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