Elisha Henig

Elisha Henig is an American actor.

Personal life and career Elisha Henig grew up in Portland, Oregon, and became interested in acting after taking a Shakespeare class at the age of eight. He began acting in guest roles in various TV productions at the age of 10, such as Grey's Anatomy, Adam Ruins Everything and Mr. Robot. Henig was a main cast member playing the protagonist role of Julian in the second season of the USA Network drama The Sinner, and alongside Zach Braff in Alex, Inc. Other roles include Miles in Season 2 of American Vandal, young Ramy Youssef in an episode of Ramy that dealt with growing up during 9/11 and garnered media attention. In 2020, he played the role of Pootie-Shoe, a video game streamer, in Mythic Quest. He played Levi in the Duplass brothers produced cringe comedy The Drop (2022). In 2025, he wrote the screenplay for the standalone episode of Mythic Quest's final season, reprising Pootie-Shoe opposite special guest star Charlie Day. Also in 2025, he released his debut EP of music MaryAnne and Clockface kill time in the san fernando valley under the artist name Situationist. Henig is Jewish and had his bar mitzvah in early 2018.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2015 Leo & Clark Leo Short film 2015 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Lucas 2 episodes 2015 CSI: Cyber Timmy Martola 1 episode 2015 Grey's Anatomy Kamal 1 episode 2016 Code Black Luke Barton 1 episode 2016 Game Shakers Lance 1 episode 2016 Colony Harris 1 episode 2016 Rizzoli and Isles Jared Daniels 1 episode 2016 Legendary Dudas Payton Bolas 1 episode 2016 Lab Rats: Elite Force AJ 2 episodes 2016 School of Rock Holden 1 episode 2016 The Librarians Vern 1 episode 2016 Transparent Young Simon 1 episode 2017 Adam Ruins Everything Stuart 1 episode 2017 Mr. Robot Mohammed 1 episode 2018 MacGyver Ethan Jerico 1 episode 2018 Alex, Inc. Ben Schuman Series regular 2018 American Vandal Myles Crimmins 5 episodes 2018 The Sinner Julian Walker Lead role, season 2 2018 Future World Grandson 2019 Ramy Young Ramy 1 episode 2019 Cipher Kyle 1 episode 2021 Just Beyond Graham 1 episode2022The DropLevico-lead 2020; 2025 Mythic Quest Brendan / Pootie_Shoe 7 episodes