Michael Constantine
Acting • Born 1927-05-22 – Died 2021-08-31
Biography
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).
Filmography
149 credits
The Hustler
Movie • 1961
Big John
Thinner
Movie • 1996
Tadzu Lempke
The Reivers
Movie • 1969
Mr. Binford
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Movie • 2002
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie • 1969
Jack Harmon
Prancer
Movie • 1989
Mr. Stewart / Santa
Skidoo
Movie • 1968
Leech
The Juror
Movie • 1996
Judge Weitzel
Pray for Death
Movie • 1985
Mr. Newman
My Life
Movie • 1993
Bill Ivanovich
Justine
Movie • 1969
Memlik Pasha
Hawaii
Movie • 1966
Mason
The North Avenue Irregulars
Movie • 1979
Marv
The Last Mile
Movie • 1959
Ed Werner
The Love Tapes
Movie • 1980
Frank Yost
Peeper
Movie • 1975
Anglich
Island of Love
Movie • 1963
Andy
Quick, Before It Melts
Movie • 1965
Mikhail Drozhensky
Big Rose
Movie • 1974
Gunther
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Movie • 1982
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Movie • 1972
Dr. Sweeney
Don't Drink the Water
Movie • 1969
Krojack
Suddenly Single
Movie • 1971
Frankie Ventura
The Bait
Movie • 1973
Captain Gus Maryk
WW3
Movie • 2001
Yuri Zenkovsky
The Secret Night Caller
Movie • 1975
Dr, Mayhill
Evita Peron
Movie • 1981
Jaime Yankelevich
Summer of My German Soldier
Movie • 1978
Harry Bergen
Crisis in Mid-Air
Movie • 1979
Frank Piovano
Beau Geste
Movie • 1966
Rostov
Ghostbreakers
Movie • 1967
Oscar Jensen
Deadfall
Movie • 1993
Frank
The Impatient Heart
Movie • 1971
Murray Kane
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Movie • 1977
Dr. Silver
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Movie • 2016
Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Conspiracy of Terror
Movie • 1975
The Night That Panicked America
Movie • 1975
Jess Wingate
Silent Rebellion
Movie • 1982
Yianni
The Pirate
Movie • 1978
Yashir
By a Thread
Movie • 1992
Anthony Gallucci
In the Mood
Movie • 1987
Mr. Wisecarver
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie • 1976
Dave Riley
In Enemy Country
Movie • 1968
Ladislov
Because Mommy Works
Movie • 1994
Elliot
Voyage of the Damned
Movie • 1976
Luis Clasing
Death Cruise
Movie • 1974
Dr. Burke
Deadly Harvest
Movie • 1972
Stefan Groza
Question of Faith
Movie • 1988
Doctor Rudolph
Twin Detectives
Movie • 1976
Ben Sampson
Daniel and the Lion's Den
Movie • 1986
(voice)
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Judge Kearns
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Laszlo Dolby
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Colonel Streight
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dan Barnett
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
George Edward Mulch
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Herbert Lorgan
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Elias Kelikidis
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Bill Green
The Good Guys
TV • 1968
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV • 1987
Ray Dallion
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Airwolf
TV • 1984
President Marios Guzman
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Archie Randall (2007)
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Mama's Family
TV • 1983
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Probe
TV • 1988
Truman
Naked City
TV • 1958
Vito Calageras
Room 222
TV • 1969
Seymour Kaufman
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Kojak
TV • 1973
Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV • 1989
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Baca
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dillard
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
TV • 1976
Combat!
TV • 1962
Jacques Patron
Hunter
TV • 1984
Harvey Falk
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Jim Scinta
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Charlie Koch
Free Spirit
TV • 1989
Ironside
TV • 1967
My Big Fat Greek Life
TV • 2003
Gus Portokalos
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Police Inspector
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
The Beachcomber
TV • 1962
Maurice Martone
Vega$
TV • 1978
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Colonel Shoner
Police Woman
TV • 1974
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Ernie Svoboda
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Lt. Ben Wyckoff
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Stavros Karas
Hey Landlord!
TV • 1966
John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
New York News
TV • 1995
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Watson
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Engineer Andersen
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Oscar Holloway
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV • 1980
The Manhunter
TV • 1974
Blacke's Magic
TV • 1986
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Arthur 'Art' Howe
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Ernest Miller
Sirota's Court
TV • 1976
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Joe Dix
Channing
TV • 1963
Nick
It Takes Two
TV • 1982
Masquerade
TV • 1983
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Edmund Wald
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Captain Heinrich
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Private Essex Kanin
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Noah Meek
Dundee and the Culhane
TV • 1967
Jonathan Putnam
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Dr. Eisner
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Joshua Berger
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Pappy Ryan
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Janos
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Dr. Vladimir Bronski
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
Committee Chairman
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Charlie Haskins
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Dr. Graham
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Dr. Fowler
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Mr. Harding
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Dr. Martin Willard
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Sam Leland
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Mike Cooper
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Sidney Kovac
79 Park Avenue
TV • 1977
Ben Savitch
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ben Gibbons
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
TV • 1985
(voice)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Niri
Snoops
TV • 1989
Captain Bauer
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Judge Sherman Tower
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Jay Johnson
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Salvatore Tropolis
Hotel
TV • 1982
Mr. Tomasino
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Sylvio Fiore
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Brock Campbell
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Al Davies
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Dr. George Pendleton
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Leo Robert Campbell
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Dr. Vansina