Early career

Before dedicating himself to the performance he was part of a musical group called Tierra Cero. He made his acting debut in the 2000 telenovela DKDA: Sueños de juventud and Amigos x siempre. He became known in the 2003 reality show Protagonistas de Novela, where he turned out to be a winner. In 2004 he auditioned to be the main villain of the telenovela produced by Argos Comunicación for Telemundo Gitanas, where he played Jonás,after this project, he continued working for Telemundo with two more telenovelas, titled El cuerpo del deseo and El Zorro, la espada y la rosa. In 2007 he got her first starring role with Sara Maldonado in the telenovela Tormenta en el paraíso. In 2008 was chosen by Carlos Moreno to participate also starring in the telenovela En nombre del amor remake of the 1991 telenovela Cadenas de amargura.

Elías has voiced Flint Lockwood in the Spanish-language version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and its sequel from Sony Pictures Animation. According to an interview, he has stated that his daughter, Penelope, has inspired him to be the dubbing voice of Flint.

He provided the voice of Charro Negro, the main antagonist of the Mexican animated film, La Leyenda del Charro Negro released on 19 January 2018.