Michael Constantine
ActingAlso Known As
Mike Constantine, Constantine Joanides, Gus Efstratiou, مایکل کنستانتین
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).
Movies
(50 total)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
The Hustler
as Big John
Thinner
as Tadzu Lempke
The Juror
as Judge Weitzel
My Life
as Bill Ivanovich
Prancer
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
Deadfall
as Frank
Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
The Reivers
as Mr. Binford
Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
Hawaii
as Mason
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Jack Harmon
Skidoo
as Leech
The Night That Panicked America
as Jess Wingate
In the Mood
as Mr. Wisecarver
WW3
as Yuri Zenkovsky
The Last Mile
as Ed Werner
Justine
as Memlik Pasha
TV Shows
(99 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Charlie Koch
MacGyver
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
MacGyver
as Sam Leland
Law & Order
as Dan Barnett
Law & Order
as Joshua Berger
Airwolf
as President Marios Guzman
Airwolf
as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
Magnum, P.I.
as Judge Kearns
Cold Case
as Archie Randall (2007)
Murder, She Wrote
as Laszlo Dolby
Murder, She Wrote
as Ben Gibbons
Mission: Impossible
as Janos
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Ray Dallion
The Love Boat
as Charlie Haskins
Hogan's Heroes
as Captain Heinrich
The Outer Limits
as Joe Dix
Remington Steele
as George Edward Mulch
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jim Scinta
Kojak
as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi