Acting
Michael Constantine
EN cinema · 50 credits
Born
22 May 1927
Died
31 August 2021 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Mike Constantine · Constantine Joanides · Gus Efstratiou
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
Filmography
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
In Memory Of
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
as Kostas 'Gus' Portokalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
as Kostas 'Gus' Portokalos
WW3
as Yuri Zenkovsky
Thinner
as Tadzu Lempke
The Juror
as Judge Weitzel
Because Mommy Works
as Elliot
My Life
as Bill Ivanovich
Deadfall
as Frank
By a Thread
as Anthony Gallucci
Prancer
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
Question of Faith
as Doctor Rudolph
In the Mood
as Mr. Wisecarver
Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
as Talaat Pasha
Silent Rebellion
as Yianni
Evita Peron
as Jaime Yankelevich
The Love Tapes
as Frank Yost
Crisis in Mid-Air
as Frank Piovano
Summer of My German Soldier
as Harry Bergen
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. Silver
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Dave Riley
Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
Twin Detectives
as Ben Sampson
Peeper
as Anglich
The Secret Night Caller
as Dr, Mayhill
The Night That Panicked America
as Jess Wingate
Big Rose
as Gunther
Death Cruise
as Dr. Burke
The Bait
as Captain Gus Maryk
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Sweeney
Deadly Harvest
as Stefan Groza
Suddenly Single
as Frankie Ventura
The Impatient Heart
1971
The Impatient Heart
as Murray Kane
The Reivers
as Mr. Binford
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Jack Harmon
Justine
as Memlik Pasha
Don't Drink the Water
as Krojack
Skidoo
as Leech
In Enemy Country
as Ladislov
Ghostbreakers
as Oscar Jensen
Hawaii
as Mason
Beau Geste
as Rostov
Quick, Before It Melts
as Mikhail Drozhensky
Island of Love
as Andy
The Hustler
as Big John
The Last Mile
as Ed Werner