迈克尔·康斯坦丁

金球奖1977 电视连续剧最佳男演员-喜剧或音乐剧《Sirota's Court》 (提名)1971 最佳男配角-电视《Room 222》 (提名) 黄金时间艾美奖1971 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy《Room 222》 (提名)1970 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy《Room 222》 (获奖)

Award-winning Greek-American actor Michael Constantine (born 22 May 1927) is best known for his portrayal of the Windex bottle-toting family patriarch "Gus Portokalos" in the sleeper hit 我盛大的希腊婚礼 (2002). Before his appearance in that movie and the subsequent TV series based on it, he was primarily known for his portrayal of principal "Seymour Kaufman" in the series Room 222 (1969), for which he won a 1970 Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor (in 1971, he also received a second Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination as Best Supporting Actor for the role).

Michael Constantine was born Constantine Joanides in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Greek parents, Andromache (Fotiadou) and Theoharis Ioannides, a steel worker. He made his Broadway debut as part of the ensemble of the hit play "Inherit the Wind", which made its bow at the National Theatre on April 21, 1955, and closed on June 22, 1957, after 806 performances. During the run of the play, Constantine managed to work his way up into the part of "Conklin". His next appearance on the Great White Way was in "Compulsion", a dramatization of the Leopold & Loeb trial, in which he played three parts: speakeasy owner "Al", defense attorney "Jonathan Wilk" and "Dr. Ball". The show had a modest run of 140 performances in the 1957-58 season at the Ambassador Theatre.

On October 19, 1959, Constantine was part of the opening-night cast of the hit play "The Miracle Worker", appearing in the role of "Anagnos". It ran for 719 performances at the Playhouse through July 1, 1961, but his next play, "The Egg", was a flop, lasting but one week (eight performances) at the Cort in January 1962. His last turn on Broadway was in Tony Richardson's staging of 贝托尔特·布莱希特's mediation on the rise of 阿道夫·希特勒, "Arturo Ui" (a.k.a. "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"). Constantine played the character "Dogsborough" in support of the great Broadway star 克里斯托弗·普卢默's "Arturo Ui". It, too, was a one-week flop, lasting but eight performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in November 1963. Constantine's Broadway career was at an end.

He had made his motion picture debut in The Last Mile (1959) in support of 米基·鲁尼, but had already begun appearing in the medium in which he made his reputation, television, the year before. He appeared in teleplays on the omnibus television anthologies Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) and Play of the Week (1959) and made numerous guest appearances on TV series, where his ethnic look made him valuable as heavies on such programs as The Untouchables (1959). In film, he appeared in such productions as 罗伯特·罗森's classic The Hustler (1961), 如果星期二，一定是在比利时 (1969) and the film version of 伍迪·艾伦's play, 别喝生水 (1969), the latter two films revealing his flair for comedy.

Constantine was a regular on the series Hey, Landlord (1966). His stint on Room 222 (1969) was followed by his star-turn in the short-lived series Sirota's Court (1976), for which he received his second Golden Globe nomination, this time as Best Leading Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series, in 1976. After that, he remained steadily employed but his career remained rather quiet until cast he was cast in 我盛大的希腊婚礼 (2002).

He and his ex-wife, Julianna McCarthy, have two children: Thea Eileen (Thea Constantine) and Brendan Neil (Brendan Constantine).

He is a Greek American. His parents were Greek immigrants.

Was a good friend of 特利·萨瓦拉斯, starring with him in many television programs such as American Playhouse: My Palikari (1982) and Kojak (1973).

Has a variety of foreign accents at his disposal, including French, Italian and Russian.

He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).

Acting mentor and friend of 丹妮斯·尼古拉斯 and 凯伦·瓦伦汀.

He was awarded the 1989 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Temptation" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.