Elias Toufexis (, ) is a Canadian-American actor. He has played characters on television and in video games, mostly in science fiction and fantasy genres. He is known as the voice of
Adam Jensen in ''
Deus Ex: Human Revolution''.
Career
Film and television
Toufexis acted in small television 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.
He then played Webber in an episode of ''
Supernatural
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''. Toufexis followed this with his second appearance on ''
Smallville
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'' as Bronson, a character who can travel between radio frequencies and kidnaps
Lex Luthor
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. His third character on ''Smallville'' was Emil Lasalle, a.k.a. Warp, a member of the
Suicide Squad
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from
DC Comics
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.
He has since appeared on dozens of television shows, including ''
Criminal Minds
''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral ...
'', ''
The Listener'', ''
Painkiller Jane'', ''
Flashpoint'', ''
Flash Gordon
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'', ''
Stargate Atlantis
''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an Adventure film, adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad W ...
'', ''
Lost Girl'', and ''
Houdini & Doyle''.
He has also appeared on ''
The Expanse'', where he plays two characters. In season one, he plays the role of Kenzo Gabriel, a spy who joins the crew of the ''Rocinante''. In season two, he portrays, via performance capture, the role of the hybrid creature or "The Seventh Man".
In 2022, Toufexis joined the cast of the fifth season of ''
Star Trek Discovery'' as the recurring character L'ak, filmed in 2022 and 2023, with an announced 2024 release.
Video games
Toufexis began his video game voice-over and performance-capture career in 2006 with ''
Need for Speed: Carbon''. Two of his most popular characters are Andriy Kobin and
Adam Jensen. Kobin is one of the villains in ''
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction''. He reprised the role, this time as a main supporting character in ''
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist''. Adam Jensen is the main character in ''
Deus Ex: Human Revolution''; Toufexis' wife, Michelle Boback,
had a supporting role in this game as scientist Megan Reed. Toufexis has publicly stated that he is a fan of the ''
Deus Ex'' series, particularly
the one released in 2000.
Toufexis was cast to play 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. He played the lead role in ''
Far Cry Primal'', a spin-off of the ''Far Cry'' series. Toufexis reprised his role as Jensen in ''
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided'', a sequel to ''Human Revolution''.
On February 28, 2018, Toufexis announced on Twitter that he was voicing a character in the new ''
BattleTech
''BattleTech'' is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The trademark ...
'' 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.
Personal Life
Toufexis became a naturalized American citizen on January 27, 2025.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
American male film actors
American male voice actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American people of Canadian descent
American people of Greek descent
Canadian expatriates in the United States
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian people of Greek descent
Male actors from Montreal
Naturalized citizens of the United States
20th-century Canadian male actors
20th-century American male actors
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)