Bodhi Elfman

Bodhi Elfman
Born	Bodhi Pine Saboff Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Jenna Elfman ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2
Parents	Richard Elfman (father) Rhonda Saboff (mother)
Relatives	Danny Elfman (uncle) Blossom Elfman (grandmother)

Bodhi Pine Elfman (born Bodhi Pine Saboff) ^[1] is an American actor. He is the son of filmmaker Richard Elfman and Rhonda Joy Saboff. He is best known for playing the roles of Avram Hader in the Fox television series Touch and for his recurring role in the CBS television series Criminal Minds as Peter "Mr. Scratch" Lewis.

Early life

Bodhi Pine Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in the city's Hollywood district. He is the son of actor/director Richard Elfman and Rhonda Joy Saboff, grandson of author Blossom Elfman, and nephew of composer Danny Elfman. ^[2]

Career

Elfman has had film roles in Mercury Rising , Collateral , Godzilla and Armageddon , and smaller parts in The Mod Squad , Keeping the Faith , and Gone in 60 Seconds . ^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Elfman starred in the UPN television series Freedom , alongside Holt McCallany, Scarlett Chorvat and Darius McCrary, and in Pirates of Silicon Valley alongside Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall. ^{[7] [8]} He appeared in the short-lived ABC television series Hiller and Diller, guest-starred in an episode of Sliders , ^{[9] [10]} and was part of the recurring cast of Touch . Elfman also guest-starred in his wife Jenna's television show Dharma & Greg , playing a performance artist who asks Dharma to be a part of his living display gallery. ^[11]

In 2012, Elfman and his wife Jenna started their podcast, Kicking and Screaming by Jenna and Bodhi Elfman. ^[12]

Personal life

In February 1991, Elfman met Jennifer Mary Butala (Jenna Elfman) during an audition for a Sprite commercial. ^[13] Four years later, they were married on February 18, 1995. Bodhi is of Jewish descent, and Jenna ^[14] was raised Catholic. When they met he was a practicing Scientologist.^{[ citation needed ]} Jenna became a Scientologist after her husband introduced her to its teachings. ^[15]

In 2000, Bodhi and Jenna Elfman bought the home owned by Madonna, a 5,000-square-foot (460 m²) 1920s house on a gated two-acre lot in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles. Having paid US$4 million, they later sold the property in April 2004 for US$4.7 million to actress Katey Sagal, of Married... with Children fame. ^{[16] [17]}

Their first child, son Story, was born in 2007, and their second child, son Easton, was born in 2010. ^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Sneakers	Centurion S&L Night Guard
1993	Stepmonster	Photo Cashier	Direct to video film
1994	Shrunken Heads	Booger Martin
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	TV Studio P.A.
1995	Ripple	Unknown	Short film
1996	A Very Brady Sequel	Coffee Customer	Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1996	Going Home	Daniel	Short film
1997	The Others	Douglas "Sluggo" Zelov
1998	Slappy and the Stinkers	"Tag"	Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1998	Mercury Rising	Leo Pedranski	Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1998	Girl	Derek
1998	Godzilla	Freddie
1998	Armageddon	Math Guy
1998	Enemy of the State	NSA Agent Van	Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1999	The Mod Squad	Gilbert, Skinny Freak	Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1999	Rituals and Resolutions	Arno	Short film
2000	Keeping the Faith	Howard, The Casanova
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	"Fuzzy" Frizzel
2000	Almost Famous	Alice's Manager (director's cut only)	Uncredited
2000	Sand	Max
2001	The Shrink Is In	Charley
2002	Lost	Hugh	Short film
2002	Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool	Unknown	Opening film at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
2004	Collateral	Young Professional Man
2004	Funky Monkey	Drummond
2006	Love Hollywood Style	James
2006	Love Comes to the Executioner	Krist Skolnik
2008	Struck	Joel (lead)	Short film
2009	Tomorrow	Nick	Short film
2011	Angela Wright	Mr. Taylor	Short film
2012	Desperate Measures	He	Short film
2014	Lennon	Greg Mayburn	Short film
2015	Medicine Men	Baker
2015	Whitehorse	Kenny	Short film
2016	Sing For Your Supper	Glen	Short film
2018	Electromagnetic	Stanley
2019	Aliens, Clowns & Geeks	Eddy Pine / Clown Zippy
2020	Browse	Kyle

