Elias Comfort McConnell (born 1985) is an American former actor and model from Portland, Oregon, known for appearing in the 2003 film, ''

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''.

Career

In 2003, McConnell played a character of the same name in Gus Van Sant's film ''

''. The following year he was photographed by

Mario Testino Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS (born 30 October 1954) is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. His work has featured internationally in magazines such as ''Vogue, V Magazine,'' '' Vanity Fair'' and '' GQ.'' He has also cre ...

for the premiere issue of elite fashion magazine '' VMan''. In 2006, he was cast in the role of Elie (segment "Le Marais") in the anthology film ''

Paris, Je t'aime ''Paris, je t'aime'' (; ''Paris, I love you'') is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements (districts). The 22 director ...

'' which had 22 different directors. In 2008 Elias played a small role as "Telephone Tree #8" in the Gus Van Sant directed biographical film ''

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''. Followed closely by his 2009 role as "Young Hippy Boy" (Elias Comfort) in Jean-Claude Schlim's Luxembourgian-German drama film ''" House of Boys"''. Elias has an upcoming role in the Kevin Foong film "Casting Room" (2012).

Personal life

McConnell lived in

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Filmography

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Living people Male actors from Portland, Oregon American male film actors 1985 births {{US-film-actor-1980s-stub