Michael Constantine

Michael Constantine

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Constantine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, 1927-05-22

Died: 2021-08-31

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Last Mile	Ed Werner	63
2	1961	The Hustler	Big John	77
3	1963	Island of Love	Andy	53
4	1965	Quick, Before It Melts	Mikhail Drozhensky	35
5	1966	Beau Geste	Rostov	53
6	1966	Hawaii	Mason	63
7	1967	Ghostbreakers	Oscar Jensen	20
8	1968	In Enemy Country	Ladislov	80
9	1968	Skidoo	Leech	48
10	1969	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	Jack Harmon	58
11	1969	Justine	Memlik Pasha	41
12	1969	Don't Drink the Water	Krojack	50
13	1969	The Reivers	Mr. Binford	64
14	1971	The Impatient Heart	Murray Kane	0
15	1971	Suddenly Single	Frankie Ventura	10
16	1972	Deadly Harvest	Stefan Groza	60
17	1972	Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole	Dr. Sweeney	68
18	1973	The Bait	Captain Gus Maryk	64
19	1974	Big Rose	Gunther	0
20	1974	Death Cruise	Dr. Burke	58
21	1975	The Secret Night Caller	Dr, Mayhill	65
22	1975	The Night That Panicked America	Jess Wingate	68
23	1975	Peeper	Anglich	49
24	1975	Conspiracy of Terror		60
25	1976	Twin Detectives	Ben Sampson	60
26	1976	Wanted: The Sundance Woman	Dave Riley	64
27	1976	Voyage of the Damned	Luis Clasing	59
28	1977	Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid	Dr. Silver	0
29	1978	Summer of My German Soldier	Harry Bergen	58
30	1978	The Pirate	Yashir	46
31	1979	The North Avenue Irregulars	Marv	63
32	1979	Crisis in Mid-Air	Frank Piovano	60
33	1980	The Love Tapes	Frank Yost	30
34	1981	Evita Peron	Jaime Yankelevich	0
35	1982	Forty Days of Musa Dagh		10
36	1982	Silent Rebellion	Yianni	70
37	1985	Pray for Death	Mr. Newman	60
38	1986	Daniel and the Lion's Den	(voice)	75
39	1987	In the Mood	Mr. Wisecarver	55
40	1988	Question of Faith	Doctor Rudolph	0
41	1989	Prancer	Mr. Stewart / Santa	59
42	1992	By a Thread	Anthony Gallucci	0
43	1993	Deadfall	Frank	40
44	1993	My Life	Bill Ivanovich	67
45	1994	Because Mommy Works	Elliot	50
46	1996	The Juror	Judge Weitzel	56
47	1996	Thinner	Tadzu Lempke	59
48	2001	WW3	Yuri Zenkovsky	53
49	2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Kostas "Gus" Portokalos	65
50	2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Kostas "Gus" Portokalos	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1950	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Committee Chairman	30
3	1955	Gunsmoke	Baca	66
4	1955	Gunsmoke	Noah Meek	66
5	1957	Perry Mason	Dillard	77
6	1957	Perry Mason	Pappy Ryan	77
7	1958	Naked City	Vito Calageras	55
8	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Sylvio Fiore	67
9	1959	The Twilight Zone	Charlie Koch	84
10	1959	The Untouchables	Edmund Wald	79
11	1959	The Detectives	Salvatore Tropolis	56
12	1961	Cain's Hundred	Herbert Lorgan	47
13	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Ernest Miller	55
14	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
15	1961	Ben Casey	Engineer Andersen	56
16	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show		75
17	1961	The New Breed	Oscar Holloway	70
18	1962	The Beachcomber	Maurice Martone	0
19	1962	Sam Benedict	Judge Sherman Tower	60
20	1962	The Virginian	Stavros Karas	65
21	1962	The Virginian	Private Essex Kanin	65
22	1962	Combat!	Jacques Patron	77
23	1963	The Dakotas		57
24	1963	Arrest and Trial	Dr. Graham	77
25	1963	Arrest and Trial	Dr. Fowler	77
26	1963	The Outer Limits	Joe Dix	78
27	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
28	1963	The Fugitive	Ernie Svoboda	72
29	1963	The Fugitive	Lt. Ben Wyckoff	72
30	1963	The Fugitive	Arthur 'Art' Howe	72
31	1963	Channing	Nick	70
32	1963	The Great Adventure	Colonel Streight	0
33	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
34	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Niri	57
35	1964	Profiles in Courage	Watson	50
36	1965	Run for Your Life	Colonel Shoner	72
37	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Captain Heinrich	75
38	1966	Hey Landlord!	John 'Jack' Ellenhorn	50
39	1966	Mission: Impossible	Janos	76
40	1967	The Invaders	Dr. Martin Willard	68
41	1967	Ironside		68
42	1967	Dundee and the Culhane	Jonathan Putnam	40
43	1968	The Name of the Game	Jay Johnson	68
44	1968	The Good Guys		60
45	1969	Room 222	Seymour Kaufman	60
46	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Mike Cooper	75
47	1970	The Odd Couple	Bill Green	78
48	1970	Night Gallery	Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")	78
49	1971	McMillan & Wife	Dr. Eisner	69
50	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Al Davies	69
51	1973	Kojak	Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi	70
52	1974	The Manhunter		50
53	1974	Police Woman		63
54	1975	Ellery Queen		74
55	1976	Electra Woman and Dyna Girl		63
56	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
57	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Brock Campbell	75
58	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Dr. George Pendleton	75
59	1976	Sirota's Court		50
60	1977	Lou Grant		73
61	1977	Lou Grant	Sidney Kovac	73
62	1977	The Love Boat	Charlie Haskins	63
63	1977	79 Park Avenue	Ben Savitch	48
64	1978	Vega$		70
65	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Dr. Vansina	75
66	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
67	1980	Palmerstown, U.S.A.		55
68	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Judge Kearns	73
69	1981	Simon & Simon		67
70	1982	Hotel	Mr. Tomasino	68
71	1982	Matt Houston		62
72	1982	Remington Steele	George Edward Mulch	71
73	1982	It Takes Two		50
74	1983	Mama's Family		76
75	1983	Masquerade		50
76	1984	Airwolf	President Marios Guzman	76
77	1984	Airwolf	Dr. Vladimir Bronski	76
78	1984	Hunter	Harvey Falk	72
79	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
80	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Mr. Harding	57
81	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Laszlo Dolby	75
82	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ben Gibbons	75
83	1984	Crazy like a Fox	Police Inspector	71
84	1985	MacGyver	Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic	77
85	1985	MacGyver	Sam Leland	77
86	1985	The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible	(voice)	69
87	1986	Blacke's Magic		60
88	1987	Friday the 13th: The Series	Ray Dallion	73
89	1988	Probe	Truman	75
90	1989	Free Spirit		50
91	1989	Snoops	Captain Bauer	50
92	1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.		60
93	1990	Law & Order	Dan Barnett	74
94	1990	Law & Order	Joshua Berger	74
95	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street		80
96	1995	New York News		0
97	1999	Judging Amy	Elias Kelikidis	75
98	2003	My Big Fat Greek Life	Gus Portokalos	56
99	2003	Cold Case	Archie Randall (2007)	78

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