road trip across Puerto Rico with their terminally ill matriarch — only to uncover deep family secrets and the adventurous side of the “Abuela” everyone thought they knew.

Hurricane Seasons

Ro & the Stardust poster
6.6

A free-spirited teen fulfills her terminally ill grandmother's dying wish of building a rocket ship to launch her into outer space.

Ro & the Stardust

2022

No artwork available
5.0

Three vignettes, "The Domino Players", "The Secret Miracle" and "point of View," are linked by telephone conversations being surreptitiously listened to by Marcos, the main character. Navigating the fine line between comedy and tragedy, "107 Street" not only richly illustrates the particulars of ethnic life in one pulsating New York City neighborhood, it explores that world's universality. Premiered at the 2004 New York International Latino Film Festival.

107 Street

2004

Breathless poster
5.8

In the DR, hardened cop Manolo tries to take down an infamous drug cartel; meanwhile, his daughter has fallen in love with Lorenzo, a construction worker who's unwittingly gotten embroiled in the drug cartel's dealings.

Breathless

2021

Behind the camera