Elisha Yaffe is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He has appeared in television shows including Better Call Saul, The Newsroom, Mad Men, Southland, Up All Night, The New Normal and CSI: NY and voiced the characters of Jimmy Olsen and B'dg on DC Nation Shorts's Tales of Metropolis and Super-Pets.
He has co-created webseries, including Downers Grove, Minor Stars and Remember When."Gigaom", June 15, 2010, Liz Shannon Miller, He has appeared in commercials for Mike's Hard Lemonade, Time Warner Cable, Samsung, Wendy's, McDonald's, Nintendo 3DS, Progressive, and Hanes.
Life and career Yaffe is from Amherst, Massachusetts, where he was a founding member of the Valley Arts Project, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the development of young artists. Yaffe organized the project's Valley Arts Festival, which featured performances by up and coming artists in the Pioneer Valley area, including a then-unknown Sonya Kitchell."The Daily Hampshire Gazette" August 21, 2004, Bonnie Wells "Arts Fest Shows Work of Young Artists" He is a graduate of Emerson College.
After college, he formed Sorry, Dad Productions with Michael Blaiklock, Dave Horwitz, and Justin Becker. Together, they produced the slacker comedy "Downers Grove" for Warner Brothers Studio 2.0. He was named to the Heeb 100 in 2010."Heeb Magazine", April 5, 2010, Jessie, "Heeb 100: Elisha Yaffe""DCist", January 12, 2010, Josh Novikoff, "Six & | Showcases Local Heeb 100 Honorees"
Film and television Film and Television Year Film Role Notes 2010 Downers Grove Pudge Web series, 9 episodes Remember When Elisha Web series, 3 episodes 2011 Minor Stars Dougie Web series, 3 episodes Roommate Meeting Elisha Web series, 3 episodes 2012 CSI: NY Master Chief 2 episodes Mad Men Stewart Episode: "Christmas Waltz" Last Remnants Richard Hill Short film Housemates of Horror Theo CollegeHumor Original Up All Night Clerk Episode: "I Can't Quit You" Echo Chamber Lead/Writer/Director Short film Figurines Lead/Writer Short film 2013 The New Normal Noel Episode: "Stay-at-Home Dad" Southland Jerry Episode: "Hats and Bats" Expecting Barry DC Nation Shorts Various 4 episodes 2014 Decay Aaron Off the Grid Elisha Short film Mighty Med Bob Episode: "Two Writers Don't Make a Wrong" Time Travel Lover Matt The Newsroom Eddie Episode: "Episode #3.1" Comedy Bang! Bang! Mr. Hunchy's P.A. Episode: "Josh Groban Wears a Pantsuit and Socks" 2015 Smosh: The Movie High Driver Movie Contracted: Phase II Mormon #2 Movie Hey Dude, Hey Man Dude Short film One Shot Theatergoer Movie Frank & Lola Will Movie 2016 Pop Music Trevor Short film Better Call Saul Lance 3 episodes Welcome Back Director/Writer 1 episode Disconnected Executive Producer 14 episodes 2017 Then The Letting Go Elisha Short film Bobby Chew Sells a Car Executive Producer 1 episode Band Aid Bartender Feature film 2018 We Are CVNT5 Showrunner/co-EP 8 episodes
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