Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927) is an American actor.
Michael Constantine is an award winning Greek-American actor who was born on 22 May 1927. Constantine was born Gus Efstratiou in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of Andromache Efstratiou (née Fotiadou) and Theoharis Ioannides (a steel worker), both immigrants from Greece.
He is probably now best known for his portrayal of Gus Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Port...
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Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927) is an American actor.
Michael Constantine is an award winning Greek-American actor who was born on 22 May 1927. Constantine was born Gus Efstratiou in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of Andromache Efstratiou (née Fotiadou) and Theoharis Ioannides (a steel worker), both immigrants from Greece.
He is probably now best known for his portrayal of Gus Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos played by Nia Vardalos in 2002 hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Prior to that he was perhaps best known for his extensive TV work, notably his five-season (1969-1974) stint as long-suffering high school principal Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 for which he 1970 Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor and his starring appearance as night-court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the brief 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court .
He married actress Julianna McCarthy in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1953. They had two children, Thea Eileen and Brendan...
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