Known For
Acting
Born
May 22, 1927
Died
Aug 31, 2021
Place of Birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
150 titles
Michael Constantine
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).
Known For
Filmography
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
In Memory Of
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Cold Case
Archie Randall (2007)
My Big Fat Greek Life
Gus Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
WW3
Yuri Zenkovsky
Judging Amy
Elias Kelikidis
Thinner
Tadzu Lempke
The Juror
Judge Weitzel
New York News
Because Mommy Works
Elliot
My Life
Bill Ivanovich
Deadfall
Frank
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jim Scinta
By a Thread
Anthony Gallucci
Law & Order
Dan Barnett
Prancer
Mr. Stewart / Santa
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Angelo De Paulo
Snoops
Captain Bauer
Free Spirit
Mr. Goodwinn
Question of Faith
Doctor Rudolph
Probe
Truman
Friday the 13th: The Series
Ray Dallion
In the Mood
Mr. Wisecarver
Blacke's Magic
Victor Kroeger
Daniel and the Lion's Den
(voice)
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
(voice)
MacGyver
Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Pray for Death
Mr. Newman
Crazy like a Fox
Police Inspector
Murder, She Wrote
Laszlo Dolby
Finder of Lost Loves
Mr. Harding
Highway to Heaven
Dr. Dan Hickey
Hunter
Harvey Falk
Airwolf
President Marios Guzman
Masquerade
Vasily Petrov
Mama's Family
Judge Willard E. Packard
It Takes Two
Judge Beilin
Remington Steele
George Edward Mulch
Matt Houston
Police Chief
Hotel
Mr. Tomasino
Silent Rebellion
Yianni
American Playhouse
Yianni
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Talaat Pasha
Darkroom
Monsieur De Paris
Simon & Simon
Robert Corman
Evita Peron
Jaime Yankelevich
Magnum, P.I.
Judge Kearns
The Love Tapes
Frank Yost
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Bennett