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 bottletoting 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 longsuffering high school principal Seymour Kaufman on ABCs comedydrama 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 Sirotas Court receiving his second Golden Globe nomination Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 2016 Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Constantine licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia