Acting credits
141
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Constantine
Acting
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Movies: 48Series: 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
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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.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
In Memory Of
2023 Movie
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
2016 Movie
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
2002 Movie
WW3
as Yuri Zenkovsky
2001 Movie
Thinner
as Tadzu Lempke
1996 Movie
The Juror
as Judge Weitzel
1996 Movie
Because Mommy Works
as Elliot
1994 Movie
My Life
as Bill Ivanovich
1993 Movie
Deadfall
as Frank
1993 Movie
By a Thread
as Anthony Gallucci
1992 Movie
Prancer
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
1989 Movie
Question of Faith
as Doctor Rudolph
1988 Movie
In the Mood
as Mr. Wisecarver
1987 Movie
Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
1985 Movie
Silent Rebellion
as Yianni
1982 Movie
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
as Talaat Pasha
1982 Movie
Evita Peron
as Jaime Yankelevich
1981 Movie
The Love Tapes
as Frank Yost
1980 Movie
Crisis in Mid-Air
as Frank Piovano
1979 Movie
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Marv
1979 Movie
Summer of My German Soldier
as Harry Bergen
1978 Movie
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. Silver
1977 Movie
Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
1976 Movie
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Dave Riley
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Constantine.
Cold Case
as Archie Randall (2007) • 1 eps
2003 Series
My Big Fat Greek Life
as Gus Portokalos • 7 eps
2003 Series
Judging Amy
as Elias Kelikidis • 1 eps
1999 Series
New York News
1 eps
1995 Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jim Scinta • 1 eps
1993 Series
Law & Order
as Dan Barnett • 1 eps
1990 Series
Mancuso, F.B.I.
as Angelo De Paulo • 1 eps
1989 Series
Snoops
as Captain Bauer • 1 eps
1989 Series
Free Spirit
as Mr. Goodwinn • 1 eps
1989 Series
Probe
as Truman • 1 eps
1988 Series
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Ray Dallion • 1 eps
1987 Series
Blacke's Magic
as Victor Kroeger • 1 eps
1986 Series
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
as (voice) • 1 eps
1985 Series
MacGyver
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic • 1 eps
1985 Series
Crazy like a Fox
as Police Inspector • 1 eps
1984 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Laszlo Dolby • 1 eps
1984 Series
Finder of Lost Loves
as Mr. Harding • 1 eps
1984 Series
Highway to Heaven
as Dr. Dan Hickey • 1 eps
1984 Series
Hunter
as Harvey Falk • 1 eps
1984 Series
Airwolf
as President Marios Guzman • 1 eps
1984 Series
Masquerade
as Vasily Petrov • 1 eps
1983 Series
Mama's Family
as Judge Willard E. Packard • 1 eps
1983 Series
It Takes Two
as Judge Beilin • 1 eps
1982 Series
Remington Steele
as George Edward Mulch • 3 eps
1982 Series