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• Mando (singer), a Greek singer
• Mando (music), a Goan (Indian) musical form
• Mando Diao, Swedish garage rock band.
• Mando Corporation, a Korean automotive parts manufacturer
• Mando Fresko, American Radio Personality (Power 106 FM), TV Host, Actor and Club DJ.
• Mandolin, in colloquial English
• Mandopop, popular music in Mandarin Chinese
• Mandarin Chinese, the official language of China, Taiwan and Singapore; or all people who speak Mandarin as a group

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Elias Toufexis is a theater, voice-over, motion capture and television and film actor. He is half Greek, part Scottish and German. Toufexis is best known for his appearances on the TV series Smallville^[1] and Supernatural. He is also known for his work in videogames, particularly as Andriy Kobin in Splinter Cell and as Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Career[link]

He graduated with a DEC in Theatre from Dawson College in Montreal in 2000. In 2001 he went to New York City and attempted to make a career for himself. After a little over a year and a handful of off-on Broadway and fringe festival plays, he returned to Montreal broke. He managed to get himself an audition for Canadian science fiction comedy film Decoys, landing the second lead role of Roger. The film was not successful but it gave him enough money to move out to Vancouver, Canada and pursue acting there.

Elias landed small roles at first and then he booked the role of Morton in The Five People You Meet In Heaven based on Mitch Albom's book. He got to work closely with Jon Voight, Michael Imperioli and Jeff Daniels. He has been quoted as saying "I never learned as much about what acting is in three years of theatre school as I did from three weeks working with these actors"

He then played Webber in a popular episode of Supernatural. Webber was an "evil twin with mind control powers" and it was a very well liked (or disliked) character. He followed that with his second appearance on Smallville (the first was a one line walk on) as the character Bronson, who could travel between radio frequencies and kidnaps Lex Luthor. His third character on Smallville was Emil Lasalle a.k.a. Warp. A member of the Suicide Squad from DC Comics.

He has played the "villain of the week" on shows like The Listener, Painkiller Jane, Flashpoint, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Lost Girl.

He started his video game voice-over and performance capture career in 2007 with Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. He has since worked on multiple video games including some motion capture.

His two most popular characters are Andriy Kobin and Adam Jensen. Kobin is one of the villains in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction and has a cult following due to Elias' manic and funny performance.^{[citation needed]} Adam Jensen is the main character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. He has publicly stated that he is a fan of the Deus Ex series and has played the original.^[2]

He is playing a role as a recurring villain on the SyFy Networks television show "Alphas" in its second season.

Filmography[link]

-Selected Filmography

• Alphas (2012)
• Zero Hour (2012)
• Rookie Blue (2012)
• Crisis Point (2012)
• Against The Wall (2011)
• Flashpoint (2011)
• Sarila (2011)
• Smallville (2006, 2011)
• The Listener (2011)
• Eureka (2010)
• Conduct Unbecoming (2011)
• Lost Girl (2010)
• The Partner (short) (2010)
• Sand Serpents (2009)
• Ba 'AL (2008)
• South Of Houston St. (2008)
• Flash Gordon (2007)
• Painkiller Jane (2007)
• Supernatural (2006)
• Blade: The Series (2006)
• Connor's War (2006)
• Engaged To Kill (2006)
• Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
• Stargate Atlantis (2006)
• Bloodsuckers (2005)
• Da Vinci's Inquest (2005)
• The Collector (2005)
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
• Brilliant (2004)
• Decoys (2004)
• Dead Like Me (2004)
• Dead Zone (2004)
• The Days (2004)
• Fries With That (2003)

Video games and cartoons (selected)[link]

• Assassin's Creed Revelations
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• I Am Alive
• James Noir's Hollywood Crimes
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Splinter Cell Conviction
• Assassin's Creed II
• H.A.W.X
• Silent Hunter 5
• Max Steel: Dark Rival
• End War
• Suikoden Tierkreis
• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
• Max Steel: Bio Crisis
• Need For Speed Carbon

External links[link]

• EliasToufexis.com
• Twitter Page
• Elias Toufexis at the Internet Movie Database

References[link]

Michael Mando (born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian film and television actor, writer, and director with a background in contemporary and classical theatre training.

Early life[link]

Mando was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was raised by his father, and is the middle child of two brothers.^[1][2][3] Their family traveled a lot, and lived in over 10 cities, across 4 continents, and in over 37 different homes all before he reached his mid-twenties.^[1][3][4] He is trilingual in English, French and Spanish.^[1][2][4]

Education[link]

Mando was enrolled in many fields, including International Relations at the University of Montreal, before discovering the performing arts at The Dome Theatre Program (Dawson College) in 2004.^[2] Despite no prior training, Michael went on to play the male lead in all 5 productions at the program.^[2][4] He graduated with excellence in 2007.^[1] His Dome credits include, Orlando in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Professor Katz in David Edgar’s Pentecost and Valentine Xavier in Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending.^[1][2] Upon graduation, Steven W. Lecky, the Chairman of the program, proudly stated Michael to be “one of the finest talents to emerge from the program in the past 25 years.”^[1][4]

Acting career[link]

After playing the leading character in two award winning professional theatre productions in Montreal,^[1][4] Mando promptly founded Red Barlo Productions.^[2][4][5] The company’s first film, Conditional Affection (2010)^[6](which Mando starred in, directed and wrote) was officially selected to Fantasia,^[7][8] Bare Bones,^[8][9] ACTRA Short Films,^[2][8] and the New Hope International Film Festivals.^[8][10]

Mando’s TV debut simultaneously followed with a wide range of contrasting characters. His credits include guest appearances in the crime series The Bridge (2010),^[11] the medical drama mini-series Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (2010),^[12] as an MS 13 gang member in The Border (2010),^[13] and as a close friend of the character Kenzi (played by Ksenia Solo) in the sci-fi series Lost Girl (2010).^[14]

Mando has had repeated collaborations with directors John Fawcett and Eric Canuel as well as producer David Barlow.^[15][16] Other upcoming credits include a recurring role in Les Blues de Ramville (2011),^[17][18] a starring role in the feature film Territories (2010),^[18][19] a guest appearance in new show King (2011)^[1][18] and two Ubisoft video games to be released in 2011.^{[dated info][10]} Mando has also finished shooting his second film under Red Barlo Productions, Abyss of the Mind, which will be released in the spring of 2011.^{[dated info][18]}

Personal life[link]

Mando grew up wanting to be a writer or an athlete.^[3] He was shot in the knee in his mid-twenties and consequently decided to change directions.^[3] He then pursued an academic scholarship at the University of Montreal in International Relations, but shortly after decided to go into acting.^[1][2][3]

Filmography[link]

External links[link]

• Michael Mando Official Site
• Michael Mando at the Internet Movie Database

References[link]