Michael Constantine

Highest Rated: 96% The Hustler (1961)

Lowest Rated: 0% Deadfall (1993)

Birthday: May 22, 1927

Birthplace: Not Available

Though frequently cast in Jewish roles, actor Michael Constantine was actually of Greek extraction. The son of a steel worker, Constantine studied acting with such prominent mentors as Howard DaSilva. The prematurely balding Constantine was playing character roles on and off Broadway in his mid-twenties (he was the Darrow counterpart in the original production of Compulsion), supplementing his income as a night watchman and shooting-gallery barker. In 1959, slightly weary of being ignored by callous Broadway producers and casting directors, Constantine appeared in his first film, The Last Mile (1959), thereby launching a cinematic career that has endured into the mid-1990s. Michael Constantine is perhaps best known for his extensive TV work, notably his four-season (1969-1974) stint as long-suffering high school principal Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 and his starring appearance as night-court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the brief 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
27%	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Gus	$52.1M	2016
No Score Yet	Ghetto Child	Actor	—	2014
76%	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Gus Portokalos	$241.3M	2002
No Score Yet	WW3	Yuri Zurkovsky	—	2001
15%	Stephen King's 'Thinner'	Tadzu Lempke	—	1996
18%	The Juror	Judge Weitzel	—	1996
42%	My Life	Bill Ivanovich	—	1993
0%	Deadfall	Frank	—	1993
67%	Prancer	Mr. Stewart	—	1989
No Score Yet	Leap of Faith	Dr. Rudolph	—	1988
67%	In the Mood (The Woo Woo Kid)	Mr. Wisecarver	—	1987
No Score Yet	Pray for Death	Mr. Newman	—	1985
No Score Yet	Forty Days of Musa Dagh	Taaat Pasha	—	1983
No Score Yet	Silent Rebellion	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Fear in the City	Actor	—	1981
78%	The North Avenue Irregulars	Marv	—	1979
No Score Yet	Summer of My German Soldier	Harry Bergen	—	1978
83%	Voyage of the Damned	Clasing	—	1976
No Score Yet	Wanted: The Sundance Woman	Actor	—	1976
22%	Peeper (Fat Chance)	Anglich	—	1975
No Score Yet	Death Cruise	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole	Dr. Sweeney	—	1972
No Score Yet	Violent City (The Family)(Città violenta)	Actor	—	1970
No Score Yet	Justine	Memlik Pasha	—	1969
60%	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	Jack Harmon	—	1969
80%	The Reivers	Binford	—	1969
No Score Yet	Don't Drink the Water	Krojack	—	1969
42%	Skidoo	Leech	—	1968
No Score Yet	In Enemy Country	Ladislov	—	1968
67%	Hawaii	Mason	—	1966
No Score Yet	Beau Geste	Rostov	—	1966
No Score Yet	Island of Love	Andy	—	1963
96%	The Hustler	Big John	—	1961

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Archie Randall	2007
0%	My Big Fat Greek Life 2003	Gus Portokalos	2003
8%	In-Laws 2002-2003	Howard	2002
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Elias Kelikidis	2001
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990	Barnett Joshua Berger Jewish Driver Dan Banett	1994 1992
91%	Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999	Jim Scinta	1993
No Score Yet	Friday the 13th: The Series 1987-1990	Ryan's Father	1989 1988
No Score Yet	Hunter 1984-1991	Harvey Falk	1988
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Laslow Doby Sam Gibbons	1988 1985
No Score Yet	Simon & Simon 1981-1989	Corman Dr. John Longstrand	1988 1987 1984 1983
No Score Yet	MacGyver 1985-1992	Jan Messic Leland	1987 1986 1985
No Score Yet	Magnum, P.I. 1980-1988	Judge Hannibal Kearns	1986
No Score Yet	Remington Steele 1982-1987	George E. Mulch George Mulch	1986 1985 1984
No Score Yet	Highway to Heaven 1984-1989	Dr. Dan Hickey	1985
No Score Yet	Mama's Family 1983-1990	Judge	1984
No Score Yet	The Fall Guy 1981-1986	Virgil Sykes	1983
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Campbell Dr. Ciotti	1982 1981 1979
No Score Yet	Trapper John, M.D. 1979-1986	Max Wyatt	1981
No Score Yet	Fantasy Island 1978-1984	Actor	1980
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Don Scalesi	1974
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Al Davies	1973
No Score Yet	Night Gallery 1970-1973	Wellman	1971
No Score Yet	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977	Mike Cooper	1971
No Score Yet	The Odd Couple 1970-1975	Bill Green	1971
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Janos	1969
No Score Yet	Hogan's Heroes 1965-1971	Heinrich	1969 1966
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Baca Meek Guest	1968 1963
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Harry Brancusi	1967
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Art Howe Wyckliff Ernie	1967 1966 1965 1964
No Score Yet	The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961-1966	Leslie	1966
No Score Yet	My Favorite Martian 1963-1966	Leonardo Da Vinci Det. Harry Collins	1966 1965 1964
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Ryan Dillard	1965 1964
82%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Sheriff Charlie Koch	1964

Quotes from Michael Constantine's Characters

Gus:	Why you want to leave me?

Gus:	Didn't I say is a mistake to educate women, but nobody listen to me.
Gus:	Didn't I say it's a mistake, to educate women? But nobody listened to me.

Gus:	Toula, they two kinds of people: Greeks, and everybody else who wish they was Greek.
Gus:	There are two kinds of people - Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek.
Gus:	There are two kinds of people. Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek.

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