Anecdotes

His hometown local paper, The Montreal Mirror, rated him the third most popular actor from Montreal after William Shatner and Jay Baruchel.

Is a huge fan of DC Comics' Batman.

The mayor of Elias' hometown of Montreal asked Elias to sign the Gold Book of the city. Elias traveled back home for a ceremony at City Hall. He was joined by William Shatner, Brent Spiner, John Barrowman, Peter Cullen, Manu Bennet, and Michael Ironside in signing the cherished Gold Book of Montreal.

Once trained as a professional wrestler.

He enjoys lending his voice to video game characters. In his words, "It's fun to be able to shoot myself in a game.".

Speaks French.

Known as "The Canadian Andy Serkis".

Is a trained musical stage singer.

Is a huge fan of the now-defunct Montreal Expos.

Often seen on stage doing Shakespeare.

He doesn't like doing interviews, and says that he's not as interesting as the characters he plays.

Included on a "Treachery" card in The Expanse board game.

Is a huge fan of the Montreal Canadiens.

Often does voice-over commercial work.

Is partnered with actor/writer Andrew Farrar in their theatre/film company, Untimely Ripped Entertainment.

He has played Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Helicanus in "Pericles", Iago in "Othello", Cassius in "Julius Caesar", and his "Hamlet" was called "eccentrically alive".

Has been a Jeopardy "answer" twice! Once in 2019 and once again in 2025.