Birthday
1927/05/22
Day of death
2021/08/31 (94 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Mike Constantine, Constantine Joanides, Gus Efstratiou, مایکل کنستانتین
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 A...Read more
(1961) The Hustler
as Big John
(1996) Thinner
as Tadzu Lempke
(1969) The Reivers
as Mr. Binford
(2002) My Big Fat Greek Wedding
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
(1969) If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Jack Harmon
(1989) Prancer
as Mr. Stewart / Santa
(1968) Skidoo
as Leech
(1996) The Juror
as Judge Weitzel
(1985) Pray for Death
as Mr. Newman
(1993) My Life
as Bill Ivanovich
(1969) Justine
as Memlik Pasha
(1966) Hawaii
as Mason
(1979) The North Avenue Irregulars
as Marv
(1959) The Last Mile
as Ed Werner
(1980) The Love Tapes
as Frank Yost
(1975) Peeper
as Anglich
(1963) Island of Love
as Andy
(1965) Quick, Before It Melts
as Mikhail Drozhensky
(1974) Big Rose
as Gunther
(1982) Forty Days of Musa Dagh
as ---
(1972) Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Sweeney
(1969) Don't Drink the Water
as Krojack
(1971) Suddenly Single
as Frankie Ventura
(1973) The Bait
as Captain Gus Maryk
(2001) WW3
as Yuri Zenkovsky
(1975) The Secret Night Caller
as Dr, Mayhill
(1981) Evita Peron
as Jaime Yankelevich
(1978) Summer of My German Soldier
as Harry Bergen
(1979) Crisis in Mid-Air
as Frank Piovano
(1966) Beau Geste
as Rostov
(1967) Ghostbreakers
as Oscar Jensen
(1993) Deadfall
as Frank
(1971) The Impatient Heart
as Murray Kane
(1977) Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Dr. Silver
(2016) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
(1975) Conspiracy of Terror
as ---
(1975) The Night That Panicked America
as Jess Wingate
(1982) Silent Rebellion
as Yianni
(1978) The Pirate
as Yashir
(1992) By a Thread
as Anthony Gallucci
(1987) In the Mood
as Mr. Wisecarver
(1976) Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Dave Riley
(1968) In Enemy Country
as Ladislov
(1994) Because Mommy Works
as Elliot
(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as Luis Clasing
(1974) Death Cruise
as Dr. Burke
(1972) Deadly Harvest
as Stefan Groza
(1988) Question of Faith
as Doctor Rudolph
(1976) Twin Detectives
as Ben Sampson
(1986) Daniel and the Lion's Den
as (voice)
(1977) Lou Grant
as ---
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Judge Kearns
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Laszlo Dolby
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Colonel Streight
(1990) Law & Order
as Dan Barnett
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1982) Remington Steele
as George Edward Mulch
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Herbert Lorgan
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1999) Judging Amy
as Elias Kelikidis
(1970) The Odd Couple
as Bill Green
(1968) The Good Guys
as ---
(1987) Friday the 13th: The Series
as Ray Dallion
(1981) Simon & Simon
as ---
(1984) Airwolf
as President Marios Guzman
(1961) The Dick Van Dyke Show
as ---
(2003) Cold Case
as Archie Randall (2007)
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1983) Mama's Family
as ---
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1988) Probe
as Truman
(1958) Naked City
as Vito Calageras
(1969) Room 222
as Seymour Kaufman
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
(1973) Kojak
as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
(1989) Mancuso, F.B.I.
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Baca
(1957) Perry Mason
as Dillard
(1976) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
as ---
(1962) Combat!
as Jacques Patron
(1984) Hunter
as Harvey Falk
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Charlie Koch
(1989) Free Spirit
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(2003) My Big Fat Greek Life
as Gus Portokalos
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Police Inspector
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1962) The Beachcomber
as Maurice Martone
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Colonel Shoner
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Ernie Svoboda
(1963) The Fugitive
as Lt. Ben Wyckoff
(1962) The Virginian
as Stavros Karas
(1966) Hey Landlord!
as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1995) New York News
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Watson
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as Engineer Andersen
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Oscar Holloway
(1980) Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as ---
(1974) The Manhunter
as ---
(1986) Blacke's Magic
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Arthur 'Art' Howe
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Ernest Miller
(1976) Sirota's Court
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Joe Dix
(1963) Channing
as Nick
(1982) It Takes Two
as ---
(1983) Masquerade
as ---
(1959) The Untouchables
as Edmund Wald
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Captain Heinrich
(1970) Night Gallery
as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
(1962) The Virginian
as Private Essex Kanin
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Noah Meek
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Dr. Vansina
(1967) Dundee and the Culhane
as Jonathan Putnam
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Dr. Eisner
(1990) Law & Order
as Joshua Berger
(1957) Perry Mason
as Pappy Ryan
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Janos
(1984) Airwolf
as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
(1950) Armstrong Circle Theatre
as Committee Chairman
(1977) The Love Boat
as Charlie Haskins
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as Dr. Graham
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as Dr. Fowler
(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Mr. Harding
(1967) The Invaders
as Dr. Martin Willard
(1985) MacGyver
as Sam Leland
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mike Cooper
(1977) Lou Grant
as Sidney Kovac
(1977) 79 Park Avenue
as Ben Savitch
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Ben Gibbons
(1985) The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
as (voice)
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Niri
(1989) Snoops
as Captain Bauer
(1962) Sam Benedict
as Judge Sherman Tower
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Jay Johnson
(1959) The Detectives
as Salvatore Tropolis