Michael Constantine
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).
136 acting credits
Acting · 136
Law & Order
1990
Perry Mason
1957
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
MacGyver
1985
The Fugitive
1963
Cold Case
2003
Ironside
1967
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Mission: Impossible
1966
Judging Amy
1999
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Hunter
1984
Dr. Kildare
1961
Hotel
1982
Naked City
1958
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Airwolf
1984
Combat!
1962
Simon & Simon
1981
Ben Casey
1961
The Untouchables
1959
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Odd Couple
1970
Run for Your Life
1965
Police Woman
1974
The Outer Limits
1963
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Remington Steele
1982
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Night Gallery
1970
The Name of the Game
1968
Kojak
1973
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Invaders
1967
Lou Grant
1977
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Matt Houston
1982
Vega$
1978
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
Room 222
1969
The Detectives
1959
McMillan & Wife
1971
Mama's Family
1983
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Arrest and Trial
1963
Ellery Queen
1975
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Great Adventure
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The New Breed
1961
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Dakotas
1963
New York News
1995
Snoops
1989
The Manhunter
1974
Profiles in Courage
1964
Masquerade
1983
Blacke's Magic
1986
The Beachcomber
1962
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Channing
1963
The Good Guys
1968
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
Free Spirit
1989
Probe
1988
Hey Landlord!
1966
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
The Hustler
1961
It Takes Two
1982
Thinner
1996
The Juror
1996
79 Park Avenue
1977
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
1985
Sirota's Court
1976
My Life
1993
The Pirate
1977
Deadfall
1993
Justine
1969
Hawaii
1966
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
1976
Skidoo
1968
The Night That Panicked America
1975
Prancer
1989
The Reivers
1969
The Pirate
1978
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Pray for Death
1985
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
WW3
2001
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
Question of Faith
1988
Evita Peron
1981
The Bait
1973
Big Rose
1974
Peeper
1975
In the Mood
1987
Daniel and the Lion's Den
1986
Beau Geste
1966
Island of Love
1963
Don't Drink the Water
1969
Crisis in Mid-Air
1979
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
Death Cruise
1974
Because Mommy Works
1994
Deadly Harvest
1972
Twin Detectives
1976
The Impatient Heart
1971
Conspiracy of Terror
1975
The Secret Night Caller
1975
The Last Mile
1959
Ghostbreakers
1967
Suddenly Single
1971
In Enemy Country
1968
The Love Tapes
1980
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
Silent Rebellion
1982
By a Thread
1992