Michael Constantine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1927
- Died
- August 31, 2021 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Filmography
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Movie · as Kostas 'Gus' Portokalos
Cold Case
TV · as Archie Randall (2007) · 1 ep
My Big Fat Greek Life
TV · as Gus Portokalos · 7 eps
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Movie · as Kostas 'Gus' Portokalos
WW3
Movie · as Yuri Zenkovsky
Judging Amy
TV · as Elias Kelikidis · 1 ep
Thinner
Movie · as Tadzu Lempke
The Juror
Movie · as Judge Weitzel
New York News
TV
Because Mommy Works
Movie · as Elliot
My Life
Movie · as Bill Ivanovich
Deadfall
Movie · as Frank
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Jim Scinta · 1 ep
By a Thread
Movie · as Anthony Gallucci
Law & Order
TV · as Dan Barnett, Joshua Berger · 1 ep
Prancer
Movie · as Mr. Stewart / Santa
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV · as Angelo De Paulo · 1 ep
Free Spirit
TV · as Mr. Goodwinn · 1 ep
Snoops
TV · as Captain Bauer · 1 ep
Question of Faith
Movie · as Doctor Rudolph
Probe
TV · as Truman · 1 ep
In the Mood
Movie · as Mr. Wisecarver
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV · as Ray Dallion · 1 ep
Daniel and the Lion's Den
Movie · as (voice)
Blacke's Magic
TV · as Victor Kroeger · 1 ep
Pray for Death
Movie · as Mr. Newman
MacGyver
TV · as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic, Sam Leland · 1 ep
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Laszlo Dolby, Ben Gibbons · 1 ep
Airwolf
TV · as President Marios Guzman, Dr. Vladimir Bronski · 1 ep
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Dr. Dan Hickey · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Harvey Falk · 1 ep
Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Police Inspector · 1 ep
Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Mr. Harding · 1 ep
Mike Hammer
TV · as Mel Hurock · 1 ep
Mama's Family
TV · as Judge Willard E. Packard · 1 ep
Masquerade
TV · as Vasily Petrov · 1 ep
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Movie · as Talaat Pasha
Silent Rebellion
Movie · as Yianni
Remington Steele
TV · as George Edward Mulch · 3 eps
Matt Houston
TV · as Police Chief · 1 ep
It Takes Two
TV · as Judge Beilin · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · as Mr. Tomasino · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Yianni · 1 ep
Evita Peron
Movie · as Jaime Yankelevich
Darkroom
TV · as Monsieur De Paris · 1 ep
Simon & Simon
TV · as Robert Corman, Dr. John Longstrand, Ernie Petrolik · 1 ep
The Love Tapes
Movie · as Frank Yost
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Judge Kearns · 1 ep
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV · as Bennett · 1 ep
The North Avenue Irregulars
Movie · as Marv
Crisis in Mid-Air
Movie · as Frank Piovano
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · as Max Wyatt · 1 ep
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Dr. Vansina · 1 ep
Summer of My German Soldier
Movie · as Harry Bergen
Vega$
TV · as Arnie Moss · 1 ep
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Movie · as Dr. Silver
The Love Boat
TV · as Charlie Haskins · 2 eps
Lou Grant
TV · as Sidney Kovac, Joe Lombardi · 1 ep
79 Park Avenue
TV · as Ben Savitch · 3 eps
The Pirate
TV · as Yashir · 2 eps
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie · as Dave Riley
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Luis Clasing
Twin Detectives
Movie · as Ben Sampson
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
TV · as The Sorcerer · 4 eps
Sirota's Court
TV · as Judge Matthew Sirota · 13 eps
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Brock Campbell, Dr. George Pendleton, Dr. Arthur Ciotti · 2 eps
Peeper
Movie · as Anglich
The Secret Night Caller
Movie · as Dr, Mayhill
Conspiracy of Terror
Movie
The Night That Panicked America
Movie · as Jess Wingate
Ellery Queen
TV · as Leo Robert Campbell · 1 ep
Big Rose
Movie · as Gunther
Death Cruise
Movie · as Dr. Burke
Police Woman
TV · as Ralph · 1 ep
The Manhunter
TV · as Warden Lewis · 1 ep
The Bait
Movie · as Captain Gus Maryk
Kojak
TV · as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi · 2 eps
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Movie · as Dr. Sweeney
Deadly Harvest
Movie · as Stefan Groza
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Al Davies · 1 ep
Suddenly Single
Movie · as Frankie Ventura
The Impatient Heart
Movie · as Murray Kane
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Dr. Eisner · 1 ep
The Odd Couple
TV · as Bill Green · 1 ep
Night Gallery
TV · as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes") · 1 ep
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as Mike Cooper · 1 ep
The Reivers
Movie · as Mr. Binford
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie · as Jack Harmon
Justine
Movie · as Memlik Pasha
Don't Drink the Water
Movie · as Krojack
Room 222
TV · as Seymour Kaufman · 113 eps
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Charles Milaney · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
Skidoo
Movie · as Leech
In Enemy Country
Movie · as Ladislov
The Good Guys
TV · as Larry Tomack · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Jay Johnson · 1 ep
Ghostbreakers
Movie · as Oscar Jensen
Ironside
TV · as Harry Brancusi · 1 ep
Dundee and the Culhane
TV · as Jonathan Putnam · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Dr. Martin Willard · 1 ep
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · as Self - Commentor (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Flying Nun
TV · as Juan · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · as Demetrios · 1 ep
Hawaii
Movie · as Mason
Beau Geste
Movie · as Rostov
Hey Landlord!
TV · as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn · 30 eps
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Janos · 1 ep
T.H.E. Cat
TV · as Silvio · 1 ep
Quick, Before It Melts
Movie · as Mikhail Drozhensky
Run for Your Life
TV · as Colonel Shoner · 1 ep
Hogan's Heroes
TV · as Captain Heinrich · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Watson · 1 ep
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Gen. Nikolai Vorodenko · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Dr. Brand · 1 ep
Island of Love
Movie · as Andy
The Great Adventure
TV · as Colonel Streight · 1 ep
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · as Verducci · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Ernie Svoboda, Lt. Ben Wyckoff, Arthur 'Art' Howe · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · as John Marshak · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Joe Dix · 1 ep
Channing
TV · as Nick · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Dr. Graham, Dr. Fowler · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Niri, Steve Jenkins · 2 eps
My Favorite Martian
TV · as Collins, Leonardo da Vinci · 1 ep
Combat!
TV · as Jacques Patron · 1 ep
The Beachcomber
TV · as Maurice Martone · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Stavros Karas, Private Essex Kanin, John Halstead · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · as Judge Sherman Tower · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV · as Aristos, Hata - Town Elder · 1 ep
The Hustler
Movie · as Big John
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Herbert Lorgan · 1 ep
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV · as Leslie Merkle · 1 ep
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · as Chief Swenson · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · as Engineer Andersen · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Oscar Holloway · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Dr. Ernest Miller · 1 ep
The Last Mile
Movie · as Ed Werner
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Charlie Koch · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Edmund Wald · 1 ep
The Detectives
TV · as Salvatore Tropolis · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Vito Calageras · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Sylvio Fiore · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Dillard, Pappy Ryan · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Baca, Noah Meek · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · as Committee Chairman · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep