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).
Movies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
WW3
Yuri Zenkovsky
Thinner
Tadzu Lempke
The Juror
Judge Weitzel
Because Mommy Works
Elliot
My Life
Bill Ivanovich
Deadfall
Frank
By a Thread
Anthony Gallucci
Prancer
Mr. Stewart / Santa
Question of Faith
Doctor Rudolph
In the Mood
Mr. Wisecarver
Daniel and the Lion's Den
(voice)
Pray for Death
Mr. Newman
Silent Rebellion
Yianni
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Evita Peron
Jaime Yankelevich
The Love Tapes
Frank Yost
Crisis in Mid-Air
Frank Piovano
The North Avenue Irregulars
Marv
The Pirate
Yashir
Summer of My German Soldier
Harry Bergen
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Dr. Silver
Voyage of the Damned
Luis Clasing
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Dave Riley
Twin Detectives
Ben Sampson
Peeper
Anglich
The Night That Panicked America
Jess Wingate
Conspiracy of Terror
The Secret Night Caller
Dr, Mayhill
Death Cruise
Dr. Burke
Big Rose
Gunther
The Bait
Captain Gus Maryk
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Sweeney
Deadly Harvest
Stefan Groza
Suddenly Single
Frankie Ventura
The Impatient Heart
Murray Kane
The Reivers
Mr. Binford
Don't Drink the Water
Krojack
Justine
Memlik Pasha
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Jack Harmon
Skidoo
Leech
In Enemy Country
Ladislov
Ghostbreakers
Oscar Jensen
Hawaii
Mason
Beau Geste
Rostov
Quick, Before It Melts
Mikhail Drozhensky
Island of Love
Andy
The Hustler
Big John
The Last Mile
Ed Werner
TV Series
Cold Case
Archie Randall (2007)
1 Episode
My Big Fat Greek Life
Gus Portokalos
7 Episodes
Judging Amy
Elias Kelikidis
1 Episode
New York News
1 Episode
Homicide: Life on the Street
1 Episode
Law & Order
Dan Barnett
1 Episode
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1 Episode
Free Spirit
1 Episode
Snoops
Captain Bauer
1 Episode
Probe
Truman
1 Episode
Friday the 13th: The Series
Ray Dallion
1 Episode
Blacke's Magic
1 Episode
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
(voice)
1 Episode
MacGyver
Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
1 Episode
Crazy like a Fox
Police Inspector
1 Episode
Murder, She Wrote
Laszlo Dolby
1 Episode
Finder of Lost Loves
Mr. Harding
1 Episode
Highway to Heaven
1 Episode
Hunter
Harvey Falk
1 Episode
Airwolf
President Marios Guzman
1 Episode
Masquerade
1 Episode
Mama's Family
1 Episode
It Takes Two
1 Episode
Remington Steele
George Edward Mulch
3 Episodes
Matt Houston
1 Episode
Hotel
Mr. Tomasino
1 Episode
Simon & Simon
3 Episodes
Magnum, P.I.
Judge Kearns
1 Episode
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1 Episode
Trapper John, M.D.
1 Episode
Roots: The Next Generations
Dr. Vansina
1 Episode
Vega$
1 Episode
79 Park Avenue
Ben Savitch
3 Episodes
The Love Boat
Charlie Haskins
2 Episodes
Lou Grant
1 Episode
Sirota's Court
13 Episodes
Quincy, M.E.
2 Episodes
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
1 Episode
Ellery Queen
Leo Robert Campbell
1 Episode
Police Woman
1 Episode
The Manhunter
1 Episode
Kojak
Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
2 Episodes
The Streets of San Francisco
Al Davies
1 Episode
McMillan & Wife
Dr. Eisner
1 Episode
Night Gallery
Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
1 Episode
The Odd Couple
Bill Green
1 Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mike Cooper
1 Episode
Room 222
Seymour Kaufman
113 Episodes
The Good Guys
1 Episode
The Name of the Game
Jay Johnson
1 Episode
Dundee and the Culhane
Jonathan Putnam
1 Episode
Ironside
1 Episode
The Invaders
Dr. Martin Willard
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Janos
1 Episode
Hey Landlord!
John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
30 Episodes
Hogan's Heroes
Captain Heinrich
1 Episode
Run for Your Life
Colonel Shoner
1 Episode
Profiles in Courage
Watson
1 Episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 Episode
The Great Adventure
Colonel Streight
1 Episode
Channing
Nick
1 Episode
The Greatest Show on Earth
1 Episode
The Fugitive
Ernie Svoboda
1 Episode
The Outer Limits
Joe Dix
1 Episode
Arrest and Trial
Dr. Graham
1 Episode
The Dakotas
1 Episode
Combat!
Jacques Patron
1 Episode
The Virginian
Stavros Karas
1 Episode
Sam Benedict
Judge Sherman Tower
1 Episode
The Beachcomber
Maurice Martone
1 Episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1 Episode
The New Breed
Oscar Holloway
1 Episode
Ben Casey
Engineer Andersen
1 Episode
Target: The Corruptors!
1 Episode
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Ernest Miller
1 Episode
Cain's Hundred
Herbert Lorgan
1 Episode
The Detectives
Salvatore Tropolis
1 Episode
The Untouchables
Edmund Wald
1 Episode
The Twilight Zone
Charlie Koch
1 Episode
77 Sunset Strip
Sylvio Fiore
1 Episode
Naked City
Vito Calageras
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Dillard
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Baca
1 Episode
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Committee Chairman
1 Episode