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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

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

2016
as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos

Ghostbreakers

1967
as Oscar Jensen

Death Cruise

1974
as Dr. Burke

Twin Detectives

1976
as Ben Sampson

Hawaii

1966
as Mason

Prancer

1989
as Mr. Stewart / Santa

The Last Mile

1959
as Ed Werner

The Secret Night Caller

1975
as Dr. Mayhill

My Life

1993
as Bill Ivanovich

The Hustler

1961
as Big John

In Enemy Country

1968
as Ladislov

Thinner

1996
as Tadzu Lempke

Beau Geste

1966
as Rostov

The Juror

1996
as Judge Weitzel

Conspiracy of Terror

1975
as Jacob Horowitz

Pray For Death

1985
as Mr. Newman

Justine

1969
as Memlik Pasha

Deadfall

1993
as Frank

Crisis in Mid-air

1979
as Frank Piovano

My Big Fat Greek Life

2003
as Gus Portokalos

Suddenly Single

1971
as Frankie Ventura

The Bait

1973
as Captain Gus Maryk

Peeper

1976
as Anglich

In the Mood

1987
as Mr. Wisecarver

The Reivers

1969
as Mr. Binford

Evita Peron

1981
as Jaime Yankelevich

WW 3

2001
as Yuri Zenkovsky

The Impatient Heart

1971
as Murray Kane

Quick Before It Melts

1965
as Mikhail Drozhensky

Skidoo

1968
as Leech

Guest Star

Episode McMillan and Wife
The Deadly Cure
1976
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
A Wrongful Death
1973
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Runaway Racer
1965
Episode Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
The Sorcerer's Golden Trick
1976
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Give Me Your Weak
1982
Episode Dundee and the Culhane
The Turn The Other Cheek Brief
1967
Episode Combat!
Entombed
1967
Episode Matt Houston
The Beverly Woods Social Club
1983
Episode Ironside
The Man Who Believed
1967
Episode The Untouchables
The Chess Game
1962
Episode Remington Steele
Steele, Inc.
1986
Episode The Iron Horse
Consignment, Betsy The Boiler
1967
Episode Amanda's
All in a Day's Work
1983
Episode MacGyver
Out in the Cold
1987
Episode Island Son
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
1990
Episode My Favorite Martian
The Case of the Missing Sleuth
1965
Episode Hunter
Payback
1988
Episode The Untouchables
The Matt Bass Scheme
1961
Episode Probe
Plan 10 from Outer Space
1988
Episode The Odd Couple
Engrave Trouble
1971
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Wearing of the Green
1988
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza
1964
Episode My Big Fat Greek Life
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
Episode Cold Case
Boy Crazy
2007
Episode Gunsmoke
The Gunrunners
1968
Episode My Big Fat Greek Life
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
Episode Remington Steele
Have I Got a Steele for You
1985
Episode Lou Grant
Boomerang
1981
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1966
Episode Law & Order
Trust
1992
Episode Lou Grant
Beachhead
1982
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Walk Softly Through the Night (1)
1979
Episode Naked City
Let Me Die Before I Wake
1962
Episode Dr. Kildare
A Distant Thunder
1962
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
Brain Child
1981
Episode Vega$
Time Bomb
1981
Episode Ben Casey
The Night That Nothing Happened
1962
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Walk Softly Through the Night (2)
1979
Episode The Untouchables
Junk Man
1963
Episode The Mary Tyler Moore Show
I Am Curious Cooper
1971
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Gentle Into That Good Night
1981
Episode New York News
The Using Game
1970
Episode Remington Steele
Cast in Steele
1984
Episode The Untouchables
The Nick Moses Story
1961
Episode Target: The Corruptors
To Wear a Badge
1961
Episode Darkroom
Guillotine
1982
Episode Night Gallery
The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes
1971
Episode Mama's Family
Harper versus Harper
1984
Episode Deadline
Checkmate
1970
Episode Cosby
Valentine's Day
1997
Episode MacGyver
Thief of Budapest
1985
Episode Quincy, M.E.
Seldom Silent, Never Heard
1981
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
Bonus Baby
1963
Episode The Twilight Zone
I Am the Night - Color Me Black
1964
Episode The Greatest Show on Earth
A Black Dress for Gina
1963
Episode The Fugitive
Everybody Gets Hit in the Mouth Sometime
1965
Episode Law & Order
Sanctuary
1994
Episode Hotel
Faith, Hope, & Charity
1983
Episode The Untouchables
The King of Champagne
1961
Episode I Spy
A Gift from Alexander
1966
Episode The Dakotas
Trouble At French Creek
1963
Episode The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Terminal Career
1973
Episode The Invaders
The Possessed
1968
Episode Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Return of the Sorcerer
1976
Episode The Fugitive
A Taste of Tomorrow
1966
Episode Manhunter
Man In A Cage
1975
Episode Judging Amy
Beating the Bounds
2001
Episode Ellery Queen
The Adventure of the Wary Witness
1976
Episode The Outer Limits
Counterweight
1964
Episode Mancuso, FBI
I Cover the Waterfront
1989
Episode Police Woman
The Score
1975
Episode Free Spirit
Blast from the Past
1990
Episode Cain's Hundred
Markdown on a Man
1961
Episode I Spy
Sparrowhawk
1966
Episode The Fugitive
The Judgment (1)
1967
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
A Dog and Pony Show
1993
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Murder Takes the Bus
1985
Episode My Favorite Martian
Martin Meets His Match
1966
Episode Gunsmoke
Old York
1963
Episode Mission: Impossible
The Code
1969
Episode In-Laws
Married Christmas
2002
Episode The Good Guys
Once More Without Feeling
1969
Episode Hogan's Heroes
It Takes a Thief...Sometimes
1966