Elias McConnellElias Comfort McConnell is an American former actor and model from Portland, Oregon, known for appearing in the 2003 film, Elephant.WWW eliascomfort.comCareerIn 2003, McConnell played a character of the same name in Gus Van Sant's film Elephant. The following year he was photographed by Mario Testino for the premiere issue of elite fashion magazine VMan. In 2006, he was cast in the role of Elie in the anthology film Paris, Je t'aime which had 22 different directors. In 2008 McConnell played a small role as "Telephone Tree #8" in the Gus Van Sant directed biographical film Milk. Followed closely by his 2009 role as "Young Hippy Boy" in Jean-Claude Schlim's Luxembourgish-German drama film "House of Boys". In 2012 McConnell had a role in the Kevin Foong film Casting Room.Personal lifeMcConnell lived in Brooklyn, New York.