Portrait of Tai the Elephant

Tai the Elephant

Acting

Biography

Tai (November 4, 1968 – May 7, 2021) was an Asian elephant. She was best known for portraying Bo Tat in the film Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), Vera in Larger than Life (1996), and Rosie in Water for Elephants (2011). Her name was derived from her country of birth, Thailand. Tai was captured in the wild and placed into captivity. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tai (elephant), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Born: November 4, 1968

Place of Birth: Thailand

Filmography

2019
Saving Flora

as Flora

2009
My Sister's Keeper

as Elephant (uncredited)

2008
Bedtime Stories

as Elephant (uncredited)

2002
Monk

as Elephant (uncredited)

2002
The Scorpion King

as Elephant (uncredited)

2001
The Majestic

as Elephant (uncredited)

1998
Deep Impact

as Elephant (uncredited)

1998
Meet the Deedles

as Elephant (uncredited)

1996
1994
The Jungle Book

as Elephant (uncredited)

1994
Back in Action

as Elephant (uncredited)

1993
Made in America

as Elephant (uncredited)

1991
1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain

as Elephant (uncredited)

1988
Big Top Pee-wee

as Circus Elephant (uncredited)

1981
Quest for Fire

as Woolly Mammoth (uncredited)