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Michael Constantine

Award-winning Greek-American actor Michael Constantine (born Constantine Ioanides) was best known for his portrayal of the Windex bottle-toting family patriarch 'Gus Portokalos' in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Before his appearance in that movie and the subsequent TV series based on it, he was primarily known for his portrayal of principal Seymour Kaufman in the 1969 series Room 222

English
Filmography

Beau Geste

1966
as Rostov

Because Mommy Works

1994
as Elliot

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977
as Dr. Silver

Conspiracy of Terror

1975
as Jacob Horowitz

Crisis in Mid-air

1979
as Frank Piovano

Deadfall

1993
as Frank

Death Cruise

1974
as Dr. Burke

Don't Drink the Water

1969
as Krojack

Evita Peron

1981
as Jaime Yankelevich

Ghostbreakers

1967
as Oscar Jensen

Hawaii

1966
as Mason

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969
as Jack Harmon

In Enemy Country

1968
as Ladislov

In the Mood

1987
as Mr. Wisecarver

Island of Love

1963
as Andy

Justine

1969
as Memlik Pasha

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

2016
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos

My Life

1993
as Bill Ivanovich

Peeper

1976
as Anglich

Prancer

1989
as Mr. Stewart / Santa

Pray For Death

1985
as Mr. Newman

Quick Before It Melts

1965
as Mikhail Drozhensky

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972
as Dr. Sweeney

Silent Rebellion

1982
as Yianni

Skidoo

1968
as Leech

Suddenly Single

1971
as Frankie Ventura

Summer of My German Soldier

1978
as Harry Bergen

The Bait

1973
as Captain Gus Maryk

The Hustler

1961
as Big John

The Impatient Heart

1971
as Murray Kane

The Juror

1996
as Judge Weitzel

The Last Mile

1959
as Ed Werner

The Night That Panicked America

1975
as Jess Wingate

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979
as Marv

The Reivers

1969
as Mr. Binford

The Secret Night Caller

1975
as Dr. Mayhill

Thinner

1996
as Tadzu Lempke

Twin Detectives

1976
as Ben Sampson

WW 3

2001
as Yuri Zenkovsky

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

1976
as Dave Riley