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 | President Marios Guzman | 1984-01-22 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | Mama's Family | Unknown | 1983-01-22 |
| Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
| 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 |
| Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
| Movie | The Love Tapes | Frank Yost | 1980-05-09 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | The North Avenue Irregulars | Marv | 1979-02-09 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Dr. Vansina | 1979-02-18 |
| Movie | Crisis in Mid-Air | Frank Piovano | 1979-02-13 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | 1979-02-26 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | Twin Detectives | Ben Sampson | 1976-05-01 |
| Series | Electra Woman and Dyna Girl | Unknown | 1976-09-11 |
| Movie | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Dave Riley | 1976-10-01 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Luis Clasing | 1976-12-22 |
| Series | Sirota's Court | 1976-12-01 | |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Movie | The Secret Night Caller | Dr, Mayhill | 1975-02-18 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Peeper | Anglich | 1975-12-03 |
| Movie | The Night That Panicked America | Jess Wingate | 1975-10-31 |
| Movie | Conspiracy of Terror | 1975-12-29 | |
| Series | The Manhunter | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Movie | Death Cruise | Dr. Burke | 1974-10-30 |
| Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | The Bait | Captain Gus Maryk | 1973-03-13 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | Deadly Harvest | Stefan Groza | 1972-09-26 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| 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 | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Unknown | 1970-09-19 |
| Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Jack Harmon | 1969-04-24 |
| Movie | Justine | Memlik Pasha | 1969-08-06 |
| Series | Room 222 | Seymour Kaufman | 1969-09-11 |
| Movie | The Reivers | Mr. Binford | 1969-12-25 |
| Movie | Don't Drink the Water | Krojack | 1969-11-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Beau Geste | Rostov | 1966-09-02 |
| Series | Hey Landlord! | John 'Jack' Ellenhorn | 1966-09-11 |
| Movie | Hawaii | Mason | 1966-10-10 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Movie | Quick, Before It Melts | Mikhail Drozhensky | 1965-01-20 |
| Series | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| 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 Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Movie | The Hustler | Big John | 1961-09-25 |
| 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 |