Ellis Whitman — Goats Character Profile

About Ellis Whitman

The fifteen-year-old protagonist starting his freshman year at Gates Academy prep school. He navigates friendships, academics, a budding romance with Minnie, and complex family dynamics involving his mother, Goat Man, and biological father Frank.

Character Facts

Played by

Graham Phillips

Appears in

Goats (2012)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Ellis Whitman — Family Stepfather Figure — Bennet (Justin Kirk)

  Estranged maternal partner causing friction.

• Ellis Whitman — Social Classmate — Rosenberg (Ronnie Rubalcaba)

  Academic peers within the prep school.

• Ellis Whitman — Social Roommate — Barney (Nicholas Lobue)

  Dormitory peers navigating school life.

• Ellis Whitman — Family Father Figure — Goat Man (David Duchovny)

  Primary paternal bond and emotional anchor.

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More characters from Goats

• Goat Man (David Duchovny)
• Wendy Whitman (Vera Farmiga)
• Judy Whitman (Keri Russell)
• Serena (Olga Segura)
• Bennet (Justin Kirk)
• Frank Whitman (Ty Burrell)
• Barney (Nicholas Lobue)
• Rosenberg (Ronnie Rubalcaba)
• Fiona (Tommee May)
• Mr. Lin (Musashi Alexander)
• Lilly (Ana Auther)
• Jonathan (Geoff Ellsworth)