What is Bodhi Elfman's Net Worth?
Bodhi Elfman is an American actor who has a net worth of $12 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife of over three decades, Jenna Elfman.
Bodhi Elfman is known for his roles in such television series as "Touch" and "Criminal Minds." He has also appeared in many films, including "Mercury Rising," "Keeping the Faith," "Gone in 60 Seconds," and "Aliens, Clowns & Geeks." Beyond his acting career, Elfman launched a podcast with his wife Jenna in 2012.
Early Life
Bodhi Elfman was born as Bodhi Pine Saboff on July 19, 1969 in Los Angeles, California to Rhonda Joy Saboff and actor, filmmaker, and musician Richard Elfman. His uncle is film composer Danny Elfman. Danny Elfman composed the theme to "The Simpsons" and was the lead singer of the band Oingo Boingo.
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Television Career
Elfman began acting on television in the early 1990s, first appearing in an episode of "Life Goes On" in 1991. The following year, he was in the television film "Doing Time on Maple Drive." Elfman went on to appear in episodes of various shows throughout the rest of the decade, including "Phenom," "Sisters," "Married… with Children," "Step by Step," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "Ink," and "Sliders." Between 1998 and 2001, he made a few appearances on his wife Jenna's sitcom "Dharma & Greg." Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2001, Elfman had a main role on the short-lived UPN science-fiction series "Freedom." Following that, he had guest roles on such shows as "Providence," "ER," "Without a Trace," "Dragnet," "Las Vegas," and "Charmed." At the end of the decade, Elfman appeared in an episode of the CBS series "The Mentalist."
Kicking off the 2010s, Elfman had a guest role on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." In 2011, he appeared in an episode of NBC's "Prime Suspect." Elfman went on to land one of his biggest roles in 2012, on the Fox series "Touch." He played the recurring role of Avram Hadar, a Hasidic Jew fascinated by the abilities of an 11-year-old clairvoyant. Others in the cast included Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazouz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Danny Glover, and Maria Bello. "Touch" ran for two seasons before it was canceled in 2013. Elfman went on to appear in episodes of "Growing Up Fisher" and "Code Black" before he began playing the recurring role of Peter 'Mr. Scratch' Lewis on CBS's "Criminal Minds." He remained in that role through 2017. Meanwhile, Elfman had a guest role on "Rizzoli & Isles" in 2016.
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Film Career
Elfman made his big-screen debut with a small role in the 1992 caper thriller "Sneakers." He had a bigger part in the 1994 horror comedy "Shrunken Heads," directed by his father. Elfman had his most prolific year on film in 1998, when he appeared in a whopping six films: the adventure comedy "Slappy and the Stinkers," the action thriller "Mercury Rising," the drama "Girl," the monster film "Godzilla," the science-fiction disaster film "Armageddon," and the political thriller "Enemy of the State." Closing out the decade, he had a role in the action thriller "The Mod Squad," based on the television series of the same name.
Elfman began the new millennium with roles in three films: the romantic comedy "Keeping the Faith," the action heist film "Gone in 60 Seconds," and the crime thriller "Sand." In 2004, he had a small part in Michael Mann's action thriller "Collateral," and also appeared in the comedy "Funky Monkey." Two years later, Elfman was in "Love Comes to the Executioner." He followed that with roles in a string of short films, including "Struck," "Tomorrow," "Angela Wright," and "Lennon." Returning to feature films, Elfman starred in his father's science-fiction comedy "Aliens, Clowns & Geeks" in 2019.
Personal Life
In 1995, Elfman married actress Jennifer Butala, whom he had first met four years earlier at an audition for a Sprite commercial. Elfman was a practicing Scientologist at the time, and introduced his wife to its teachings. The Elfmans have two sons named Story and Easton.
Real Estate
In 2000, the couple bought the 5,000-square-foot Los Angeles mansion owned by singer Madonna for $4 million. They sold the property four years later to actress Katey Sagal.
In 2004, Jenna and Bodhi paid $2.2 million for a home in Los Feliz, LA. They sold the home in November 2020 for $4.6 million. Around the time of their sale, the Elfmans bought a home in Austin, Texas, for roughly $2 million. They performed a major renovation on the property before listing it for rent in April 2024 for $13,500 per month.
