Louis Mandylor

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Louis Mandylor
Born
Elias Theodosopoulos

(1966-09-13) 13 September 1966 (age 54)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouse(s)Kristina Petrova
RelativesCostas Mandylor (brother)

Louis Mandylor (born Elias Theodosopoulos;[1] Greek: Ηλίας Θεοδοσόπουλος; 13 September 1966) is an Australian film and television actor.

Mandylor played Nick Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), a role he reprised in the sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).

Early life[]

Mandylor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Greek immigrants from the Peloponnese, Louise (née Mandylaris) from Kalamata and Yannis Theodosopoulos from Tripoli, a taxi driver.[1][2] He is the younger brother of fellow actor Costas Mandylor. He and his brother took a shorter version of their mother's last name, citing their paternal last name as being too long.

He played for Heidelberg United FC (Megas Alexandros) in their 1988 State League championship team. He also played five National League games in 1989 and scored one goal.

During his football career, he was also boxing in Melbourne, winning 14 fights with 4 losses. He then emigrated to the United States to originally pursue a boxing career and then subsequently an acting career.

Career[]

Mandylor played Nick Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); he reprised the role in its spin-off TV series My Big Fat Greek Life (2003) and the movie sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).

He made a guest appearance on Relic Hunter with Tia Carrere. He played Louis Malone in the first season of Martial Law alongside Sammo Hung. Mandylor appeared in the sitcom Friends, pretending to be Joey's twin in "The One With Unagi". He appeared twice on CSI: Miami; in the third season (2004) as a robber/killer, and in a different role in the eighth season (2009).

He and his brother Costas have acted alongside each other in the Charmed episode "Saving Private Leo" (2002), the crime thriller Sinners and Saints (2010) and "My Brother Cicero" (1998), a short movie which Louis wrote and produced. Louis portrayed Deputy Lloyd in the Syfy thriller film ; he stars alongside his brother Costas.[3] One of his more popular roles was that of Bobby DeLuca in the film Suckers (2001), where he plays a good-guy turned car salesman.

Filmography[]

Actor[]

