Actor
Elijah graduated in 2019 with a BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He appeared there as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Andrey in Three Sisters, Judas in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and many more. He was trained there in classic and modern performance, devising, teaching artistry, script analysis and beyond. He also trained at Vagabond School in Chicago, Eolia Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Barcelona, Spain and L'Ecole de Philippe Gaulier in Etampes, France.
Elijah's most notable appearance was with Steppenwolf Theatre Company as Konstantin in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Summer 2022. Other select theatre credits include: Romeo & Juliet (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Three Musketeers, Measure for Measure (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks), Legend of Georgia McBride (U/S Metropolis Performing Arts) As You Like It (Forest Park Theatre).
TV Credits include Chicago Med (NBC, S8E15).
Coming up in 2025, Elijah will appear as the lead in a short film called Yesterday, and a supporting role in a short film called Debaters.
He is also writing and producing his film Thirty Year Old Bar-Mitzvah, in which he will play the lead. Elijah harvests daily inspiration from his guitar, his siblings, his Fiancé Madelyn, his dog, Harley, and his two cats, Paulie & Peach.
Elijah daylights as a paralegal at a person injury law firm.