# Elliot?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023 "2002-03-19T10:32:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/1 "2002-03-19T10:32:05Z")

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Whatever happenend to the kid who played Elliot in E.T.?

From what i can remember he was quiet a good little actor and could have been the Hailey joel Whatisface of the 80’s

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**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/2 "2002-03-19T10:45:28Z")

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he became **Esprix**

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/3 "2002-03-19T10:57:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by illuminati \*  
> \*\*Whatever happenend to the kid who played Elliot in E.T.?
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> From what i can remember he was quiet a good little actor and could have been the Hailey joel Whatisface of the 80’s \*\*

[Henry Thomas](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Thomas,+Henry) is still around and working fairly steadily (not prolifically, but steadily), and apparently has 4 movies coming out this year.

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**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/4 "2002-03-19T11:09:41Z")

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So **Esprix**'s real name is Henry Thomas?

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**Author:** ![illuminati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/5 "2002-03-19T16:14:40Z")

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so how come they havent brought him out to do all the interviews for the ‘touched up’ ET?  
They seem to have brought back every one else.

Would the actors get some more money as the film is being rereleased?

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**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elliot/99023/6 "2002-03-19T17:37:43Z")

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The world… may never know.

Esprix