Elias McConnell
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Elias McConnell
| image= Elias-McConnell.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
}}
Elias Comfort McConnell (born 1985) is an American former actor and model from Portland, Oregon, known for appearing in the 2003 film, Elephant.{{cite news|title=Elias Comfort McConnell|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/elias-comfort-mcconnell/Content?oid=339368|accessdate=September 29, 2015|work=The Portland Mercury|date=June 7, 2007}}
Career
In 2003, McConnell played a character of the same name in Gus Van Sant's film Elephant.{{cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|work=The New York Times|title='Normal' High School on the Verge|date=10 October 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/10/movies/film-festival-review-normal-high-school-on-the-verge.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523015946/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/10/movies/film-festival-review-normal-high-school-on-the-verge.html|archive-date=23 May 2023}} The following year he was photographed by Mario Testino for the premiere issue of elite fashion magazine VMan.{{cite journal |title=A Star Is Born. It's A Boy! Elias McConnell of Gus van Sant's Elephant Photographed by Mario Testino |journal=VMan |date=2003 |issue=1}} In 2006, he was cast in the role of Elie (segment "Le Marais") in the anthology film Paris, Je t'aime which had 22 different directors. In 2008 McConnell played a small role as "Telephone Tree #8" in the Gus Van Sant directed biographical film Milk. Followed closely by his 2009 role as "Young Hippy Boy" (Elias Comfort) in Jean-Claude Schlim's Luxembourgish-German drama film "House of Boys". In 2012 McConnell had a role in the Kevin Foong film Casting Room.
Personal life
McConnell lived in Brooklyn, New York.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2003
|Elias | |
| 2006
|Elie | |
| 2008
|Milk |Telephone Tree | |
| 2009
|Young Hippy Boy | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1371432}}
- {{Official website|http://www.eliascomfort.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071117020027/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Myspace]
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Category:Male actors from Portland, Oregon
Category:American male film actors
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