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Michael Constantine
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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 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, …
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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 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).
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Michael Constantine's Filmography
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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
No Poster
Daniel and the Lion's Den
as (voice)
Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
Silent Rebellion
as Yianni
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
as Talaat Pasha
Evita Peron
as Jaime Yankelevich
The Love Tapes
as Frank Yost
Crisis in Mid-Air
as Frank Piovano
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Marv
Summer of My German Soldier
as Harry Bergen
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. Silver
Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Dave Riley
Twin Detectives
as Ben Sampson
Peeper
as Anglich
The Night That Panicked America
as Jess Wingate
Conspiracy of Terror
The Secret Night Caller
as Dr, Mayhill
Death Cruise
as Dr. Burke
Big Rose
as Gunther
The Bait
as Captain Gus Maryk
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Sweeney
Deadly Harvest
as Stefan Groza
Suddenly Single
as Frankie Ventura
No Poster
The Impatient Heart
as Murray Kane
The Reivers
as Mr. Binford
Don't Drink the Water
as Krojack
Justine
as Memlik Pasha
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Jack Harmon
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