| Jamie Elman | |
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Elman at the 2004 Movieline Young Hollywood Awards |
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| Born | Benjamin David Elman July 5, 1976 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
Benjamin David "Jamie" Elman (born July 5, 1976) is a Canadian American actor best known for his leading roles of Cody Miller on YTV’s Student Bodies and Luke Foley in NBC’s American Dreams.[1]
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Born in New York City, Elman was raised in Montreal, Quebec where he 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.[2]
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.com. In addition, he will be starring in a film titled The Chicago 8 due to be released in 2010.
In April 2010, Elman appeared on the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Jamie Peterson.
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | Toad | |
| 2000 | Stardom | ||
| 2001 | Girl’s Best Friend | Lucas White | |
| Rave Macbeth | Troy | ||
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Aaron Bluth | |
| 2007 | California Dreamin' | Sg. David McLaren | |
| Waking Dreams | Colin | ||
| When Nietzsche Wept | Sigmund Freud | ||
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Turtle | voice only |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Friend | 1 episode |
| 1996 | My Hometown | Dennis Thompson | 1 episode |
| 1997–2000 | Student Bodies | Cody Anthony Miller | 65 episodes |
| 1999 | Undressed | Colin | Unknown episodes |
| 2002–2005 | American Dreams | Luke Foley | 26 episodes |
| 2003 | See Jane Date | Larry Fishtail | Television movie |
| Without a Trace | Alex Durphy | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Game Time | Randy Lawrence | Television movie |
| The Closer | Dennis Burke | 1 episode | |
| CSI: NY | Adam Sorenson | 1 episode | |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Kenneth Roberts | 1 episode |
| 2007 | What About Brian | Max | 1 episode |
| Crossing Jordan | Jonathan | 1 episode | |
| The Business | The Writer | 1 episode | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jamie the Bartender | 1 episode | |
| 2008 | Squeegees | Dmiti | Television movie |
| 2009 | Mad Men | Howard Mann | 1 episode |
| 2010 | The Young and the Restless | Jamie Peterson | Soap Opera |