Acting
Michael Constantine
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).
Movies with Michael Constantine
The Juror
1996
Thinner
1996
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
The Hustler
1961
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
Prancer
1989
Voyage of the Damned
1976
My Life
1993
Deadfall
1993
The Pirate
1978
Hawaii
1966
Question of Faith
1988
The Reivers
1969
Ghostbreakers
1967
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
In the Mood
1987
Justine
1969
By a Thread
1992
Pray for Death
1985
Skidoo
1968
Evita Peron
1981
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
The Love Tapes
1980
The Last Mile
1959
The Bait
1973
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
WW3
2001
Beau Geste
1966
Deadly Harvest
1972
The Night That Panicked America
1975
Crisis in Mid-Air
1979
Peeper
1975
Island of Love
1963
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
The Impatient Heart
1971
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Death Cruise
1974
Daniel and the Lion's Den
1986
Don't Drink the Water
1969
Twin Detectives
1976
Conspiracy of Terror
1975
Suddenly Single
1971
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
Because Mommy Works
1994
In Enemy Country
1968
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
The Secret Night Caller
1975
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Big Rose
1974
Silent Rebellion
1982
TV Shows with Michael Constantine
Law & Order
1990
Perry Mason
1957
MacGyver
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Cold Case
2003
The Fugitive
1963
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Ironside
1967
The Twilight Zone
1959
Mission: Impossible
1966
Simon & Simon
1981
Judging Amy
1999
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
The Untouchables
1959
The Virginian
1962
Combat!
1962
Remington Steele
1982
Ben Casey
1961
Airwolf
1984
The Invaders
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Highway to Heaven
1984
Dr. Kildare
1961
Police Woman
1974
Hotel
1982
Hunter
1984
Lou Grant
1977
Run for Your Life
1965
Naked City
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Kojak
1973
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Outer Limits
1963
Night Gallery
1970
The Odd Couple
1970
The Name of the Game
1968
Room 222
1969
McMillan & Wife
1971
Matt Houston
1982
Vega$
1978
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Sam Benedict
1962
Mama's Family
1983
The Detectives
1959
Crazy like a Fox
1984
American Playhouse
1982
Cain's Hundred
1961
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Ellery Queen
1975
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Manhunter
1974
Snoops
1989
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Dakotas
1963
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The New Breed
1961
New York News
1995
The Great Adventure
1963
Masquerade
1983
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Profiles in Courage
1964
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Darkroom
1981
Blacke's Magic
1986
Probe
1988
Hey Landlord!
1966
It Takes Two
1982
The Beachcomber
1962
The Good Guys
1968
Channing
1963
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
1985
Free Spirit
1989
79 Park Avenue
1977
The Pirate
1977
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
1976
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
Sirota's Court
1976