{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Neil Elias | image = Neil_Elias_poses_for_a_portrait_during_TIFF_2025.jpg | image_upright = | caption = Neil Elias at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | other_names = | years_active = 2010s–present | occupation = Actor | spouse = | partner = | children = }} '''Neil Elias Abdelwahab''', normally credited in acting roles as '''Neil Elias''', is a Canadian actor from Quebec.<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/il-restera-toujours-culture/segments/rattrapage/2064192/entrevue-avec-acteur-neil-elias-affaire-magnolia-au-festival-jamais-lu "Entrevue avec l'acteur Neil Elias : L'affaire Magnolia au festival Jamais Lu"]. ''Ici Radio-Canada Première'', May 7, 2025.</ref> He is most noted for his leading role in the 2025 film ''Lovely Day (Mille secrets mille dangers)'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026.<ref>Jackson Weaver, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/2026-csa-nominees-9.7140809 "North of North, Heated Rivalry, 40 Acres lead Canadian Screen Award nominees"]. CBC News, March 25, 2026.</ref>
Prior to ''Lovely Day'', he had recurring supporting roles in the television series ''Fugueuse'' and ''La vie compliquée de Léa Olivier'', and played Simon in a 2024 revival of ''Incendies'' for Théàtre Duceppe.<ref>Élise Jetté, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2119450/sabrina-begin-tejeda-neil-elias-jumeaux-incendies-duceppe "Sabrina Bégin Tejeda et Neil Elias : les « nouveaux jumeaux » d’Incendies"]. Ici Radio-Canada, November 12, 2024.</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|8944620}}
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