Name
Michael Constantine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-05-22
Deathday
2021-08-31 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(2,312 Votes)
6.498
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to acce...
Relase Date : 19 Apr, 2002
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Voyage of the Damned
(73 Votes)
6.027
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for surv...
Relase Date : 22 Dec, 1976
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The Hustler
(1,099 Votes)
7.661
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive...
Relase Date : 25 Sep, 1961
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
(229 Votes)
5.902
Following the death of their patriarch Gus, the Portokalos family travels to Greece for a ...
Relase Date : 7 Sep, 2023
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
(1,084 Votes)
5.975
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Bi...
Relase Date : 23 Mar, 2016
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Summer of My German Soldier
(10 Votes)
5.5
Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World Wa...
Relase Date : 30 Oct, 1978
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1961 The Hustler as Big John
- 1996 Thinner as Tadzu Lempke
- 1969 The Reivers as Mr. Binford
- 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
- 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Jack Harmon
- 1989 Prancer as Mr. Stewart / Santa
- 1968 Skidoo as Leech
- 1996 The Juror as Judge Weitzel
- 1985 Pray for Death as Mr. Newman
- 1993 My Life as Bill Ivanovich
- 1969 Justine as Memlik Pasha
- 1966 Hawaii as Mason
- 1979 The North Avenue Irregulars as Marv
- 1959 The Last Mile as Ed Werner
- 1980 The Love Tapes as Frank Yost
- 1975 Peeper as Anglich
- 1963 Island of Love as Andy
- 1965 Quick, Before It Melts as Mikhail Drozhensky
- 1974 Big Rose as Gunther
- 1982 Forty Days of Musa Dagh as Talaat Pasha
- 1972 Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Sweeney
- 1969 Don't Drink the Water as Krojack
- 1971 Suddenly Single as Frankie Ventura
- 1973 The Bait as Captain Gus Maryk
- 2001 WW3 as Yuri Zenkovsky
- 1975 The Secret Night Caller as Dr, Mayhill
- 1981 Evita Peron as Jaime Yankelevich
- 1978 Summer of My German Soldier as Harry Bergen
- 1979 Crisis in Mid-Air as Frank Piovano
- 1966 Beau Geste as Rostov
- 1967 Ghostbreakers as Oscar Jensen
- 1993 Deadfall as Frank
- 1971 The Impatient Heart as Murray Kane
- 1977 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid as Dr. Silver
- 2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
- 1975 Conspiracy of Terror
- 1975 The Night That Panicked America as Jess Wingate
- 1982 Silent Rebellion as Yianni
- 1978 The Pirate as Yashir
- 1992 By a Thread as Anthony Gallucci
- 1987 In the Mood as Mr. Wisecarver
- 1976 Wanted: The Sundance Woman as Dave Riley
- 1968 In Enemy Country as Ladislov
- 1994 Because Mommy Works as Elliot
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned as Luis Clasing
- 1974 Death Cruise as Dr. Burke
- 1972 Deadly Harvest as Stefan Groza
- 1988 Question of Faith as Doctor Rudolph
- 1976 Twin Detectives as Ben Sampson
- 1986 Daniel and the Lion's Den as (voice)
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Laszlo Dolby
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Judge Kearns
- 1963 The Great Adventure ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Streight
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Dan Barnett
- 1982 Remington Steele ( 3 episodes ) as George Edward Mulch
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Herbert Lorgan
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Max Wyatt
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Elias Kelikidis
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Bill Green
- 1968 The Good Guys ( 1 episode ) as Larry Tomack
- 1987 Friday the 13th: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Ray Dallion
- 1984 Airwolf ( 1 episode ) as President Marios Guzman
- 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1 episode ) as Leslie Merkle
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Archie Randall (2007)
- 1983 Mama's Family ( 1 episode ) as Judge Willard E. Packard
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Dan Hickey
- 1988 Probe ( 1 episode ) as Truman
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Vito Calageras
- 1969 Room 222 ( 113 episodes ) as Seymour Kaufman
- 1985 MacGyver ( 1 episode ) as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
- 1973 Kojak ( 2 episodes ) as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
- 1989 Mancuso, F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Angelo De Paulo
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Baca
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Dillard
- 1976 Electra Woman and Dyna Girl ( 4 episodes ) as The Sorcerer
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Jacques Patron
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 1 episode ) as Jim Scinta
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Falk
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Koch
- 1989 Free Spirit ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Goodwinn
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Harry Brancusi
- 2003 My Big Fat Greek Life ( 7 episodes ) as Gus Portokalos
