| Elias Toufexis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Illya George Toufexis October 27 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Years active | 2004– |
| Height | 5'10 |
| Spouse | Michelle Boback (2007–) |
| Website | |
| http://eliastoufexis.com | |
Elias Toufexis is a theater, voice-over, motion capture and television and film actor. He is half Greek, part Scottish and German. Toufexis is best known for his appearances on the TV series Smallville[1] and Supernatural. He is also known for his work in videogames, particularly as Andriy Kobin in Splinter Cell and as Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
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He graduated with a DEC in Theatre from Dawson College in Montreal in 2000. In 2001 he went to New York City and attempted to make a career for himself. After a little over a year and a handful of off-on Broadway and fringe festival plays, he returned to Montreal broke. He managed to get himself an audition for Canadian science fiction comedy film Decoys, landing the second lead role of Roger. The film was not successful but it gave him enough money to move out to Vancouver, Canada and pursue acting there.
Elias landed small roles at first and then he booked the role of Morton in The Five People You Meet In Heaven based on Mitch Albom's book. He got to work closely with Jon Voight, Michael Imperioli and Jeff Daniels. He has been quoted as saying "I never learned as much about what acting is in three years of theatre school as I did from three weeks working with these actors"
He then played Webber in a popular episode of Supernatural. Webber was an "evil twin with mind control powers" and it was a very well liked (or disliked) character. He followed that with his second appearance on Smallville (the first was a one line walk on) as the character Bronson, who could travel between radio frequencies and kidnaps Lex Luthor. His third character on Smallville was Emil Lasalle a.k.a Warp. A member of the Suicide Squad from DC Comics.
He has played the "villain of the week" on shows like The Listener, Painkiller Jane, Flashpoint, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Lost Girl.
He started his video game voice-over and performance capture career in 2007 with Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. He has since worked on multiple video games including some motion capture.
His two most popular characters are Andriy Kobin and Adam Jensen. Kobin is one of the villains in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction and has a cult following due to Elias' manic and funny performance. Adam Jensen is the main character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Elias' voice has been called "uber-raspy" when playing Adam Jensen and is often compared to Christian Bale's "Batman voice" in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. He has publicly stated that he is a fan of the Deus Ex series and has played the original.
-Selected Filmography