He rebels against his father and keeps hanging out with Sarah. Elliot thinks that she is cool. When the Bakers leave after lunch at the Boulders, he says 'bye' to her. Sarah shyly waves back and gets into the car. Elliot is in the 8th grade and plays the timpani. He is also a honors student and plays football, basketball and likes to skateboard. It is shown that he can do tricks on his board. In the second film, Elliot Murtaugh is played by Taylor Lautner.