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Jamie Elman

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Jamie Elman
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Born in New York and raised in Montreal, McGill University graduate Jamie Elman has appeared on many of television's most acclaimed series including Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, House M.D., Criminal Minds, Without A Trace, CSI: NY, The Closer and The Young and the Restless. He also played Luke, the resident piano-playing record store guy and boyfriend, for three seasons on NBC's award winning and critically lauded drama American Dreams. His breakout role was Cody on the FOX/YTV hit teen sitcom Student Bodies.

Elman's starred in "California Dreamin'" (Grand Prix, Un Certain Regard, 2007 Cannes Film Festival) opposite Armand Assante, "When Nietzsche Wept," portraying a young Sigmund Freud opposite Ben Cross, "Shattered Glass"(with Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny and Hayden Christensen), "The Chicago 8" (with Orlando Jones, Danny Masterson and Phillip Baker Hall), "Saving Lincoln" (with Tom Amandes, Penelope Ann Miller and Bruce Davison), and "Random Encounters" (with Michael Rady and Sean Young). Elman has done extensive voice work for video games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic and animated films including Disney's highly acclaimed Wreck-It Ralph and the blockbuster Frozen. A creator in his own right, the actor wrote and starred in the web series "crazy/sexy/awkward," produced by Howie Mandel and purchased by Shaw Media, and "YidLife Crisis," the world's first 18+ Yiddish comedy series, which he Co-Created and stars in. He recently starred opposite Jodi Balfour in the finale of the beloved Canadian series "Bomb Girls."

Jamie is also an accomplished blues and jazz pianist and singer who has recorded with Ben Harper, Natalie Maines and Rickie Lee Jones. He lives in Los Angeles.
BornJuly 5, 1976
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      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Rich Moore, Sarah Silverman, Gerald C. Rivers, Jack McBrayer, Roger Craig Smith, and Kevin Deters in Les Mondes de Ralph (2012)
    Les Mondes de Ralph
    7.7
    • Rancis Fluggerbutter(voice)
    • 2012
    YidLife Crisis (2014)
    YidLife Crisis
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Chaimie
    Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
    Johnny Mnemonic
    5.6
    • Toad
    • 1995
    Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal (2018)
    Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal
    8.3
    • Writer
    • 2018

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    Actor



    • Rob Schneider, Joshua Bitton, Cress Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chet Hanks, and Derek Smith in Dead Wrong (2024)
      Dead Wrong
      3.8
      • Joel Peck
      • 2024
    • Bordello (2023)
      Bordello
      3.5
      • Eliezer
      • 2023
    • Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught (2019)
      Star Wars: The Old Republic - Onslaught
      6.8
      Video Game
      • Tharan Cedrax (voice)
      • 2019
    • YidLife Crisis (2014)
      YidLife Crisis
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Chaimie
      • 2014–2019
    • Ralph 2.0 (2018)
      Ralph 2.0
      7.0
      • Rancis (voice)
      • 2018
    • The Thin Line (2017)
      The Thin Line
      5.5
      • Robert Seethis
      • 2017
    • Valery M. Ortiz, Katherine Bailess, Logan Browning, and Taylour Paige in Hit the Floor (2013)
      Hit the Floor
      6.9
      TV Series
      • 2016
    • Spencer Garrett and Jennifer Hale in Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan (2014)
      Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan
      8.0
      Video Game
      • Tharan Cedrax (voice)
      • 2014
    • Sean Bean in Legends (2014)
      Legends
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Tim Crosley
      • 2014
    • Meg Tilly, Ali Liebert, Jodi Balfour, and Charlotte Hegele in Bomb Girls (2012)
      Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Jakob
      • 2014
    • Abby Wathen, Meghan Markle, and Michael Rady in Rencontre avec le prince charmant (2013)
      Rencontre avec le prince charmant
      4.2
      • Zack Steiner
      • 2013
    • Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel (2013)
      Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel
      7.5
      Video Game
      • Tharan Cedrax (voice)
      • 2013
    • Tom Amandes and Lea Coco in Saving Lincoln (2013)
      Saving Lincoln
      5.6
      • General George McClellan
      • 2013
    • Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs (2010)
      Covert Affairs
      7.3
      TV Series
      • John Dexter
      • 2012
    • John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Rich Moore, Sarah Silverman, Gerald C. Rivers, Jack McBrayer, Roger Craig Smith, and Kevin Deters in Les Mondes de Ralph (2012)
      Les Mondes de Ralph
      7.7
      • Rancis Fluggerbutter (voice)
      • 2012

    Writer



    • Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion in Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm (2025)
      Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Adarable (2021)
      Adarable
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • YidLife Crisis (2014)
      YidLife Crisis
      5.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2014–2019
    • Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal (2018)
      Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal
      8.3
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Does Kensington
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Crisis in London
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Crisis in Tel Aviv
      TV Mini Series
      • writer
      • 2016
    • Sasha Roiz in Crazy/Sexy/Awkward (2010)
      Crazy/Sexy/Awkward
      8.2
      Video
      • created & written by
      • 2010

    Director



    • Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion in Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm (2025)
      Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm
      • Director
      • 2025
    • YidLife Crisis (2014)
      YidLife Crisis
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2019
    • Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal (2018)
      Chewdaism: A Taste of Jewish Montreal
      8.3
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Does Kensington
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Crisis in London
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Global Shtetl: YidLife Crisis in Tel Aviv
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016

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      • July 5, 1976
      • New York City, New York, USA
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      2008 - TV commercial for WestJet Airlines

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      He is of Russian Jewish/Moldovan Jewish descent.

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