Elias Koteas
Acting • Born 1961-03-11
Biography
Elias Koteas (born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin "Al" Olinsky on the series Chicago P.D., Tom True on Goliath, Lionel Shrike in Now You See Me (2013), Col. Marks on Combat Hospital, James Skinner on The Killing, Laeddis in Shutter Island (2010), Monsieur Gateau in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Jack Payne in the film Shooter (2007), Peter Brandt in Collateral Damage (2002), Capt. James Stars in The Thin Red Line (1998), Edgar Reese in Fallen (1998), Antonio Freeman in Gattaca (1997), and Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002). He has appeared in many films including Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Adjuster (1991), Exotica (1994), The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Living Out Loud (1998), Harrison's Flowers (2002), Zodiac (2007), and Skinwalkers (2007).
Filmography
97 credits
Crash
Movie • 1996
Vaughan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Movie • 1990
Casey Jones
Zodiac
Movie • 2007
Jack Mulanax
Two Lovers
Movie • 2008
Ronald Blatt
Exotica
Movie • 1994
Eric
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie • 2008
Monsieur Gateau
Novocaine
Movie • 2001
Harlan Sangster
The Fourth Kind
Movie • 2009
Abel Campos
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Movie • 2001
Sully
Shutter Island
Movie • 2010
Laeddis
Shooter
Movie • 2007
Jack Payne
I Come with the Rain
Movie • 2009
Hasford
Desperate Hours
Movie • 1990
Wally Bosworth
The Prophecy
Movie • 1995
Thomas Daggett
Harrison's Flowers
Movie • 2000
Yeager Pollack
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Capt. James Staros
S1m0ne
Movie • 2002
Hank Alano
Almost an Angel
Movie • 1990
Steve Garner
Collateral Damage
Movie • 2002
Peter Brandt
One Magic Christmas
Movie • 1985
Eddie
Defendor
Movie • 2009
Chuck Dooney
Gardens of Stone
Movie • 1987
Pete Deveber
Full Moon in Blue Water
Movie • 1988
Jimmy
Let Me In
Movie • 2010
The Policeman
Skinwalkers
Movie • 2006
Jonas
The Adjuster
Movie • 1991
Noah
Some Kind of Wonderful
Movie • 1987
Skinhead
The Killer Inside Me
Movie • 2010
Joe Rothman
My Own Love Song
Movie • 2010
Dean
The Girl in the Park
Movie • 2007
Raymond
Ararat
Movie • 2002
Ali / Jevdet Bay
Cyborg 2
Movie • 1993
Colson 'Colt' Ricks
Private Sessions
Movie • 1985
Johnny O'Reilly
Hit Me
Movie • 1996
Sonny Rose
A Letter to Elia
Movie • 2010
Elia Kazan (Voice)
3 Backyards
Movie • 2010
John
The Haunting in Connecticut
Movie • 2009
Reverend Popescu
Dream House
Movie • 2011
Boyce
Dark Streets
Movie • 2008
Lieutenant
Die
Movie • 2010
Mark Murdock
Winnie Mandela
Movie • 2011
Colonel de Vries
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Movie • 2011
Sergie Katsov
Now You See Me
Movie • 2013
Lionel Shrike (uncredited)
Camilla
Movie • 1994
Vincent Lopez
Chain of Desire
Movie • 1993
Jesus
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie • 1988
Young Aristotle Onassis
The Silent Planet
Movie • 2024
Theo
Shot in the Heart
Movie • 2001
Gary Gilmore
Devil's Knot
Movie • 2013
Jerry Driver
Prisoner
Movie • 2007
Jailer
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Movie • 2007
Val Lewton (voice)
Blood Red
Movie • 1989
Silvio
The Last Days on Mars
Movie • 2013
Charles Brunel
Janet Planet
Movie • 2024
Avi
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Movie • 1989
Davey
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Movie • 2002
Self
Contact
Movie • 1992
Mohannan
Malarek
Movie • 1988
Victor Malarek
Power of Attorney
Movie • 1995
Paul Dellacroce
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Movie • 2005
Arthur Ouimet
Lost Souls
Movie • 2000
John Townsend
Fallen
Movie • 1998
Edgar Reese
Jake Squared
Movie • 2014
Jake Klein
The Big Empty
Movie • 2005
The Specialist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Movie • 1993
Casey Jones / Whit
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
Movie • 1998
Sugartime
Movie • 1995
Butch Blasi
Living Out Loud
Movie • 1998
The Kisser
Apt Pupil
Movie • 1998
Archie
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie • 1988
Alex
Atlantic City
Movie • 1980
Extra (uncredited)
My Days of Mercy
Movie • 2018
Simon
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Elias Koteas (uncredited)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Gattaca
Movie • 1997
Antonio Freeman
Look Who's Talking Too
Movie • 1990
Stuart
The Habitation of Dragons
Movie • 1992
Wally Smith
The Baker
Movie • 2023
Vic
The Block
Movie
God of Tides
Movie
Walker
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Dominic Palladino
House
TV • 2004
Jack Moriarty
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Jim (voice)
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Joe
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
William Drugh
Traffic
TV • 2004
Mike McKay
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
Combat Hospital
TV • 2011
Colonel Marks
The Killing
TV • 2011
James Skinner
Chicago P.D.
TV • 2014
Alvin Olinsky
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Alvin Olinsky
Goliath
TV • 2016
Tom True
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Sam Rhodes
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Alvin Olinsky
Chicago Justice
TV • 2017
Alvin Olinsky
The Frame
TV • 2013
Vaughan
Conviction
TV • 2006
Mike Randolph