Michael Constantine
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1927-05-22
Deathday 2021-08-31 (94 years old)
Place of Birth Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Mike Constantine, Constantine Joanides, Gus Efstratiou
Michael Constantine
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Constantine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
as Archie Randall (2007)
as Gus Portokalos
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
as Yuri Zenkovsky
as Elias Kelikidis
as Tadzu Lempke
as Judge Weitzel
as Elliot
as Bill Ivanovich
as Frank
as Anthony Gallucci
as Dan Barnett
as Joshua Berger
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
as Captain Bauer
as Doctor Rudolph
as Truman
as Mr. Wisecarver
as Ray Dallion
as (voice)
as Mr. Newman
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
as Sam Leland
as Police Inspector
as Laszlo Dolby
as Ben Gibbons
as Mr. Harding
as Harvey Falk
as President Marios Guzman
as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
as Yianni
as George Edward Mulch
as Jaime Yankelevich
as Frank Yost
as Frank Piovano
as Marv
as Dr. Vansina
as Yashir
as Harry Bergen
as Dr. Silver
as Ben Savitch
as Charlie Haskins
as Sidney Kovac
as Luis Clasing
as Dave Riley
as Ben Sampson
as Anglich
as Jess Wingate
as Dr, Mayhill
as Dr. Burke
as Gunther
as Captain Gus Maryk
as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
as Dr. Sweeney
as Stefan Groza
as Frankie Ventura
as Murray Kane
as Dr. Eisner
as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
as Bill Green
as Mike Cooper
as Mr. Binford
as Krojack
as Memlik Pasha
as Jack Harmon
as Seymour Kaufman
as Leech
as Ladislov
as Oscar Jensen
as Jonathan Putnam
as Dr. Martin Willard
as Mason
as Rostov
as Janos
as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
as Mikhail Drozhensky
as Captain Heinrich
as Colonel Shoner
as Watson
as Andy
as Colonel Streight
as Nick
as Ernie Svoboda
as Lt. Ben Wyckoff
as Arthur 'Art' Howe
as Joe Dix
as Dr. Graham
as Dr. Fowler
as Jacques Patron
as Stavros Karas
as Private Essex Kanin
as Maurice Martone
as Big John
as Oscar Holloway
as Engineer Andersen
as Dr. Ernest Miller
as Herbert Lorgan
as Ed Werner
as Edmund Wald
as Charlie Koch
as Vito Calageras
as Dillard
as Pappy Ryan
as Baca
as Noah Meek
as Committee Chairman
as Self - Nominee
Crew
as In Memory Of