Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas

Known for
Acting
Born
March 11, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography

Elias Koteas (born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin "Al" Olinsky on the series Chicago P.D., Tom True on Goliath, Lionel Shrike in Now You See Me (2013), Col. Marks on Combat Hospital, James Skinner on The Killing, Laeddis in Shutter Island (2010), Monsieur Gateau in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Jack Payne in the film Shooter (2007), Peter Brandt in Collateral Damage (2002), Capt. James Stars in The Thin Red Line (1998), Edgar Reese in Fallen (1998), Antonio Freeman in Gattaca (1997), and Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002). He has appeared in many films including Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Adjuster (1991), Exotica (1994), The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Living Out Loud (1998), Harrison's Flowers (2002), Zodiac (2007), and Skinwalkers (2007).

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Filmography

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The Block poster

The Block

Movie

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God of Tides

God of Tides

Movie · as Walker

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Little One poster

Little One

Movie

2024
The Silent Planet poster

The Silent Planet

Movie · as Theo

2024
Janet Planet poster

Janet Planet

Movie · as Avi

2023
The Baker poster

The Baker

Movie · as Vic

2018
My Days of Mercy poster

My Days of Mercy

Movie · as Simon

2017
Chicago Justice poster

Chicago Justice

TV · as Alvin Olinsky · 1 ep

2016
Goliath poster

Goliath

TV · as Tom True · 8 eps

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Alvin Olinsky · 2 eps

2014
Jake Squared poster

Jake Squared

Movie · as Jake Klein

2014
Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D.

TV · as Alvin Olinsky · 107 eps

2013
Now You See Me poster

Now You See Me

Movie · as Lionel Shrike (uncredited)

2013
Devil's Knot poster

Devil's Knot

Movie · as Jerry Driver

2013
The Last Days on Mars poster

The Last Days on Mars

Movie · as Charles Brunel

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Vaughan · 1 ep

2012
Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire

TV · as Alvin Olinsky · 4 eps

2011
Dream House poster

Dream House

Movie · as Boyce

2011
Winnie Mandela poster

Winnie Mandela

Movie · as Colonel de Vries

2011
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas poster

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Movie · as Sergie Katsov

2011
Combat Hospital poster

Combat Hospital

TV · as Colonel Marks · 13 eps

2011
The Killing poster

The Killing

TV · as James Skinner · 12 eps

2011
Unforgettable poster

Unforgettable

TV · as Sam Rhodes · 1 ep

2010
Shutter Island poster

Shutter Island

Movie · as Laeddis

2010
Let Me In poster

Let Me In

Movie · as The Policeman

2010
The Killer Inside Me poster

The Killer Inside Me

Movie · as Joe Rothman

2010
My Own Love Song poster

My Own Love Song

Movie · as Dean

2010
A Letter to Elia poster

A Letter to Elia

Movie · as Elia Kazan (Voice)

2010
3 Backyards poster

3 Backyards

Movie · as John

2010
Die poster

Die

Movie · as Mark Murdock

2009
The Fourth Kind poster

The Fourth Kind

Movie · as Abel Campos

2009
I Come with the Rain poster

I Come with the Rain

Movie · as Hasford

2009
Defendor poster

Defendor

Movie · as Chuck Dooney

2009
The Haunting in Connecticut poster

The Haunting in Connecticut

Movie · as Reverend Popescu

2008
Two Lovers poster

Two Lovers

Movie · as Ronald Blatt

2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button poster

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Movie · as Monsieur Gateau

2008
Dark Streets poster

Dark Streets

Movie · as Lieutenant

2007
Zodiac poster

Zodiac

Movie · as Jack Mulanax

2007
Shooter poster

Shooter

Movie · as Jack Payne

2007
The Girl in the Park poster

The Girl in the Park

Movie · as Raymond

2007
Prisoner poster

Prisoner

Movie · as Jailer

2007
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows poster

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Movie · as Val Lewton (voice)

2007
Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace

TV · as William Drugh · 1 ep

2006
Skinwalkers poster

Skinwalkers

Movie · as Jonas

2006
Conviction poster

Conviction

TV · as Mike Randolph · 1 ep

2005
The Greatest Game Ever Played poster

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Movie · as Arthur Ouimet

2005
The Big Empty

The Big Empty

Movie · as The Specialist

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Jim (voice) · 2 eps

2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche poster

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Jack Moriarty · 1 ep

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Joe · 2 eps

2004
Traffic poster

Traffic

TV · as Mike McKay · 3 eps

2002
S1m0ne poster

S1m0ne

Movie · as Hank Alano

2002
Collateral Damage poster

Collateral Damage

Movie · as Peter Brandt

2002
Ararat poster

Ararat

Movie · as Ali / Jevdet Bay

2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick poster

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Movie · as Self

2001
Novocaine poster

Novocaine

Movie · as Harlan Sangster

2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana poster

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Movie · as Sully

2001
Shot in the Heart poster

Shot in the Heart

Movie · as Gary Gilmore

2000
Harrison's Flowers poster

Harrison's Flowers

Movie · as Yeager Pollack

2000
Lost Souls poster

Lost Souls

Movie · as John Townsend

1999
The Sopranos poster

The Sopranos

TV · as Dominic Palladino · 1 ep

1999
The Directors poster

The Directors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
The Thin Red Line poster

The Thin Red Line

Movie · as Capt. James Staros

1998
Fallen poster

Fallen

Movie · as Edgar Reese

1998
Divorce: A Contemporary Western poster

Divorce: A Contemporary Western

Movie

1998
Living Out Loud poster

Living Out Loud

Movie · as The Kisser

1998
Apt Pupil poster

Apt Pupil

Movie · as Archie

1997
Gattaca poster

Gattaca

Movie · as Antonio Freeman

1996
Crash poster

Crash

Movie · as Vaughan

1996
Hit Me poster

Hit Me

Movie · as Sonny Rose

1995
The Prophecy poster

The Prophecy

Movie · as Thomas Daggett

1995
Power of Attorney poster

Power of Attorney

Movie · as Paul Dellacroce

1995
Sugartime poster

Sugartime

Movie · as Butch Blasi

1994
Exotica poster

Exotica

Movie · as Eric

1994
Camilla poster

Camilla

Movie · as Vincent Lopez

1993
Cyborg 2 poster

Cyborg 2

Movie · as Colson 'Colt' Ricks

1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

Movie · as Casey Jones / Whit

1992
Chain of Desire poster

Chain of Desire

Movie · as Jesus

1992
Contact poster

Contact

Movie · as Mohannan

1992
The Habitation of Dragons poster

The Habitation of Dragons

Movie · as Wally Smith

1991
The Adjuster poster

The Adjuster

Movie · as Noah

1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Movie · as Casey Jones

1990
Desperate Hours poster

Desperate Hours

Movie · as Wally Bosworth

1990
Almost an Angel poster

Almost an Angel

Movie · as Steve Garner

1990
Look Who's Talking Too poster

Look Who's Talking Too

Movie · as Stuart

1990
Backstreet Dreams poster

Backstreet Dreams

Movie · as Wizard

1989
Blood Red poster

Blood Red

Movie · as Silvio

1989
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics poster

Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics

Movie · as Davey

1988
Full Moon in Blue Water poster

Full Moon in Blue Water

Movie · as Jimmy

1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World poster

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

Movie · as Young Aristotle Onassis

1988
Malarek poster

Malarek

Movie · as Victor Malarek

1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream poster

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Movie · as Alex

1988
She's Having a Baby poster

She's Having a Baby

Movie · as Elias Koteas (uncredited)

1987
Gardens of Stone poster

Gardens of Stone

Movie · as Pete Deveber

1987
Some Kind of Wonderful poster

Some Kind of Wonderful

Movie · as Skinhead

1985
One Magic Christmas poster

One Magic Christmas

Movie · as Eddie

1985
Private Sessions poster

Private Sessions

Movie · as Johnny O'Reilly

1980
Atlantic City poster

Atlantic City

Movie · as Extra (uncredited)