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:
- 85
- 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 |
| Movie | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Kostas "Gus" Portokalos | 2002-04-19 |
| Movie | WW3 | Yuri Zenkovsky | 2001-07-12 |
| Movie | The Juror | Judge Weitzel | 1996-02-02 |
| Movie | Thinner | Tadzu Lempke | 1996-10-25 |
| Series | New York News | Unknown | 1995-09-28 |
| Movie | Deadfall | Frank | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | My Life | Bill Ivanovich | 1993-11-12 |
| Series | Free Spirit | Unknown | 1989-09-22 |
| Series | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Unknown | 1989-10-13 |
| Movie | Prancer | Mr. Stewart / Santa | 1989-11-17 |
| Series | Probe | Unknown | 1988-03-07 |
| Movie | In the Mood | Mr. Wisecarver | 1987-09-16 |
| Series | Blacke's Magic | Unknown | 1986-01-05 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Silent Rebellion | Yianni | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
| Movie | Forty Days of Musa Dagh | 1982-01-01 | |
| Series | It Takes Two | Unknown | 1982-10-14 |
| Series | Remington Steele | Unknown | 1982-10-01 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Evita Peron | Jaime Yankelevich | 1981-02-23 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | The Love Tapes | Frank Yost | 1980-05-09 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | 1979-02-26 | |
| Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Frank Piovano | 1979-02-13 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | The Pirate | Yashir | 1978-11-21 |
| Movie | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Silver | 1977-09-12 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Unknown | 1977-09-20 |
| Series | Sirota's Court | 1976-12-01 | |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Luis Clasing | 1976-12-22 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | The Night That Panicked America | Jess Wingate | 1975-10-31 |
| Movie | The Secret Night Caller | Dr, Mayhill | 1975-02-18 |
| Movie | Peeper | Anglich | 1975-12-03 |
| Movie | Conspiracy of Terror | 1975-12-29 | |
| Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Movie | Death Cruise | Dr. Burke | 1974-10-30 |
| Movie | The Bait | Captain Gus Maryk | 1973-03-13 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Movie | Deadly Harvest | Stefan Groza | 1972-09-26 |
| Movie | Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Sweeney | 1972-09-27 |
| Movie | The Impatient Heart | Murray Kane | 1971-10-07 |
| Movie | Suddenly Single | Frankie Ventura | 1971-10-19 |
| Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Unknown | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | Justine | Memlik Pasha | 1969-08-06 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Jack Harmon | 1969-04-24 |
| Series | Room 222 | Mr. Seymour Kaufman | 1969-09-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Skidoo | Leech | 1968-12-19 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Ghostbreakers | Oscar Jensen | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Rostov | 1966-09-02 |
| Series | Hey, Landlord | John 'Jack' Ellenhorn | 1966-09-11 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | Hawaii | Mason | 1966-10-10 |
| 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 | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Movie | Island of Love | Andy | 1963-06-12 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
| Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
| Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| 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 | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |