Jamie Elman | |
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 Elman at the 2004 Movieline Young Hollywood Awards | |
| Born | 1976or1977(age 47–48) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Jamie Elman (born 1976or1977) is a Canadian American actor, best known for his leading roles of Cody Miller on YTV's Student Bodies, Luke Foley in NBC's American Dreams, and himself in Yidlife Crisis .
Elman was born in New York City, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Jewish day school in Montreal [1] and has taught fourth-graders at a synagogue religious school in Southern California. [2]
In Montreal, Elman began performing in plays such as The Children's Hour and Annie Get Your Gun before landing his first roles in TV ( Are You Afraid of the Dark? ) and film ( Johnny Mnemonic ). Elman graduated from McGill University with a BA in English.
He was part of the ensemble cast of the film Shattered Glass opposite Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard, and has guest-starred on numerous popular series including Crossing Jordan , Criminal Minds , Without a Trace , CSI: NY and The Closer . Recent roles include starring opposite Armand Assante in California Dreaming which won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival; portraying a young Sigmund Freud, again opposite Assante and Ben Cross, in When Nietzsche Wept ; and on the small screen, where he improvised with Larry David in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm .
In 2009, Elman began work on his first webseries titled Brainstorm for Dailymotion.com. In April 2010, Elman appeared on the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Jamie Peterson.
Elman and Eli Batalion direct and act in YidLife Crisis, a series of short comedy sketches about two 30-something Jewish friends. [3] Most of the dialog is in Yiddish, which the two use as a secret language, but subtitles are provided in English and French. The duo performed at Montreal's Segal Centre for Performing Arts for a week in January 2022. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Toad | |
| 2000 | Stardom | ||
| 2001 | Girl's Best Friend | Lucas White | |
| Rave Macbeth | Troy | ||
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Aaron Bluth | |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Game Time | Randy Lawrence | TV movie |
| 2007 | California Dreamin' | Sg. David McLaren | |
| Waking Dreams | Colin | ||
| When Nietzsche Wept | Sigmund Freud | ||
| 2008 | Squeegees | Dmiti | TV movie |
| 2010 | Crazy/Sexy/Awkward | Ben Hoffman | Short movie |
| The Scientist | David Williams | ||
| Here and Now | Sam Walters | Short movie | |
| 2011 | The Chicago 8 | John Froines | |
| 2012 | Crisis Point | Adam Wills | TV movie |
| A Night at the Office | Henry | Short movie | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | Rancis Fluggerbutter | Voice | |
| 2013 | Saving Lincoln | General George McClellan | |
| Random Encounters | Zack Steiner | ||
| 2014 | Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy | Jakob | TV movie |
| 2014 | YidLife Crisis | Chaimie | Short movie |
| 2017 | The Thin Line | Robert Seethis | |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rancis Fluggerbutter | Voice |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1993 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Friend / Student | 2 episodes, uncredited |
| 1996 | My Hometown | Dennis Thompson | |
| 1997–2000 | Student Bodies | Cody Anthony Miller | 65 episodes |
| 1999 | Undressed | Colin | |
| 2002–2005 | American Dreams | Luke Foley | 26 episodes |
| 2003 | See Jane Date | Larry Fishtail | |
| Without a Trace | Alex Durphy | Episode: "Sons and Daughters" | |
| 2005 | The Closer | Dennis Burke | Episode: "Standards and Practices" |
| CSI: NY | Adam Sorenson | Episode: "Summer in the City" | |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Kenneth Roberts | Episode: "Empty Planet" |
| 2007 | What About Brian | Max | Episode: "What About Finding Your Place..." |
| Crossing Jordan | Jonathan | Episode: "D.O.A." | |
| The Business | The Writer | Episode: "Field Trip to Hollywood: Part 2" | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jamie the Bartender | Episode: "The Freak Book" | |
| 2009 | Mad Men | Howard Mann | Episode: "Out of Town" |
| Brainstorm | Ben Speilman | 8 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Young and the Restless | Jamie Peterson | |
| NCIS | Realtor | Episode: "Royals & Loyals" | |
| 2012 | House | Dr. Peter Treiber | Episode: "Post Mortem" |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Dan Hargrove | Episode: "Throwing Down the Gauntlet" | |
| Covert Affairs | John Dexter | Episode: "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" | |
| 2014–2018 | Yidlife Crisis | Chaimie | Nominated – Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media (2017) [5] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Theran Cedrax | [6] |
| 2013 | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel | Tharan Cedrax (voice) | |
| 2014 | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan | Tharan Cedrax (voice) |
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