Actor
Elias
Eli Kacavas. Manchester, New Hampshire. Based in New York, as of June 2024.
Elias Kacavas grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, in a Greek Orthodox community: St. George Cathedral, the Glendi festival, and Greek school. His grandfather’s family came from Megalopolis, near Sparta. He graduated from Manchester Central High. Nicholas is his identical twin, and Alec is their younger brother.
He planned on medicine, then spent a gap year in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, sleeping on a couch and working at a Dunkin’ Donuts run by two Greek twins. He read Adler, Meisner, Strasberg, Hagen, and Cohen. In high school his DECA team wrote a business plan for a Greek restaurant, placed second in New Hampshire, and went on to the international competition in California.
He studied method acting for two years at NYU Tisch, in the Strasberg studio, then left to film Euphoria and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. As of June 2024 he was based in New York, and he had talked about living in Los Angeles later. He was grand marshal of Manchester’s Taco Tour.
Filmography
Roles as published on IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and interviews.
2017
Commercial
National commercial
With Mark Wahlberg
His first professional job. He posted it on June 13, 2017.
2019
Film
The Death of a Matriarch
An early credit. No role name was published in the sources used here.
2019
Short
House of Fluff
Jack
Short film.
2022
Short
Mercy
Jacob
Short film.
2022
Series
Euphoria
18 Year-Old Cal / Young Cal
One episode, HBO. The younger version of the character played by Eric Dane. He has called it his favorite role.
2022–2024
Series
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
Greg Mantzoukas
Eighteen episodes on Max. Series regular, and main cast in season two.
2023
Film
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Aristotle
Theatrical and Peacock. Nia Vardalos left him an olive-wood dish with a note that said welcome home.
2024
Film
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
PJ
Feature.
2025–2026
Series
Fire Country
Tex
Nine episodes.
2026
Film
Corporate Retreat
Cliff
Feature.
2026
Film
In a Holidaze
Theo
Rotten Tomatoes lists the role as Theo.
Release unconfirmed
IMDb lists these as completed or upcoming. A release was not confirmed in the sources used here.
2026
Film
Only Good Feelings
Kameron
IMDb lists this as completed or upcoming.
2026
Film
The Wolf and the Lamb
Deputy Charlie Quinn
IMDb lists this as completed or upcoming.
2026
Short
Nick
Short. IMDb lists this as completed or upcoming.
Music
The Vanity
He fronts a rock band, The Vanity. He has played guitar since his junior year of high school, and he plays piano.
- Influences
- The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen
- Stages
- Bowery Electric, Knitting Factory, and Chelsea Music Hall
He has said he would never play “Wonderwall.”
Off stage
He played basketball growing up, in a house full of brothers competing at sports. He hikes with his mother and Vinny, a beagle, works out at the YMCA, and has cigars and Scotch with his father. He has named The Deer Hunter and Le Samouraï as favorite films, and The Foundry and Fotia as favorite New Hampshire restaurants. He once modeled for a vintage store in Rhode Island.
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