Michael Constantine
Acting
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).
Shows
Law & Order
Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
The Fugitive
Ironside
MacGyver
Homicide: Life on the Street
Cold Case
The Twilight Zone
The Love Boat
Quincy, M.E.
Magnum, P.I.
Mission: Impossible
Airwolf
The Untouchables
The Virginian
Hunter
Judging Amy
Hogan's Heroes
Combat!
Police Woman
The Outer Limits
Dr. Kildare
Highway to Heaven
Naked City
Hotel
Simon & Simon
Matt Houston
Ben Casey
Kojak
The Invaders
The Name of the Game
The Odd Couple
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Remington Steele
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mama's Family
Lou Grant
Run for Your Life
Friday the 13th: The Series
Night Gallery
Gunsmoke
Trapper John, M.D.
McMillan & Wife
77 Sunset Strip
Vega$
The Streets of San Francisco
Crazy like a Fox
The New Breed
Arrest and Trial
Ellery Queen
The Detectives
Sam Benedict
The Great Adventure
Room 222
Cain's Hundred
Finder of Lost Loves
New York News
Snoops
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Roots: The Next Generations
Masquerade
Target: The Corruptors!
The Dakotas
Channing
Blacke's Magic
The Manhunter
Mancuso, F.B.I.
Hey Landlord!
Probe
Free Spirit
The Good Guys
79 Park Avenue
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
Dundee and the Culhane
It Takes Two
My Big Fat Greek Life
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
The Pirate