Elias Koteas
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Elias Koteas (Greek: Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for acting in either supporting or leading roles in films from the United States and Canada.
Early life[]
Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways and a milliner mother.[1] His parents are both of Greek descent.[2] Koteas is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York as well as Vanier College in Montreal.[3]
Career[]
Koteas has played major roles in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987),[4] The Adjuster (1991),[5] Exotica (1994),[6] Crash (1996),[7] Fallen (1998),[8] and The Thin Red Line (1998),[9] among other films. Koteas is also known for playing the lead role of Thomas Daggett in the American film The Prophecy (1995)[10] and for portraying sports-crazed vigilante Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.[3][11] In 2010, he played major roles in Let Me In[12] and Defendor, a Canadian superhero film starring Woody Harrelson.[13]
On television, he appeared in Season Four of The Sopranos as Dominic Palladino and in the Season Two finale of House as a man who shoots Dr. Gregory House.[14] From 2014 to 2018, Koteas starred on the NBC Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago P.D. Koteas played Alvin "Al" Olinsky, a longtime undercover detective in the Intelligence Unit. [15][16][17]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | One Magic Christmas | Eddie | |
1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Duncan | |
1987 | Gardens of Stone | Pete Deveber | |
1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Alex Tremulis | |
1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | Jimmy | |
1989 | Malarek | Victor Malarek | |
1989 | Blood Red | Silvio | |
1989 | Friends, Lovers & Lunatics | Davey | |
1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Casey Jones | |
1990 | Backstreet Dreams | Wizard | |
1990 | Desperate Hours | Wally Bosworth | |
1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Stuart Jensen | |
1990 | Almost an Angel | Steve Garner | |
1991 | The Adjuster | Noah Render | |
1992 | Chain of Desire | Jesus | |
1993 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Casey Jones / Whit | |
1993 | Cyborg 2 | Colton Ricks | |
1994 | Exotica | Eric / Club's DJ | |
1994 | Camilla | Vincent Lopez | |
1995 | The Prophecy | Thomas Dagget | |
1995 | Power of Attorney | Paul Dellacroce | |
1996 | Crash | Vaughan | |
1996 | Hit Me | Sonny Rose | |
1997 | Gattaca | Antonio Freeman | |
1998 | Fallen | Edgar Reese | |
1998 | Apt Pupil | Archie | |
1998 | Living Out Loud | The Kisser | |
1998 | The Thin Red Line | Capt. Staros | |
1998 | Divorce: A Contemporary Western | Matt | |
2000 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Sully | |
2000 | Harrison's Flowers | Yeager Pollack | |
2000 | Lost Souls | John Townsend | |
2001 | Novocaine | Harlan Sangster | |
2002 | Collateral Damage | Peter Brandt | |
2002 | Ararat | Ali / Jevdet Bay | |
2002 | Simone | Hank Aleno | Uncredited |
2005 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | Arthur Ouimet | |
2005 | The Big Empty | The Specialist | |
2007 | Skinwalkers | Jonas Talbot | |
2007 | Zodiac | Sgt. Jack Mulanax | |
2007 | Shooter | Jack Payne | |
2007 | Prisoner | Jailer | |
2007 | The Girl in the Park | Raymond | |
2008 | Two Lovers | Ronald Blatt | |
2008 | Dark Streets | The Lieutenant | |
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Monsieur Gateau | |
2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Reverend Popescu | |
2009 | I Come with the Rain | Hasford | |
2009 | Defendor | Chuck Dooney | |
2009 | The Fourth Kind | Abel Campos | |
2010 | The Killer Inside Me | Joe Rothman | |
2010 | 3 Backyards | John | |
2010 | Shutter Island | Andrew Laeddis | |
2010 | My Own Love Song | Dean | |
2010 | Die | Mark Murdock | |
2010 | Let Me In | The Policeman | |
2011 | Winnie Mandela | Major de Vries | |
2011 | Dream House | Boyce | |
2011 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Sergei Katsov | |
2013 | The Last Days on Mars | Charles Brunel | |
2013 | Now You See Me | Lionel Shrike | Uncredited |
2013 | Devil's Knot | Jerry Driver | |
