theOscarSite Facts:
Birthplace:
  • Los Angeles, CA
Birth Name:
  • Daniel Robert Elfman
Quote:
  • "...if there's one thing I really love ... it's sad music." -- 1996, on BLACK BEAUTY (1994)
Education:
  • Elfman is self-taught
  • Received an honorary doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts (June 2007)
Factoids:
  • Recovered from malaria in Africa.
  • Started the musical group "Mystic Knights of Oingo-Boingo" with his brother Richard in Paris; band is now known as "Boingo."
Significant Other(s):
  • Dated writer-director Caroline Thompson.
  • Married actress Bridget Fonda, 2003
Family:
  • Two daughters from a collapsed marriage
  • Older Brother: Director Richard Elfman
  • Mother: Blossom Elfman, an author of children's books
  • Nephew: Bodhi Elfman, actor
  • Niece through marriage: Jenna Elfman, actress
  • Son: Oliver Elfman; b. 2005
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2009)
    The Sixth Element (2008)
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
    Wanted (2008)
    The Kingdom (2007)
    Meet the Robinsons (2007)
    Charlotte's Web (2006)
    Nacho Libre (2006)
    Deep Sea 3D (2006)
    Corpse Bride (2006)
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
    No Experience Needed (2005)
    Spider-Man 2 (2004)
    Big Fish (2003)
    Hulk (2003)
    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
    Chicago (2002 - 2nd end title)
    Red Dragon (2002)
    Men in Black II (2002)
    Spider-Man (2002)
    Novocaine (2001)
    Planet of the Apes (2001)
    Mazer World (2001)
    Heartbreakers (2001 - main theme)
    Spy Kids (2001)
    The Family Man (2000)
    Proof of Life (2000)
    Sleepy Hollow (1999)
    Anywhere But Here (1999)
    Instinct (1999)
    My Favorite Martian (theme) (1999)
    A Simple Plan (1998)
    A Civil Action (1998)
    Psycho (music by Bernard Herrmann) (1998)
    Modern Vampyres (The Revenant) (1998)
  • Flubber (1997)
    Good Will Hunting (1997)
    Men in Black (1997)
    Freeway (1996)
    The Frighteners (1996)
    Extreme Measures (1996)
    Mars Attacks! (1996)
    Mission: Impossible (1996)
    Dead Presidents (1995)
    To Die For (1995)
    Black Beauty (1994)
    Darkman II: The Return of Durant (themes only) (1994)
    Dolores Claiborne (1994)
    Shrunken Heads (1994)
    Army of Darkness (1993)
    Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
    Sommersby (1993)
    Batman Returns (1992)
    Article 99 (1991)
    Pure Luck (1991)
    Darkman (1990)
    Dick Tracy (1990)
    Edward Scissorhands (1990)
    NightBreed (1990)
    Batman (1989)
    Beetlejuice (1988)
    Big Top Pee Wee (1988)
    Hot to Trot (1988)
    Midnight Run (1988)
    Scrooged (1988)
    Summer School (1987)
    Back to School (1986)
    Wisdom (1986)
    Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
    Forbidden Zone (1985)
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