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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 22, 1927
Died
August 31, 2021
Place of Birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Mike Constantine
- Constantine Joanides
- Gus Efstratiou
- مایکل کنستانتین
Michael Constantine
1.0 Popularity
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
6.0
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
7.8
Archie Randall (2007)
Cold Case
2003
5.0
Gus Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
6.5
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
5.3
Yuri Zenkovsky
WW3
2001
7.5
Elias Kelikidis
Judging Amy
1999
5.9
Tadzu Lempke
Thinner
1996
5.7
Judge Weitzel
The Juror
1996
0.0
New York News
1995
5.0
Elliot
Because Mommy Works
1994
Credits
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
2016
6.0
Cold Case
as Archie Randall (2007)
2003
7.8
My Big Fat Greek Life
as Gus Portokalos
2003
5.0
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
2002
6.5
WW3
as Yuri Zenkovsky
2001
5.3
Judging Amy
as Elias Kelikidis
1999
7.5
Thinner
as Tadzu Lempke
1996
5.9
The Juror
as Judge Weitzel
1996
5.7
New York News
1995
0.0
Because Mommy Works
as Elliot
1994
5.0
My Life
as Bill Ivanovich
1993
6.7
Deadfall
as Frank
1993
4.0
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
🎬
By a Thread
as Anthony Gallucci
1992
0.0
Law & Order
as Dan Barnett
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Joshua Berger
1990
7.4
Prancer
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
1989
6.0
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
6.0
Free Spirit
1989
5.0
Snoops
as Captain Bauer
1989
5.0
Question of Faith
as Doctor Rudolph
1988
0.0
Probe
as Truman
1988
7.5
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Ray Dallion
1987
7.3
In the Mood
as Mr. Wisecarver
1987
5.3
Blacke's Magic
1986
6.0
🎬
Daniel and the Lion's Den
as (voice)
1986
7.5
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
as (voice)
1985
6.8
MacGyver
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
1985
7.7
MacGyver
as Sam Leland
1985
7.7
Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
1985
6.0
Crazy like a Fox
as Police Inspector
1984
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Laszlo Dolby
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Ben Gibbons
1984
7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
as Mr. Harding
1984
5.7
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Hunter
as Harvey Falk
1984
7.1
Airwolf
as President Marios Guzman
1984
7.6
Airwolf
as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
1984
7.6
Masquerade
1983
5.0
Mama's Family
1983
7.6
It Takes Two
1982
5.0
Remington Steele
as George Edward Mulch
1982
7.1
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Hotel
as Mr. Tomasino
1982
6.8
Silent Rebellion
as Yianni
1982
7.0
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
1.0
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Evita Peron
as Jaime Yankelevich
1981
0.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Judge Kearns
1980
7.3
The Love Tapes
as Frank Yost
1980
3.0
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
5.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Roots: The Next Generations
as Dr. Vansina
1979
7.5
Crisis in Mid-Air
as Frank Piovano
1979
6.0
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Marv
1979
6.2
The Pirate
as Yashir
1978
3.7
Summer of My German Soldier
as Harry Bergen
1978
5.8
Vega$
1978
7.0
79 Park Avenue
as Ben Savitch
1977
4.8
The Love Boat
as Charlie Haskins
1977
6.3
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
Lou Grant
as Sidney Kovac
1977
7.3
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. Silver
1977
0.0
Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
1976
6.0
🎬
Sirota's Court
1976
5.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Brock Campbell
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. George Pendleton
1976
7.5
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Dave Riley
1976
6.4
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
1976
6.1
Twin Detectives
as Ben Sampson
1976
6.0
Peeper
as Anglich
1975
4.9
The Night That Panicked America
as Jess Wingate
1975
6.8
Ellery Queen
as Leo Robert Campbell
1975
7.4
Conspiracy of Terror
1975
6.0
The Secret Night Caller
as Dr, Mayhill
1975
6.5
Death Cruise
as Dr. Burke
1974
5.8
Police Woman
1974
6.2
The Manhunter
1974
5.0
Big Rose
as Gunther
1974
0.0
Kojak
as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
1973
7.0
The Bait
as Captain Gus Maryk
1973
6.4
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Sweeney
1972
6.8
Deadly Harvest
as Stefan Groza
1972
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Al Davies
1972
7.0
Suddenly Single
as Frankie Ventura
1971
1.0
🎬
The Impatient Heart
as Murray Kane
1971
0.0
McMillan & Wife
as Dr. Eisner
1971
6.9
Night Gallery
as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Bill Green
1970
7.8
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mike Cooper
1970
7.6
The Reivers
as Mr. Binford
1969
6.3
Don't Drink the Water
as Krojack
1969
5.0
Room 222
as Seymour Kaufman
1969
6.0
Justine
as Memlik Pasha
1969
4.0
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Jack Harmon
1969
5.8
Skidoo
as Leech
1968
4.7
The Good Guys
1968
6.0
The Name of the Game
as Jay Johnson
1968
6.8
In Enemy Country
as Ladislov
1968
7.7
Ghostbreakers
as Oscar Jensen
1967
2.0
Dundee and the Culhane
as Jonathan Putnam
1967
4.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Invaders
as Dr. Martin Willard
1967
6.8
Hawaii
as Mason
1966
6.3
Mission: Impossible
as Janos
1966
7.6
Hey Landlord!
as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
1966
5.0
Beau Geste
as Rostov
1966
5.3
Hogan's Heroes
as Captain Heinrich
1965
7.5
Run for Your Life
as Colonel Shoner
1965
7.2
Quick, Before It Melts
as Mikhail Drozhensky
1965
2.7
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Watson
1964
5.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Niri
1963
5.7
The Great Adventure
as Colonel Streight
1963
0.0
Channing
as Nick
1963
7.0
The Fugitive
as Ernie Svoboda
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Lt. Ben Wyckoff
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Arthur 'Art' Howe
1963
7.2
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Joe Dix
1963
7.8
Arrest and Trial
as Dr. Graham
1963
7.7
Arrest and Trial
as Dr. Fowler
1963
7.7
Island of Love
as Andy
1963
5.3
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
Combat!
as Jacques Patron
1962
7.7
The Virginian
as Stavros Karas
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Private Essex Kanin
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
as Judge Sherman Tower
1962
6.0
🎬
The Beachcomber
as Maurice Martone
1962
0.0
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
7.5
The New Breed
as Oscar Holloway
1961
7.0
Ben Casey
as Engineer Andersen
1961
5.6
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ernest Miller
1961
5.5
The Hustler
as Big John
1961
7.7
Cain's Hundred
as Herbert Lorgan
1961
4.7
The Detectives
as Salvatore Tropolis
1959
6.1
The Untouchables
as Edmund Wald
1959
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as Charlie Koch
1959
8.5
The Last Mile
as Ed Werner
1959
6.3
77 Sunset Strip
as Sylvio Fiore
1958
6.7
Naked City
as Vito Calageras
1958
5.5
Perry Mason
as Dillard
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Pappy Ryan
1957
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Baca
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Noah Meek
1955
6.6
Armstrong Circle Theatre
as Committee Chairman
1950
3.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2