2013 | Jake Squared | Jake Klein | |
2017 | My Days of Mercy | Simon Moro |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Private Sessions | Johnny O'Reilly | Television film |
1988 | Crime Story | Jerry Travers | Episode: "Roadrunner" |
1988 | Onassis: The Richest Man in the World | Young Aristotle Onassis | Television film |
1995 | Sugartime | Butch Blasi | Television film |
2001 | Shot in the Heart | Gary Gilmore | Television film |
2002 | The Sopranos | Dominic Palladino | Episode: "The Strong, Silent Type" |
2004 | Traffic | Mike McKay | 3 episodes |
2005–2006 | American Dad! | Jim (voice) | 2 episodes |
2006 | Conviction | Mike Randolph | Episode: "Pilot" |
2006 | House | Jack Moriarty | Episode: "No Reason" |
2008 | CSI: NY | Joe / Douglas Anderson | 2 episodes |
2009 | Saving Grace | William Drugh | Episode: "The Live Ones" |
2011 | Combat Hospital | Colonel Xavier Marks | 13 episodes |
2012 | Unforgettable | Sam Rhodes | Episode: "A Man in the Woods" |
2013 | The Killing | James Skinner | 11 episodes |
2013–2017 | Chicago Fire | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | 4 episodes |
2014–2018 | Chicago P.D. | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | Main cast; 106 episodes |
2016–2018 | Chicago Med | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | 3 episodes |
2017 | Chicago Justice | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | Episode: "Fake" |
2021 | Goliath | Tom True | Season 4 Recurring cast[18][19] |
References[]
- ^ "Elias Koteas Biography - Famous Canadians - CKA". Canadaka.net.
- ^ "SCREENMANCER presents: THE ELIAS KOTEAS EXPERIENCE". www.screenmancer.tv. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Scott, Vernon (10 April 1990). "Fame Mutates for Human 'Turtle' Star". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (February 27, 1987). "Film: 'Some Kind of Wonderful'" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 26, 1991). "Review/Film Festival; Cast Adrift by Disaster In Egoyan's 'Adjuster'" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Exotica". www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael. "DISTURBING, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT 'CRASH' IS A BRILLIANTLY MADE FILM". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (January 16, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; Hard to Beat the Devil, a Detective Finds" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "'The Thin Red Line' (R)". www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (September 2, 1995). "FILM REVIEW; The Devil And God At War Over Souls" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (March 20, 1993). "Review/Film; The Turtles Transported To Old Japan" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ ""Let Me In" Star Elias Koteas: Working With Young Actors Was "Very Humbling"". NBC Chicago.
- ^ Castro, Adam-Troy (December 14, 2012). "Elias Koteas plays a bad cop in the superhero dramedy Defendor". SYFY WIRE.
- ^ "House MD Guide: Second Season #224 "No Reason", Season 2". www.housemd-guide.com.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley. "'The Killing's' Elias Koteas Boards 'Chicago PD' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Chicago P.D. | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (May 10, 2018). "'Chicago P.D.' Season Finale: Fate Of Elias Koteas' Olinsky Leaves Fans In Shock".
- ^ Petski, Denise (February 21, 2020). "'Goliath' Adds Brandon Scott and Geoffrey Arend As Series Regulars, Two Recurring For Seas4". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Frederick, Brittany (February 22, 2020). "Chicago PD alum Elias Koteas added to Goliath season 4 cast". www.onechicagocenter.com. One Chicago Center. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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- 1961 births
- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- 21st-century Canadian male actors
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Best Supporting Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Canadian male voice actors
- Canadian people of Greek descent
- Living people
- Male actors from Montreal
- Vanier College alumni