Acting credits
142
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Constantine
Acting
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Movies: 49Series: 94Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 14884
IMDb ID: nm0176073
Known for: Acting
Born: May 22, 1927
Died: August 31, 2021
Age: 94
Place of birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2023
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q1291127
Also known as
Mike Constantine • Constantine Joanides • Gus Efstratiou • مایکل کنستانتین
Other jobs
In Memory Of (1)
Biography
Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (Ευστρατίου); May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) was an American actor. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Earlier, he earned acclaim for his television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. After the conclusion of Room 222, Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe nomination. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Constantine.
In Memory Of
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
2023 • Movie
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016 • Movie
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002 • Movie
as Yuri Zenkovsky
WW3
2001 • Movie
as Tadzu Lempke
Thinner
1996 • Movie
as Judge Weitzel
The Juror
1996 • Movie
as Elliot
Because Mommy Works
1994 • Movie
as Bill Ivanovich
My Life
1993 • Movie
as Frank
Deadfall
1993 • Movie
as Anthony Gallucci
By a Thread
1992 • Movie
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
Prancer
1989 • Movie
as Doctor Rudolph
Question of Faith
1988 • Movie
as Mr. Wisecarver
In the Mood
1987 • Movie
as Mr. Newman
Pray for Death
1985 • Movie
as Yianni
Silent Rebellion
1982 • Movie
as Talaat Pasha
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982 • Movie
as Jaime Yankelevich
Evita Peron
1981 • Movie
as Frank Yost
The Love Tapes
1980 • Movie
as Frank Piovano
Crisis in Mid-Air
1979 • Movie
as Marv
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979 • Movie
as Yashir
The Pirate
1978 • Movie
as Harry Bergen
Summer of My German Soldier
1978 • Movie
as Dr. Silver
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977 • Movie
as Luis Clasing
Voyage of the Damned
1976 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Constantine.
as Archie Randall (2007) • 1 eps
Cold Case
2003 • Series
as Gus Portokalos • 7 eps
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003 • Series
as Elias Kelikidis • 1 eps
Judging Amy
1999 • Series
1 eps
New York News
1995 • Series
as Jim Scinta • 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Dan Barnett • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Angelo De Paulo • 1 eps
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 • Series
as Captain Bauer • 1 eps
Snoops
1989 • Series
as Mr. Goodwinn • 1 eps
Free Spirit
1989 • Series
as Truman • 1 eps
Probe
1988 • Series
as Ray Dallion • 1 eps
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 • Series
as Victor Kroeger • 1 eps
Blacke's Magic
1986 • Series
as (voice) • 1 eps
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
1985 • Series
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic • 1 eps
MacGyver
1985 • Series
as Police Inspector • 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
1984 • Series
as Laszlo Dolby • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Mr. Harding • 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 • Series
as Dr. Dan Hickey • 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
1984 • Series
as Harvey Falk • 1 eps
Hunter
1984 • Series
as President Marios Guzman • 1 eps
Airwolf
1984 • Series
as Vasily Petrov • 1 eps
Masquerade
1983 • Series
as Judge Willard E. Packard • 1 eps
Mama's Family
1983 • Series
as Judge Beilin • 1 eps
It Takes Two
1982 • Series
as George Edward Mulch • 3 eps
Remington Steele
1982 • Series