Background
Elman was born in New York City, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec.
Elman was born in New York City, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec.
He attended Jewish day school.
In Montreal, Elman began performing in plays such as The Children"s Hour and Annie Get Your Gun before landing his first roles in television (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) and film (Johnny Mnemonic). Elman graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor in English. He was part of the ensemble cast of the film Shattered Glass opposite Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard, and has guest-starred on numerous popular series including Crossing Jordan, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, Computer Society of India: New York and The Closer.
In 2009, Elman began work on his first webseries titled Brainstorm for Dailymotion.com.
In April 2010, Elman appeared on the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Jamie Peterson.