Jamie Elman

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Jamie Elman
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Elman at the 2004 Movieline Young Hollywood Awards
Born1976or1977(age 47–48)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present

Jamie Elman (born in July 5th,1976) 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 .

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Life and career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Johnny Mnemonic Toad
2000 Stardom
2001Girl's Best FriendLucas White
Rave MacbethTroy
2003 Shattered Glass Aaron Bluth
2005Mystery Woman: Game TimeRandy LawrenceTV movie
2007California Dreamin'Sg. David McLaren
Waking DreamsColin
When Nietzsche Wept Sigmund Freud
2008SqueegeesDmitiTV movie
2010Crazy/Sexy/AwkwardBen HoffmanShort movie
The ScientistDavid Williams
Here and NowSam WaltersShort movie
2011 The Chicago 8 John Froines
2012Crisis PointAdam WillsTV movie
A Night at the OfficeHenryShort movie
Wreck-It Ralph Rancis FluggerbutterVoice
2013 Saving Lincoln General George McClellan
Random Encounters Zack Steiner
2014Bomb Girls: Facing the EnemyJakobTV movie
2014YidLife CrisisChaimieShort movie
2017The Thin LineRobert Seethis
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Rancis FluggerbutterVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1993 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Friend / Student2 episodes, uncredited
1996My HometownDennis Thompson
1997–2000 Student Bodies Cody Anthony Miller65 episodes
1999 Undressed Colin
2002–2005 American Dreams Luke Foley26 episodes
2003 See Jane Date Larry Fishtail
Without a Trace Alex DurphyEpisode: "Sons and Daughters"
2005 The Closer Dennis BurkeEpisode: "Standards and Practices"
CSI: NY Adam SorensonEpisode: "Summer in the City"
2006 Criminal Minds Kenneth RobertsEpisode: "Empty Planet"
2007 What About Brian MaxEpisode: "What About Finding Your Place..."
Crossing Jordan JonathanEpisode: "D.O.A."
The Business The WriterEpisode: "Field Trip to Hollywood: Part 2"
Curb Your Enthusiasm Jamie the BartenderEpisode: "The Freak Book"
2009 Mad Men Howard MannEpisode: "Out of Town"
BrainstormBen Speilman8 episodes
2010 The Young and the Restless Jamie Peterson
NCIS RealtorEpisode: "Royals & Loyals"
2012 House Dr. Peter TreiberEpisode: "Post Mortem"
Rizzoli & Isles Dan HargroveEpisode: "Throwing Down the Gauntlet"
Covert Affairs John DexterEpisode: "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"
2014–2018 Yidlife Crisis ChaimieNominated Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media (2017) [5]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Theran Cedrax [6]
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Tharan Cedrax (voice)
2014Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan Tharan Cedrax (voice)

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