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Life Goes On	Mark	Episodes: "Life After Death", "Out of the Mainstream"
1992	Doing Time on Maple Drive	Joe	TV movie
1992	Melrose Place	Messenger	Episode: "Picture Imperfect"
1993	Double Deception	Burglar #1	TV movie
1993	Phenom	Burt	Episode: "Angela's Wild Ride"
1993	Sisters	Busboy	Episode: "The Best Intentions"
1994	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Sean	Episode: "Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict"
1994	Married... with Children	Clerk	Episode: "Dial B for Virgin" Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1994	Step by Step	Garry	Episodes: "Great Expectations", "Something Wild", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1995	Clerks	Ray	TV pilot
1996	Ellen	Surfer Dude	Episode: "Too Hip for the Room" Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1996	The Faculty	Unknown	Episode: "The Brain Teaser"
1996	Hang Time	Bob	Episode: "Fake ID-ology"
1996–1997	3rd Rock from the Sun	Clerk / Orderly	Episodes: "My Mother the Alien", "I Brake for Dick" Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1997	Ink	Kevin	3 episodes
1997	Hiller and Diller	Unknown
1997	George & Leo	Bellboy	Episode: "The Halloween Show"
1998	Sliders	Trevor Blue	Episode: "Genesis" (as Bodhi Pine Elfman)
1998	Party of Five	Unknown	Episode: "Separation Anxiety" Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
1998	Hollyweird	Trey	TV movie
1998–2001	Dharma & Greg	Terry / Survivor / Ted	3 episodes
1999	Pirates of Silicon Valley	John Gilmore	Original TNT TV movie Credited as Bodhi Pine Elfman
2000	The Huntress	Toby Anders	Episode: "The Kid"
2000	Veronica's Closet	Neil	Episodes: "Veronica Loses Her Olive Again", "Veronica's Clips"
2000–2001	Freedom	Londo Pearl	Main cast; 11 episodes
2001	Providence	Suspicious Guy	Episode: "Falling"
2003	ER	Nicky	Episode: "Finders Keepers"
2003	Without a Trace	Chris Roland	Episode: "No Mas"
2003	Dragnet	Kevin O'Malley	Episode: "Daddy's Girl", aka "The 2003 series: L.A. Dragnet", as part of the Dragnet franchise
2003	Las Vegas	Steven	Episode: "Donny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
2003	Karen Sisco	Fred	Episode: "Nobody's Perfect"
2003	Coyote Waits	Odell Redd	Adapted novel Coyote Waits for television – aired on PBS
2004	Charmed	Kyle Donie	Episode: "Witch Wars"
2005	Fielder's Choice	Lou	TV movie
2005	Misadventures in Matchmaking	Andy	5 episodes
2009	The Mentalist	Rick Tiegler	Episode: "Russet Potatoes"
2010	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rylan Gauss	Episode: "418/427"
2011	Handsome Sportz Klub	Leopold Von Gugenstein	3 episodes
2011	Prime Suspect	Paul Robie	Episode: "The Great Wall of Silence"
2012–2013	Touch	Avram Hadar	10 episodes
2014	Growing Up Fisher	Unknown	Episode: "Katie You Can Drive My Car"
2015	Code Black	Kenny	Episode: Black Tag
2015–2017	Criminal Minds	Peter "Mr. Scratch" Lewis	Episodes: "Mr. Scratch", "The Storm", "The Crimson King", "Mirror Image", "True North", "Wheels Up"
2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Josh Walker	Episode: "Ocean Frank"

References

1. Feran, Tom (March 25, 1998). "Wes Craven to Produce TV Series". The Plain Dealer. p. 2G.
2. "'Dharma & Greg' Star: Latter-Day Flower Child". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 1, 1997.
3. Wirt, John (April 10, 1998). "Mercury Rising drags on and on with little going for it". The Advocate. Capital City Press. p. 19.
4. Johnson, Malcolm (March 26, 1999). "The Odd Squad: Claire Danes Makes Wrong Move". The Hartford Courant . The Hartford Courant Co. p. F3.
5. "Guest spots keep star busy". Buffalo News . May 14, 2006.
6. Ryon, Ruth (November 12, 2000). "'Dharma' Follows the Material Girl". Los Angeles Times . p. K.1.
7. McDonough, Kevin (October 27, 2000). "'Level 9' should be promptly deep-sixed – 'Freedom' is just another fascistic future drama". Charleston Daily Mail . Charleston Newspapers. p. 5D.
8. Jicha, Tom (June 20, 1999). "Pirates of Silicon Valley Does Not Compute". Sun-Sentinel . Sun-Sentinel Company. p. 4.
9. Pergament, Alan (June 8, 1998). "Real Actors Help 'Sliders' Slip Ahead of Spielberg's – Animated 'Invasion America'". The Buffalo News . p. A11.
10. "Q & A: Your Questions". The Dallas Morning News . February 1, 1998.
11. Malleck, Bonnie (November 13, 2001). "Frasier Marathon runs a full two hours". The Hamilton Spectator. p. D08.
12. "Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: Kicking and Screaming by Jenna and Bodhi Elfman". February 8, 2013.
13. "Jenna Elfman's Winning Formula: Hard Work That's Fun". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . November 25, 1997.
14. The Associated Press (July 23, 2007). "Jenna Elfman Gives Birth to a Son in LA: Jenna Elfman and Husband Welcome First Child, a Son Named Story Elias, Her Publicist Says". ABC News . Retrieved February 25, 2008.^{[ dead link ]}
15. "Inside Scientology". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 31, 2025. In addition to Travolta, Scientology attracted musicians Chick Corea and lsaac Hayes, actresses Mimi Rogers and Kirstie Alley, and the influential acting coach Milton Katselas, who brought in a number of others, including actresses Anne Archer and Kelly Preston, who later became Travolta's wife. And those celebrities begat others, including Tom Cruise, who was introduced by his then-wife, Rogers, and Jenna Elfman, introduced by her husband, actor Bodhi Elfman.
16. "Madonna sells Los Angeles home for $4 million". CNN. Reuters. November 12, 2000. Archived from the original on February 21, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
17. Ruth Ryon: "Lair in the hills would easily fit 2", Los Angeles Times , July 31, 2005.

External links

• Bodhi Elfman at IMDb
• Bodhi Elfman at tvguide.com
• Bodhi Elfman at Yahoo! movies