Person
Michael Constantine
Born 22 May 1927 Died 31 August 2021, aged 94 Reading, Pennsylvania, USA TMDB ↗
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).
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The numbers
23age in their first credit on record (1950)
66years on screen and counting
13credits in 1963, their busiest year
158dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 88 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Age: 74 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Age: 74 WW3
2001as Yuri Zenkovsky
Age: 69 Thinner
1996as Tadzu Lempke
Age: 68 The Juror
1996as Judge Weitzel
Age: 67 Because Mommy Works
1994as Elliot
Age: 66 My Life
1993as Bill Ivanovich
Age: 66 Deadfall
1993as Frank
Age: 65 By a Thread
1992as Anthony Gallucci
Age: 62 Prancer
1989as Mr. Stewart / Santa
Age: 61 Question of Faith
1988as Doctor Rudolph
Age: 60 In the Mood
1987as Mr. Wisecarver
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Age: 58 Daniel and the Lion's Den
1986as (voice)
Age: 57 Pray for Death
1985as Mr. Newman
Age: 54 Silent Rebellion
1982as Yianni
Age: 54 Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982as Talaat Pasha
Age: 53 Evita Peron
1981as Jaime Yankelevich
Age: 52 The Love Tapes
1980as Frank Yost
Age: 51 Crisis in Mid-Air
1979as Frank Piovano
Age: 51 The North Avenue Irregulars
1979as Marv
Age: 51 The Pirate
1978as Yashir
Age: 51 Summer of My German Soldier
1978as Harry Bergen
Age: 50 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977as Dr. Silver
Age: 49 Voyage of the Damned
1976as Luis Clasing
Age: 49 Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976as Dave Riley
Age: 48 Twin Detectives
1976as Ben Sampson
Age: 48 Peeper
1975as Anglich
Age: 48 The Night That Panicked America
1975as Jess Wingate
Age: 47 Conspiracy of Terror
1975
Age: 47 The Secret Night Caller
1975as Dr, Mayhill
Age: 47 Death Cruise
1974as Dr. Burke
Age: 46 Big Rose
1974as Gunther
Age: 45 The Bait
1973as Captain Gus Maryk
Age: 45 Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972as Dr. Sweeney
Age: 45 Deadly Harvest
1972as Stefan Groza
Age: 44 Suddenly Single
1971as Frankie Ventura
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Age: 44 The Impatient Heart
1971as Murray Kane
Age: 42 The Reivers
1969as Mr. Binford
Age: 42 Don't Drink the Water
1969as Krojack
Age: 42 Justine
1969as Memlik Pasha
Age: 41 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969as Jack Harmon
Age: 41 Skidoo
1968as Leech
Age: 41 In Enemy Country
1968as Ladislov
Age: 40 Ghostbreakers
1967as Oscar Jensen
Age: 39 Hawaii
1966as Mason
Age: 39 Beau Geste
1966as Rostov
Age: 37 Quick, Before It Melts
1965as Mikhail Drozhensky
Age: 36 Island of Love
1963as Andy
Age: 34 The Hustler
1961as Big John
Age: 31 The Last Mile
1959as Ed Werner
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TV credits
Age: 76 Cold Case
2003as Archie Randall (2007)
Age: 75 My Big Fat Greek Life
2003as Gus Portokalos
Age: 72 Judging Amy
1999as Elias Kelikidis
Age: 68 New York News
1995
Age: 65 Homicide: Life on the Street
1993as Jim Scinta
Age: 63 Law & Order
1990as Dan Barnett
Age: 63 Law & Order
1990as Joshua Berger
Age: 62 Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Age: 62 Free Spirit
1989
Age: 62 Snoops
1989as Captain Bauer
Age: 60 Probe
1988as Truman
Age: 60 Friday the 13th: The Series
1987as Ray Dallion
Age: 58 Blacke's Magic
1986
Age: 58 The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
1985as (voice)
Age: 58 MacGyver
1985as Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Age: 58 MacGyver
1985as Sam Leland
Age: 57 Crazy like a Fox
1984as Police Inspector
Age: 57 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Laszlo Dolby
Age: 57 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Ben Gibbons
Age: 57 Finder of Lost Loves
1984as Mr. Harding
Age: 57 Highway to Heaven
1984as Dr. Dan Hickey
Age: 57 Hunter
1984as Harvey Falk
Age: 56 Airwolf
1984as President Marios Guzman
Age: 56 Airwolf
1984as Dr. Vladimir Bronski
Age: 56 Masquerade
1983as Vasily Petrov
Age: 55 Mama's Family
1983
Age: 55 It Takes Two
1982as Judge Beilin
Age: 55 Remington Steele
1982as George Edward Mulch
Age: 55 Matt Houston
1982as Police Chief
Age: 55 Hotel
1982as Mr. Tomasino
Age: 54 American Playhouse
1982as Yianni
Age: 54 Darkroom
1981as Monsieur De Paris
Age: 54 Simon & Simon
1981as Robert Corman
Age: 54 Simon & Simon
1981as Dr. John Longstrand
Age: 54 Simon & Simon
1981as Ernie Petrolik
Age: 53 Magnum, P.I.
