Elisha Yaffe

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Elisha Yaffe
Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
Education Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School, Emerson College [1]
Alma mater Emerson College
Website
elisha.tv

Elisha Yaffe is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He has appeared in television shows including Better Call Saul , The Newsroom , Mad Men , Southland , Up All Night , The New Normal and CSI: NY and voiced the characters of Jimmy Olsen and B'dg on DC Nation Shorts's Tales of Metropolis and Super-Pets . [2]

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He has co-created webseries, including Downers Grove, Minor Stars and Remember When. [3] He has appeared in commercials for Mike's Hard Lemonade, Time Warner Cable, Samsung, Wendy's, McDonald's, Nintendo 3DS, [4] [5] Progressive [6] and Hanes. [7]

Life and career

Yaffe is from Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was a founding member of the Valley Arts Project, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the development of young artists. Yaffe organized the project's Valley Arts Festival, which featured performances by up and coming artists in the Pioneer Valley area, including a then-unknown Sonya Kitchell. [8] He is a graduate of Emerson College. [1]

After college, he formed Sorry, Dad Productions with Michael Blaiklock, Dave Horwitz, and Justin Becker. Together they produced the slacker comedy "Downers Grove" for Warner Brothers Studio 2.0. [3] He was named to the Heeb 100 in 2010. [9] [10]

Film and television

Film and Television
YearFilmRoleNotes
2010Downers GrovePudgeWeb series, 9 episodes
Remember WhenElishaWeb series, 3 episodes
2011Minor StarsDougieWeb series, 3 episodes
Roommate MeetingElishaWeb series, 3 episodes
2012 CSI: NY Master Chief2 episodes
Mad Men StewartEpisode: "Christmas Waltz"
Last RemnantsRichard HillShort film
Housemates of Horror Theo CollegeHumor Original
Up All Night ClerkEpisode: "I Can't Quit You"
Echo ChamberLead/Writer/DirectorShort film
FigurinesLead/WriterShort film
2013 The New Normal NoelEpisode: "Stay-at-Home Dad"
Southland JerryEpisode: "Hats and Bats"
Expecting (2013 film) Barry
DC Nation Shorts Various4 episodes
2014 Decay (2014 film) Aaron [11]
Off the GridElishaShort film [12]
Mighty Med BobEpisode: "Two Writers Don't Make a Wrong" [13]
Time Travel Lover Matt [14]
The Newsroom EddieEpisode: "Episode #3.1" [15]
Comedy Bang! Bang! Mr. Hunchy's P.A.Episode: "Josh Groban Wears a Pantsuit and Socks" [16]
2015 Smosh: The Movie High DriverMovie
Contracted: Phase II Mormon #2Movie
Hey Dude, Hey Man (Short) DudeShort film
One Shot TheatergoerMovie
Frank & Lola WillMovie
2016 Pop Music (Short) TrevorShort film
Better Call Saul Lance 3 episodes
Welcome Back Director/Writer1 episode
Disconnected (TV series) Executive Producer14 episodes
2017Then The Letting Go (Short)ElishaShort film
Bobby Chew Sells a Car (TV series) Executive Producer1 episodes
Band Aid BartenderFeature film
2018 We Are CVNT5 Showrunner/co-EP8 episodes

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