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-dram...
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The Hustler
As Big John
Thinner
As Tadzu Lempke
The Reivers
As Mr. Binford
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
As Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
As Jack Harmon
Prancer
As Mr. Stewart / Santa
Skidoo
As Leech
The Juror
As Judge Weitzel
Pray for Death
As Mr. Newman
My Life
As Bill Ivanovich
Justine
As Memlik Pasha
Hawaii
As Mason
The North Avenue Irregulars
As Marv
The Last Mile
As Ed Werner
The Love Tapes
As Frank Yost
Peeper
As Anglich
Island of Love
As Andy
Quick, Before It Melts
As Mikhail Drozhensky
Big Rose
As Gunther
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
As Dr. Sweeney
Don't Drink the Water
As Krojack
Suddenly Single
As Frankie Ventura
The Bait
As Captain Gus Maryk
WW 3
As Yuri Zenkovsky
The Secret Night Caller
As Dr, Mayhill
Evita Peron
As Jaime Yankelevich
Summer of My German Soldier
As Harry Bergen
Crisis in Mid-Air
As Frank Piovano
Beau Geste
As Rostov
Ghostbreakers
As Oscar Jensen
Deadfall
As Frank
The Impatient Heart
As Murray Kane
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
As Dr. Silver
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
As Kostas "Gus" Portokalos
Conspiracy of Terror
The Night That Panicked America
As Jess Wingate
Silent Rebellion
As Yianni
The Pirate
As Yashir
By a Thread
As Anthony Gallucci
In the Mood
As Mr. Wisecarver
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
As Dave Riley
In Enemy Country
As Ladislov
Because Mommy Works
As Elliot
Voyage of the Damned
As Luis Clasing
Death Cruise
As Dr. Burke
Deadly Harvest
As Stefan Groza
Question of Faith
As Doctor Rudolph
Twin Detectives
As Ben Sampson
Lou Grant
Magnum, P.I.
Murder, She Wrote
As Laszlo Dolby
The Great Adventure
As Colonel Streight
Law & Order
As Dan Barnett
77 Sunset Strip
Remington Steele
As George Edward Mulch
Cain's Hundred
As Herbert Lorgan
Trapper John, M.D.
Judging Amy
As Elias Kelikidis
The Odd Couple
As Bill Green
The Good Guys
Friday the 13th: The Series
As Ray Dallion
Simon & Simon
Airwolf
As President Marios Guzman
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Cold Case
As Archie Randall (2007)
Quincy, M.E.
Mama's Family
Highway to Heaven
The Streets of San Francisco
Probe
As Truman
Naked City
As Vito Calageras
Room 222
As Seymour Kaufman
Hotel
MacGyver
As Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Kojak
As Don 'Cheech' Frank Scalesi
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Gunsmoke
As Baca
Perry Mason
As Dillard
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Combat!
As Jacques Patron
Hunter
As Harvey Falk
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Twilight Zone
As Charlie Koch
Free Spirit
Ironside
My Big Fat Greek Life
As Gus Portokalos
Crazy like a Fox
As Police Inspector
The Greatest Show on Earth
Sam Benedict
Target: The Corruptors!
The Beachcomber
As Maurice Martone
Vega$
Run for Your Life
As Colonel Shoner
Police Woman
The Fugitive
As Ernie Svoboda
The Virginian
As Stavros Karas
Hey Landlord!
As John 'Jack' Ellenhorn
Matt Houston
New York News
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Profiles in Courage
As Watson
The Dakotas
Ben Casey
As Engineer Andersen
Ellery Queen
The New Breed
As Oscar Holloway
The Detectives
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
The Manhunter
Blacke's Magic
Dr. Kildare
As Dr. Ernest Miller
Sirota's Court
The Outer Limits
As Joe Dix
Channing
As Nick
It Takes Two
Masquerade
The Untouchables
As Edmund Wald
Hogan's Heroes
As Captain Heinrich
Night Gallery
As Wellman (segment "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes")
Roots: The Next Generations
As Dr. Vansina
Dundee and the Culhane
As Jonathan Putnam
McMillan and Wife
As Dr. Eisner
Mission: Impossible
As Janos
Armstrong Circle Theatre
As Committee Chairman
The Love Boat
As Charlie Haskins
Arrest and Trial
As Dr. Graham
Finder of Lost Loves
As Mr. Harding
The Invaders
As Dr. Martin Willard
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
As Mike Cooper
79 Park Avenue
As Ben Savitch
Golden Globe Awards
As Self - Nominee