Michael Constantine
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA — May 22 1927• Died Aug 31 2021
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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…
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Law & Order
Dan Barnett
The Fugitive
Ernie Svoboda
MacGyver
Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Murder, She Wrote
Laszlo Dolby
Perry Mason
Dillard
Mission: Impossible
Janos
Magnum, P.I.
Judge Kearns
Ironside
Cold Case
Archie Randall (2007)
The Love Boat
Charlie Haskins
Judging Amy
Elias Kelikidis
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jim Scinta
Quincy, M.E.
The Twilight Zone
Charlie Koch
Combat!
Jacques Patron
The Virginian
Stavros Karas
Naked City
Vito Calageras
Hogan's Heroes
Captain Heinrich
Airwolf
President Marios Guzman
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Ernest Miller
Hotel
Mr. Tomasino
Hunter
Harvey Falk
The Untouchables
Edmund Wald
Police Woman
Ben Casey
Engineer Andersen
The Outer Limits
Joe Dix
Simon & Simon
The Name of the Game
Jay Johnson
Highway to Heaven
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mike Cooper
The Invaders
Dr. Martin Willard
Remington Steele
George Edward Mulch
Kojak
Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
The Odd Couple
Bill Green
Night Gallery
Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
Lou Grant
77 Sunset Strip
Sylvio Fiore
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Vega$
Matt Houston
Trapper John, M.D.
Crazy like a Fox
Police Inspector
Run for Your Life
Colonel Shoner
Mama's Family
Friday the 13th: The Series
Ray Dallion
McMillan & Wife
Dr. Eisner
Gunsmoke
Baca
The Streets of San Francisco
Al Davies
Ellery Queen
Leo Robert Campbell
Sam Benedict
Judge Sherman Tower
Cain's Hundred
Herbert Lorgan
Room 222
Seymour Kaufman
Finder of Lost Loves
Mr. Harding
Arrest and Trial
Dr. Graham
The New Breed
Oscar Holloway
The Great Adventure
Colonel Streight
The Detectives
Salvatore Tropolis
New York News
Snoops
Captain Bauer
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Committee Chairman
Target: The Corruptors!
The Dakotas
Masquerade
The Greatest Show on Earth
Mancuso, F.B.I.
The Manhunter
Roots: The Next Generations
Dr. Vansina
Channing
Nick
Profiles in Courage
Watson
Blacke's Magic
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Free Spirit
Thinner
Tadzu Lempke
The Beachcomber
Maurice Martone
Hey Landlord!
John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
Probe
Truman
The Hustler
Big John
The Good Guys
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
It Takes Two
The Juror
Judge Weitzel
79 Park Avenue
Ben Savitch
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Crew
Dundee and the Culhane
Jonathan Putnam
Prancer
Mr. Stewart / Santa
My Life
Bill Ivanovich
My Big Fat Greek Life
Gus Portokalos
Deadfall
Frank
The Reivers
Mr. Binford
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
(voice)
Sirota's Court
In the Mood
Mr. Wisecarver
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Pray for Death
Mr. Newman
Island of Love
Andy
Voyage of the Damned
Luis Clasing
Skidoo
Leech
Hawaii
Mason
The Pirate
Yashir
The Last Mile
Ed Werner
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Jack Harmon
Death Cruise
Dr. Burke
Beau Geste
Rostov
Peeper
Anglich
Evita Peron
Jaime Yankelevich
The Bait
Captain Gus Maryk
In Enemy Country
Ladislov
The North Avenue Irregulars
Marv
Crisis in Mid-Air
Frank Piovano
Summer of My German Soldier
Harry Bergen
Justine
Memlik Pasha
WW3
Yuri Zenkovsky
The Night That Panicked America
Jess Wingate
Because Mommy Works
Elliot
Conspiracy of Terror
Big Rose
Gunther
Daniel and the Lion's Den
(voice)
The Impatient Heart
Murray Kane
Question of Faith
Doctor Rudolph
Deadly Harvest
Stefan Groza
Ghostbreakers
Oscar Jensen
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Sweeney
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Dr. Silver
Suddenly Single
Frankie Ventura
The Love Tapes
Frank Yost
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Silent Rebellion
Yianni
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Dave Riley
Don't Drink the Water
Krojack
By a Thread
Anthony Gallucci
Twin Detectives
Ben Sampson
Quick, Before It Melts
Mikhail Drozhensky
The Secret Night Caller
Dr, Mayhill