Jamie Elman

Jamie Elman (born ) 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.

Life and career Elman was born in New York City, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Jewish day school in Montreal and has taught fourth-graders at a synagogue religious school in Southern California.

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. 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. 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.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Johnny Mnemonic Toad 2000 Stardom2001 Girl's Best Friend Lucas White Rave Macbeth Troy 2003 Shattered Glass Aaron Bluth 2005 Mystery Woman: Game Time Randy Lawrence TV movie2007 California Dreamin''' | Sg. David McLaren

| Waking Dreams| Colin

| When Nietzsche Wept| Sigmund Freud

| Random Encounters| Zack Steiner

| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet'' Rancis Fluggerbutter Voice

Television 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 episodes2003 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 episodes2010 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)" 2014–2018Yidlife Crisis ChaimieNominated Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media (2017)

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Theran Cedrax 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)

References

External links

Jamie's SpeedReel YidLife Crisis

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