Elisha Yaffe
BornAnn Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
EducationPioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School, Emerson College[1]
Alma materEmerson College
Website
elisha.tv

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.[2]

He has co-created webseries, including Downers Grove, Minor Stars and Remember When.[3] He has appeared in commercials for Mike's Hard Lemonade, Time Warner Cable, Samsung, Wendy's, McDonald's, Nintendo 3DS,[4][5] Progressive[6] and Hanes.[7]

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.[8] He is a graduate of Emerson College.[1]

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.[3] He was named to the Heeb 100 in 2010.[9][10]

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 (2013 film) Barry
DC Nation Shorts Various 4 episodes
2014 Decay (2014 film) Aaron[11]
Off the Grid Elisha Short film[12]
Mighty Med Bob Episode: "Two Writers Don't Make a Wrong"[13]
Time Travel Lover Matt[14]
The Newsroom Eddie Episode: "Episode #3.1"[15]
Comedy Bang! Bang! Mr. Hunchy's P.A. Episode: "Josh Groban Wears a Pantsuit and Socks"[16]
2015 Smosh: The Movie High Driver Movie
Contracted: Phase II Mormon #2 Movie
Hey Dude, Hey Man (Short) Dude Short film
One Shot Theatergoer Movie
Frank & Lola Will Movie
2016 Pop Music (Short) Trevor Short film
Better Call Saul Lance 3 episodes
Welcome Back Director/Writer 1 episode
Disconnected (TV series) Executive Producer 14 episodes
2017 Then The Letting Go (Short) Elisha Short film
Bobby Chew Sells a Car (TV series) Executive Producer 1 episodes
Band Aid Bartender Feature film
2018 We Are CVNT5 Showrunner/co-EP 8 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 "The Boston Globe", November 12, 2006, Anupreeta Das, "Out of the Shadows"
  2. ↑ "Elisha Yaffe (Visual voices guide)".
  3. 1 2 "Gigaom", June 15, 2010, Liz Shannon Miller, "Downers Grove Waits Two Years for The WB Premiere". Archived from the original on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Elisha Yaffe (is a guy)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Progressive Auto Insurance TV Spot, 'YearBox'".
  7. ↑ "Ad of the Day: Hanes". 7 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Daily Hampshire Gazette" August 21, 2004, Bonnie Wells "Arts Fest Shows Work of Young Artists" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Heeb Magazine", April 5, 2010, Jessie, "Heeb 100: Elisha Yaffe"
  10. ↑ "DCist", January 12, 2010, Josh Novikoff, "Six & | Showcases Local Heeb 100 Honorees" Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Decay" – via IMDb.
  12. ↑ "Off the Grid" – via IMDb.
  13. ↑ "Two Writers Make a Wrong". July 7, 2014 – via IMDb.
  14. ↑ "Time Travel Lover". April 1, 2014 – via IMDb.
  15. ↑ "Elisha Yaffe | Actor, Producer, Writer". IMDb.
  16. ↑ "Josh Groban Wears a Suit & Striped Socks". July 10, 2014 – via IMDb.
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