Michael Constantine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Constantine (born May 22, 1927) is an American actor. He is probably now best known for his portrayal of Gus Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the 2002 surprise hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Prior to that, he was well-known for his extensive TV work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 for which he won an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in 1970. He played a night court magistrate, Matthew J. Sirota, on the brief 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Constantine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 22, 1927 In Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- First Appeared:
- In the series Gunsmoke 1955-09-10
- Latest Project:
- Movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 2016-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Kostas "Gus" Portokalos | 2016-03-23 |
| Series | My Big Fat Greek Life | Gus Portokalos | 2003-02-24 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Movie | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Kostas "Gus" Portokalos | 2002-04-19 |
| Movie | WW 3 | Yuri Zenkovsky | 2001-07-12 |
| Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
| Movie | The Juror | Judge Weitzel | 1996-02-02 |
| Movie | Thinner | Tadzu Lempke | 1996-10-25 |
| Series | New York News | Unknown | 1995-09-28 |
| Movie | Because Mommy Works | Elliot | 1994-11-21 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | My Life | Bill Ivanovich | 1993-11-12 |
| Movie | Deadfall | Frank | 1993-10-08 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Series | Free Spirit | Unknown | 1989-09-22 |
| Movie | Prancer | Mr. Stewart / Santa | 1989-11-17 |
| Series | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Unknown | 1989-10-13 |
| Series | Probe | Unknown | 1988-03-07 |
| Movie | Question of Faith | Doctor Rudolph | 1988-10-06 |
| Movie | In the Mood | Mr. Wisecarver | 1987-09-16 |
| Series | Friday the 13th: The Series | Unknown | 1987-10-03 |
| Series | Blacke's Magic | Unknown | 1986-01-05 |
| Movie | Pray for Death | Mr. Newman | 1985-01-11 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Airwolf | Dr. Vladimir Bronski | 1984-01-22 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Mama's Family | Unknown | 1983-01-22 |
| Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
| Movie | Silent Rebellion | Yianni | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | It Takes Two | Unknown | 1982-10-14 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Series | Remington Steele | Unknown | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | Evita Peron | Jaime Yankelevich | 1981-02-23 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
| Movie | The Love Tapes | Frank Yost | 1980-05-09 |
| Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Frank Piovano | 1979-02-13 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Dr. Vansina | 1979-02-18 |
| Movie | The North Avenue Irregulars | Marv | 1979-02-09 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Unknown | 1979-02-26 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Yashir | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Summer of My German Soldier | Harry Bergen | 1978-10-30 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Unknown | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Silver | 1977-09-12 |
| Series | 79 Park Avenue | Ben Savitch | 1977-10-16 |
| Series | Electra Woman and Dyna Girl | Unknown | 1976-09-11 |
| Movie | Twin Detectives | Ben Sampson | 1976-05-01 |
| Movie | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Dave Riley | 1976-10-01 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Luis Clasing | 1976-12-22 |
| Series | Sirota's Court | 1976-12-01 | |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | The Secret Night Caller | Dr, Mayhill | 1975-02-18 |
| Movie | The Night That Panicked America | Jess Wingate | 1975-10-31 |
| Movie | Peeper | Anglich | 1975-12-03 |
| Movie | Conspiracy of Terror | 1975-12-29 | |
| Movie | Big Rose | Gunther | 1974-03-26 |
| Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Death Cruise | Dr. Burke | 1974-10-30 |
| Movie | The Bait | Captain Gus Maryk | 1973-03-13 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Sweeney | 1972-09-27 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Movie | Deadly Harvest | Stefan Groza | 1972-09-26 |
| Movie | The Impatient Heart | Murray Kane | 1971-10-07 |
| Movie | Suddenly Single | Frankie Ventura | 1971-10-19 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Unknown | 1970-09-19 |
| Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
| Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
| Movie | Justine | Memlik Pasha | 1969-08-06 |
| Series | Room 222 | Seymour Kaufman | 1969-09-11 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Jack Harmon | 1969-04-24 |
| Movie | Don't Drink the Water | Krojack | 1969-11-11 |
| Movie | The Reivers | Mr. Binford | 1969-12-20 |
| Movie | In Enemy Country | Ladislov | 1968-07-01 |
| Series | The Good Guys | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Movie | Skidoo | Leech | 1968-12-19 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Ghostbreakers | Oscar Jensen | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Hey Landlord! | John 'Jack' Ellenhorn | 1966-09-11 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Rostov | 1966-09-02 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | Hawaii | Mason | 1966-10-10 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Movie | Quick, Before It Melts | Mikhail Drozhensky | 1965-01-20 |
| Series | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
| Movie | Island of Love | Andy | 1963-06-12 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
| Series | The Beachcomber | Unknown | 1962-02-20 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | The Hustler | Big John | 1961-09-25 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Movie | The Last Mile | Ed Werner | 1959-02-18 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |