Danny Elfman Children: Meet Oliver Elfman, Mali Elfman, And Lola Elfman
Emma Newman
Updated on January 02, 2026
Daniel Robert Elfman, an American composer, vocalist, and songwriter, was born on May 29, 1953. In the early 1980s, he rose to notoriety as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo.
Elfman was born to a Jewish family of Polish and Russian ancestry in Amarillo, Texas.
He is the brother of actor, singer, and journalist Richard Elfman, and the son of Blossom Elfman (née Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, an Air Force teacher.
Elfman grew up in a racially mixed affluent enclave in Baldwin Hills, California, where he spent much of his time at the local movie theater, finding classic sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films and discovering the music of Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman.
Danny Elfman Children: Meet Oliver Elfman, Mali Elfman, And Lola Elfman
Elfman dated Kim Gordon, a classmate who would eventually join the rock band Sonic Youth, while he was a teenager.
His marriage to Geri Eisenmenger resulted in two children, Lola and Mali. Mali is an actress and film producer.
‘Do Not Disturb’, Mali’s 2011 film, was co-written by Elfman and Mali. Elfman tied the knot with Bridget Fonda on November 29, 2003.
