Bodhi Pine Elfman (born Bodhi Pine Saboff) is an American actor. He is the son of filmmaker Richard Elfman and Rhonda Joy Saboff. He is best known for playing the roles of Avram Hader in the Fox television series ''

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'' and for his recurring role in the CBS television series ''

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'' as Peter "Mr. Scratch" Lewis.

Career

Elfman has had film roles in '' Mercury Rising'', '' Collateral'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and smaller parts in ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Gone in 60 Seconds''. Elfman starred in the UPN television series ''

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'', alongside Holt McCallany, Scarlett Chorvat and Darius McCrary, and in '' Pirates of Silicon Valley'' alongside

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and

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. He appeared in the short-lived ABC television series ''Hiller and Diller'', guest-starred in an episode of '' Sliders'', and was part of the recurring cast of ''

''. Elfman also guest-starred in his wife

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's television show '' Dharma & Greg'', playing a performance artist who asks Dharma to be a part of his living display gallery. In 2012, Elfman and his wife

started their podcast, ''Kicking and Screaming by Jenna and Bodhi Elfman''.

Personal life

Bodhi Pine Elfman was born in

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, and raised in the city's Hollywood district. He is the son of actor/director Richard Elfman and Rhonda Joy Saboff, grandson of author Blossom Elfman, and nephew of composer

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. In February 1991, he met Jennifer Mary Butala (

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) during an audition for a Sprite commercial. Four years later, they were married on February 18, 1995. Bodhi is of

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descent, and Jenna was raised

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. When they met he was a practicing Scientologist. Jenna became a Scientologist after her husband introduced her to its teachings. In 2000, Bodhi and Jenna Elfman bought the home owned by

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, a 1920s house on a gated two-acre lot in the Hollywood Hills section of

. Having paid

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4 million, they later sold the property in April 2004 for US$4.7 million to actress

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, of '' Married... with Children '' fame.Ruth Ryon
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'', July 31, 2005. Their first child, son Story, was born in 2007, and their second child, son Easton, was born in 2010.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Male actors from Los Angeles