Eliot S. Fintushel (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor, educator and speculative fiction writer.
[4][3][1] He lives between the horse stables and transmission shops behind the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California.
[3][4] Fintushel began his professional acting career at thirty at a mime theater in upstate New York.
[2] Harlan Ellison has been quoted as saying "Eliot Fintushel and his nifty stories have been an ongoing joy for me for years.
[4] As a performer, Fintushel has received the US National Endowment for the Arts' Fellowship for Solo Performance Artists twice, as well as grants for creating and touring shows from arts councils and foundations on both east and west coasts.