he made his tv acting debut in "night network" before appearing in a variety of television shows such as "the street", "the kill point", "all my children", "life on mars", "", "deception" and "house of cards" he gained sudden recognition in 2015 for his role in "daredevil" as mitchell ellison, the editor-in-chief of the "new york bulletin" and boss to ben urich. a comic book fan, cantor thinks his knowledge of daredevil may have helped him get the role, even though his character does not appear in the comic book series. despite this cantor found his work on "daredevil" the same as any other job, "daredevil happened while i was about to do a play. for me there is no real difference between the core of the work. the real difference is the end experience." cantor would reprise the role in season 2 of "daredevil", which sees ellison take on a mentor role towards karen page, and as a guest star in "the punisher". he also voiced the paparazzo beverly felton in the 2013 video game grand theft auto v.