Michael Constantine
Birth Name:
Constantine Joanides
Birth Place:
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" at the 2003 Satellite Awards
- Studied acting under actor Howard Da Silva and began his career as an understudy for Paul Muni in "Inherit the Wind․"
- Found consistent work on television after his on and off Broadway careers came to a halt, then made a comeback as a Windex-loving patriarch in the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding․"
- Though he is of Greek ancestry, he has played a number of ethnicities and is able to convincingly recreate French, Italian and Russian accents
- By coincidence, he ran into a friend studying acting out of state a day after having a conversation about her, and decided it was fate that he should accompany her back to New York to become an actor
- Has a passion for writing screenplays and has done significant research for one about the life story of Kemal Attaturk
Awards
- 1970Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy:Winner
- 1971Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actor - Television:Nominated
- 1971Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy:Nominated
- 1977Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical:Nominated
- 2003Actor - Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2003Golden Satellite Award - Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical:Winner
- 2003Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Hissy Fit:Nominated
- 2017Movies for Grownups Award - Best Grownup Love Story:Nominated