1980as Judge Kearns
Age: 52 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980as Bennett
Age: 52 Trapper John, M.D.
1979as Max Wyatt
Age: 51 Roots: The Next Generations
1979as Dr. Vansina
Age: 51 Vega$
1978as Arnie Moss
Age: 50 The Pirate
1977as Yashir
Age: 50 79 Park Avenue
1977as Ben Savitch
Age: 50 The Love Boat
1977as Charlie Haskins
Age: 50 Lou Grant
1977as Sidney Kovac
Age: 50 Lou Grant
1977as Joe Lombardi
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Age: 49 Sirota's Court
1976
Age: 49 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Brock Campbell
Age: 49 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Dr. George Pendleton
Age: 49 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Dr. Arthur Ciotti
Age: 49 Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
1976
Age: 48 Ellery Queen
1975as Leo Robert Campbell
Age: 47 Police Woman
1974as Ralph
Age: 47 The Manhunter
1974as Warden Lewis
Age: 46 Kojak
1973as Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
Age: 45 The Streets of San Francisco
1972as Al Davies
Age: 44 McMillan & Wife
1971as Dr. Eisner
Age: 43 Night Gallery
1970as Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
Age: 43 The Odd Couple
1970as Bill Green
Age: 43 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970as Mike Cooper
Age: 42 Love, American Style
1969as Fred
Age: 42 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969as Charles Milaney
Age: 42 Room 222
1969as Seymour Kaufman
Age: 41 The Good Guys
1968
Age: 41 The Name of the Game
1968as Jay Johnson
Age: 40 The Danny Thomas Hour
1967as Demetrios
Age: 40 The Flying Nun
1967as Juan
Age: 40 Dundee and the Culhane
1967as Jonathan Putnam
Age: 39 Ironside
1967as Harry Brancusi
Age: 39 The Invaders
1967as Dr. Martin Willard
Age: 39 Mission: Impossible
1966as Janos
Age: 39 T.H.E. Cat
1966as Silvio
Age: 39 Hey Landlord!
1966as John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
Age: 38 Hogan's Heroes
1965as Captain Heinrich
Age: 38 Run for Your Life
1965as Colonel Shoner
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Age: 37 Profiles in Courage
1964as Watson
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Age: 36 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963No poster
Age: 36 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963as Niri
Age: 36 The Great Adventure
1963as Colonel Streight
Age: 36 Channing
1963as Nick
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Age: 36 The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Age: 36 The Fugitive
1963as Ernie Svoboda
Age: 36 The Fugitive
1963as Lt. Ben Wyckoff
Age: 36 The Fugitive
1963as Arthur 'Art' Howe
Age: 36 The Outer Limits
1963as Joe Dix
Age: 36 Arrest and Trial
1963as Dr. Graham
Age: 36 Arrest and Trial
1963as Dr. Fowler
Age: 35 The Dakotas
1963
Age: 35 Combat!
1962as Jacques Patron
Age: 35 The Virginian
1962as Stavros Karas
Age: 35 The Virginian
1962as Private Essex Kanin
Age: 35 Sam Benedict
1962as Judge Sherman Tower
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Age: 34 The Beachcomber
1962as Maurice Martone
Age: 34 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Age: 34 The New Breed
1961as Oscar Holloway
Age: 34 Ben Casey
1961as Engineer Andersen
Age: 34 Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Age: 34 Dr. Kildare
1961as Dr. Ernest Miller
Age: 34 Cain's Hundred
1961as Herbert Lorgan
Age: 32 The Detectives
1959as Salvatore Tropolis
Age: 32 The Untouchables
1959as Edmund Wald
Age: 32 The Twilight Zone
1959as Charlie Koch
Age: 31 77 Sunset Strip
1958as Sylvio Fiore
Age: 31 Naked City
1958as Vito Calageras
Age: 30 Perry Mason
1957as Dillard
Age: 30 Perry Mason
1957as Pappy Ryan
Age: 28 Gunsmoke
1955as Baca
Age: 28 Gunsmoke
1955as Noah Meek
Age: 23 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950as Committee Chairman