Elias Toufexis

Elias Toufexis (born 1976) is a Greek-Canadian actor in television, film, theatre, voice and performance capture. He has played dozens of major characters on television, most notably in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. His career in the world of voice-over and performance capture is extensive with multiple performance capture roles in films, TV shows and videogames and voice-overs in animations and commercials. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Elias Toufexis
Years active2000–present
Spouse(s)Michelle Boback (2007–present)
Children2
Websitehttp://eliastoufexis.com

Career

He graduated from high school in 1994 and went on to obtain a diploma of college studies in theater from Dawson College in Montreal in 2000. In 2001 he moved to New York City. After a little over a year and a handful of off-on Broadway and fringe festival plays, he returned to Montreal, broke. He played Roger, the second lead role in the Canadian science fiction comedy film Decoys. The film was not successful but it gave him enough money to move to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and pursue acting there.

Elias acted in small roles at first, eventually playing Morton in the made-for-television film The Five People You Meet In Heaven based on a book by Mitch Albom, in which he worked alongside Jon Voight, Michael Imperioli and Jeff Daniels.

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 since played the "villain of the week" on shows like Criminal Minds, The Listener, Painkiller Jane, Flashpoint, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis, Lost Girl, and Houdini & Doyle.

One of his most popular projects is his work on The Expanse where he played two major characters. In season one he played the role of Kenzo Gabriel, the spy that joins the crew of the Rocinante. In season two he played, by performance capture, the role of the Hybrid creature or "The Seventh Man".

He started his video game voice-over and performance capture career in 2006 with Need for Speed: Carbon. He has since worked on multiple video games including an extensive amount of performance 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 where Elias developed a cult following due to his manic and humorous performance. He reprised the role, this time as a main supporting character, in a far more expanded role, in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.[1] Adam Jensen is the main character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution; Toufexis' wife Michelle Boback had a major supporting role in this game as scientist Megan Reed. Elias has publicly stated that he is a fan of the Deus Ex series, particularly the Deus Ex released in 2000.[2] Toufexis was cast to play as the protagonist of Far Cry 3, Jason Brody. However, he was replaced by another voice actor Gianpaolo Venuta after he worked on the role for two years, as the publisher of the game did not want players to confuse Brody with Jensen.[3] He played the lead role in Far Cry Primal, a spin-off of the Far Cry series.[4] Toufexis reprised his role as Jensen in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a sequel to Human Revolution.[5]

On February 28, 2018, Toufexis announced on Twitter that he was voicing a character in the new BattleTech video game by Harebrained Schemes, stating that he had sought out a role and was accepted. That character was later revealed to be Commodore Samuel Ostergaard of the Taurian Concordat Navy, a primary antagonist in the game.[6]

He performance captured the roles of King Leonidas and Nikolaos, the Wolf of Sparta, in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

In 2018 his name was a clue on Jeopardy!.

He voices two characters, Ragnarok and Major Oswald, in the popular video game Fortnite.

He voices the lead villain Seraphim in the original Netflix Anime series [Blood of Zeus].

He presently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Michelle Boback and two children.

Filmography

Animation

Live-action

Voice and motion capture work

Web Series

References
  1. Toufexis, Elias (June 6, 2013). "Splinter Cell: Blacklist: More Than Meets The Ear". Ubisoft. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. "Adam Jensen Playing Deus Ex Human Revolution Part 2 of 3". 21 February 2012.
  3. O'Brien, Lucy (October 27, 2013). "Deus Ex's Adam Johnson Was Originally Far Cry 3's Jason Brody". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  4. Makuch, Eddie (October 6, 2015). "Far Cry Primal Lead Character Voiced by Adam Jensen Actor". GameSpot. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  5. S. Good, Owen (April 8, 2015). "See the official first trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided". Polygon. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  6. Toufexis, Elias (February 28, 2018). "Elias's twitter states that he plays a role in BattleTech". Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  7. "Netflix Orders 'Gods & Heroes' Greek Mythology Anime Series". Deadline.com. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  8. https://twitter.com/EliasToufexis/status/1012093920564531200
  9. https://twitter.com/EliasToufexis/status/1045529940966309888
  10. Papadopoulos, John (August 18, 2014). "Elias Toufexis, Adam Jensen's Voice Actor, Will Participate In Assassin's Creed: Unity". DSO Gaming. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  12. Konami. Suikoden Tierkreis. Konami. Scene: ending credits, 7:10 and 8:00 respectively in, Cast.
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