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode ) as Police Inspector
- 1963 The Greatest Show on Earth ( 1 episode ) as Verducci
- 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ( 1 episode ) as Chief Swenson
- 1962 The Beachcomber ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Martone
- 1978 Vega$ ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Moss
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Shoner
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Ralph
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Ernie Svoboda
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Ben Wyckoff
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Stavros Karas
- 1966 Hey Landlord! ( 30 episodes ) as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode ) as Police Chief
- 1995 New York News ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Profiles in Courage ( 1 episode ) as Watson
- 1963 The Dakotas ( 1 episode ) as John Marshak
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode ) as Engineer Andersen
- 1961 The New Breed ( 1 episode ) as Oscar Holloway
- 1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A. ( 1 episode ) as Bennett
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode ) as Warden Lewis
- 1986 Blacke's Magic ( 1 episode ) as Victor Kroeger
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Arthur 'Art' Howe
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Ernest Miller
- 1976 Sirota's Court ( 13 episodes ) as Judge Matthew Sirota
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Joe Dix
- 1963 Channing ( 1 episode ) as Nick
- 1982 It Takes Two ( 1 episode ) as Judge Beilin
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode ) as Vasily Petrov
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Edmund Wald
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Captain Heinrich
- 1970 Night Gallery ( 1 episode ) as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Private Essex Kanin
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Noah Meek
- 1967 Dundee and the Culhane ( 1 episode ) as Jonathan Putnam
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Eisner
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Joshua Berger
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Pappy Ryan
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Janos
- 1984 Airwolf ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
- 1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Committee Chairman
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Charlie Haskins
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Graham
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Fowler
- 1984 Finder of Lost Loves ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Harding
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Martin Willard
- 1985 MacGyver ( 1 episode ) as Sam Leland
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Mike Cooper
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Sidney Kovac
- 1977 79 Park Avenue ( 3 episodes ) as Ben Savitch
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Ben Gibbons
- 1985 The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible ( 1 episode ) as (voice)
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Niri
- 1989 Snoops ( 1 episode ) as Captain Bauer
- 1962 Sam Benedict ( 1 episode ) as Judge Sherman Tower
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Jay Johnson
- 1959 The Detectives ( 1 episode ) as Salvatore Tropolis
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Tomasino
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode ) as Sylvio Fiore
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Brock Campbell
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode ) as Al Davies
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Dr. George Pendleton
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Leo Robert Campbell
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Vansina
- 1977 The Pirate ( 2 episodes ) as Yashir
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Monsieur De Paris
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Yianni
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Robert Corman
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Dr. John Longstrand
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Ernie Petrolik
- 1977 Lou Grant ( 1 episode ) as Joe Lombardi
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Arthur Ciotti
- 1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Charles Milaney
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Fred
- 1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self - Commentor (uncredited)
- 1967 The Flying Nun ( 1 episode ) as Juan
- 1967 The Danny Thomas Hour ( 1 episode ) as Demetrios
- 1966 T.H.E. Cat ( 1 episode ) as Silvio
- 1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Nikolai Vorodenko
- 1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Brand
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Steve Jenkins
- 1963 My Favorite Martian ( 1 episode ) as Collins
- 1963 My Favorite Martian ( 1 episode ) as Leonardo da Vinci
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as Aristos
- 1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as Hata - Town Elder
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as John Halstead
