Sky Elobar

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Sky Elobar
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Elobar in 2024
Born
Sky Elobar
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Sky Elobar is an American actor. He is best known for playing Big Brayden in the absurdist horror film The Greasy Strangler and his other collaborations with director Jim Hosking. [1]

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Career

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Sky Elobar, center of group, at a movie premiere

Since 2007, Elobar has appeared in numerous short films, TV shows, and feature films including Under the Silver Lake , An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn , and New Girl . [2]

In 2016, Elobar landed the co-lead role in Jim Hosking's comedy-horror film The Greasy Strangler alongside Michael St. Michaels. The film proved to be a breakthrough smash at Sundance Film Festival. [3] [4] [5]

Elobar and Hosking would collaborate further for the TV show Tropical Cop Tales and the movie An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn . [6]

Selected filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Miss March MailmanUncredited
2015 Don Verdean Dr. Stanley
2016 The Greasy Strangler Big Brayden
2016 Nina Nina's Bass PlayerUncredited
2017 I Do... Until I Don't Scotty
2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Carl Ronk
2018 Back Roads Church
2018 Under the Silver Lake Clerk
2018 Candy Corn Gus
2023 Self Reliance P.A. Ninja II
2024 Ebony & Ivory Paul Also associate producer
2024 Solvent Mike Haneke
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 My Name is Earl Prison Guard (uncredited)Episode: "Early Release"
2009 Sonny with a Chance PaparrazziEpisode: "Poll'd Apart"
2013 Kroll Show ChipEpisode: "Mercury Poisoning"
2015 New Girl Pasty ManEpisode: "Shark"
2016 Lady Dynamite Glenn2 Episodes
2017 Son of Zorn Mr. RollerEpisode: "The Quest for Craig"
2017 Hidden America with Jonah Ray SteveEpisode: "Minneapolis. Genuine. Cold."
2017 Good Game MerleEpisode: "Blood Match"
2018-2019 Tropical Cop Tales Various roles4 episodes

References

  1. "SXSW Q&A: JIM HOSKING, SKY ELOBAR, AND MICHAEL ST. MICHAELS TALK 'THE GREASY STRANGLER'". Modern Horrors. 13 March 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. "Sky Elobar". TV Guide. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. Griffiths, Dave (19 November 2016). "[FILM REVIEW] The Greasy Strangler". Heavy Magazine.
  4. "'The Greasy Strangler': American comedy's most absurd entry". Far Out Magazine. 22 June 2024.
  5. "The Greasy Strangler, Review". The New York Times. 28 October 2016.
  6. Kurland, Daniel (4 February 2019). "Tropical Cop Tales: The Perfect Recipe for An Adult Swim Nightmare". Den of Geek. Retrieved February 24, 2024.