  • China Beach (1990, TV Series) as Aussie
  • Necessary Roughness (1991) as McKenzie
  • Down the Shore (1992–1993) as Aldo Carbone
  • Frogmen (1994, TV Movie)
  • Grace Under Fire (1993–1994) as Carl
  • Get Smart (1995) as Georgio
  • Life 101 (1995) as Donnie
  • The Set-Up (1995) as Pauly
  • Can't Hurry Love (1995, TV Series) as Roger Carlucci
  • The Quest (1996) as Riggi
  • Champions (1997) as William Rockman
  • Criminal Affairs (1997) as Clint Barker
  • Nash Bridges (1997, TV Series) as Ray Goetz
  • My Brother Cicero (1998, Short) as Nicky
  • Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) as Middle Aged Vincenzo
  • Renegade Force (1998) as Peter Roth
  • Martial Law (1998–1999, TV Series) as Det. Louis Malone
  • Jack of Hearts (1999) as Jack Newland
  • Enemy Action (1999) as Price
  • Relic Hunter (1999–2001, TV Series) as Derek Lloyd
  • Friends (2000, TV Series) as Carl
  • Price of Glory (2000) as Davey Lane
  • Warm Texas Rain (2000) as Angel
  • Sticks (2001)
  • Double Deception (2001) as Luke Campbell
  • Suckers (2001) as Bobby Deluca
  • Resurrection Blvd. (2001, TV Series) as Jake Mornay
  • Big Shots (2001) as New Age Hitman
  • Angel Blade (2002) as Kiel Parsons
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) as Nick Portokalos
  • Charmed (2002, TV Series) as Nathan Lang
  • She Spies (2002, TV Series) as Leo Divornak
  • Hitters (2002) as Detective Monroy
  • Touched by an Angel (2003, TV Series) as Marty
  • Betrayal (2003) as Frank Bianci
  • My Big Fat Greek Life (2003, TV Series) as Nick
  • Gang of Roses (2003) as Sheriff Shoeshine Michel
  • Jimmy Bones (2003) as Jimmy Bones
  • White Rush (2003) as Chick
  • Rumble (2003, Short) as Paul
  • CSI: Miami (2004-2009, TV Series) as Jimmy Burris / Steve Riddick
  • The Game of Their Lives (2005) as Gino Pariani
  • Redline (2007) as Arms Dealer
  • Take (2007) as Terrell
  • Saturday Morning (2007) as Frankie Cicotelli
  • The Drum Beats Twice (2008) as Leroy
  • The Sensei (2008) as Mark Corey
  • Golden Goal! (2008) as Paolo delMonte
  • The Ball Is Round (2008)
  • No Time to Fear (2009) as Dr. Sheridan
  • Rules of Engagement (2009, TV Series) as Nick
  • CSI: NY (2009, TV Series) as Det. Christos Temmas
  • In the Eyes of a Killer (2009) as Jack
  • Silent Venom (2009) as Jake Goldin
  • Devil's Land (2009, Short) as Detective Pappas
  • Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) as Stephen
  • The Intruders (2009) as Mark
  • Gerald (2010) as Gerald
  • The Cursed (2010) as Lloyd Muldoon
  • Sinners & Saints (2010) as Cole
  • The Prometheus Project (2010) as Marcus
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2010, TV Series) as Lucas Maragos
  • Not Another Not Another Movie (2011) as NASA Guy
  • Life at the Resort (2011) as Todd Harvey
  • One in the Chamber (2012)[4] as Demyan Ivanov
  • A Green Story (2012) as Peter
  • Sorority Party Massacre (2012) as Mayor Bud Carson
  • Jet Set (2013) as Anthony
  • 616: Paranormal Incident (2013) as Ness
  • Bare Knuckles (2013) as Nedish
  • The Perfect Summer (2013) as Marcos
  • 20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending (2014) as Lockeheed
  • The Takeaway (2014)
  • Legacy of the Tengu (2014) as Carson
  • Tension(s) (2014) as Jake Lamar
  • In 10 Easy Steps (2014) as Snr. Det. Maurice Roper
  • AWOL-72 (2015) as Ray
  • The Mourning (2015) as David
  • Adventures of a Pizza Guy (2015) as Jack Puncher
  • Broken Promise (2016, TV Movie) as Reese Sinclair
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) as Nick
  • Daylight's End (2016) as Ethan
  • Code of Honor (2016) as Detective Peterson
  • Hotel of the Damned (2016) as Nicky
  • The Demo (2016) as David Sanders
  • Blindsided (2017) as Jack
  • The Matadors (2017) as Uncle Peter
  • Larceny (2017) as Sen. Tom Pumple
  • Hand of God (2017, TV Series) as Quintin Brode
  • (2017) as Steve Burns
  • Spreading Darkness (2017) as Byron Fresnel
  • Escape from Ensenada (2017) as Agent Csokas
  • (2018) as Sue
  • Doom: Annihilation (2019) as Chaplain Glover
  • Avengement (2019) as Detective O'Hara
  • Rambo: Last Blood (2019) as Sheriff
  • (2019)
  • The Mercenary (2020) as LeClerc
  • Debt Collectors (2020) as Sue
  • (2020)
  • The Doorman (2020) as Martinez
  • Escape from Black Water (2021)

Director[]

  • (2003)
  • In the Eyes of a Killer (2008)

Producer[]

Writer[]

  • My Brother Cicero (1998)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Costas Mandylor Biography (1965-)". . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ Graber, Janna. "Growing Up Greek in Melbourne". GoWorldTravel.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ Foywonder (3 February 2010). "The Mandylor Brothers Are Cursed on Syfy This Saturday". Dread Central. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "One in the Chamber". Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via www.imdb.com.

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