Elias Koteas (/ˈɛliəs kəˈteɪəs/;[2] Greek: Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the Chicago franchise, as well as appearing in lead and supporting roles in numerous films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002). He appeared in such films as Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), The Adjuster (1991), Exotica (1994), The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Living Out Loud (1998), Fallen (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Harrison's Flowers (2002), Collateral Damage (2002), Shooter (2007), Zodiac (2007), Skinwalkers (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and Shutter Island (2010).
Elias Koteas | |
|---|---|
 Koteas in 2010 | |
| Born | March 11, 1961 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Jennifer Rubin (1987–1990)[1] |
Early life
editKoteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways and a milliner mother.[3] His parents are both of Greek descent.[4] Koteas is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York as well as Vanier College in Montreal.[5]
Career
editKoteas has played major roles in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987),[6] The Adjuster (1991),[7] Exotica (1994),[8] Crash (1996),[9] Fallen (1998),[10] and The Thin Red Line (1998),[11] among other films. Koteas is also known for playing the lead role of Thomas Daggett in the American film The Prophecy (1995)[12] and for portraying sports-crazed vigilante Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.[5][13] In 2010, he played major roles in Let Me In[14] and Defendor, a Canadian superhero film starring Woody Harrelson.[15]
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.[16] From 2014 to 2018, Koteas starred on the NBC Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago P.D. where he played Alvin "Al" Olinsky, a longtime undercover detective in the Intelligence Unit.[17][18][19] He also appeared in all other Chicago franchise series.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Eddie | |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Duncan | |
| Gardens of Stone | Pete Deveber | ||
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Alex Tremulis | |
| Full Moon in Blue Water | Jimmy | ||
| Malarek | Victor Malarek | ||
| 1989 | Blood Red | Silvio | |
| Friends, Lovers & Lunatics | Davey | ||
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Casey Jones | |
| Backstreet Dreams | Wizard | ||
| Desperate Hours | Wally Bosworth | ||
| Look Who's Talking Too | Stuart Jensen | ||
| Almost an Angel | Steve Garner | ||
| 1991 | The Adjuster | Noah Render | |
| 1992 | Chain of Desire | Jesus | |
| 1993 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Casey Jones / Whit | |
| Cyborg 2 | Colton Ricks | ||
| 1994 | Exotica | Eric / Club's DJ | |
| Camilla | Vincent Lopez | ||
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Thomas Dagget | |
| Power of Attorney | Paul Dellacroce | ||
| 1996 | Crash | Vaughan | |
| Hit Me | Sonny Rose | ||
| 1997 | Gattaca | Antonio Freeman | |
| 1998 | Fallen | Edgar Reese | |
| Apt Pupil | Archie | ||
| Living Out Loud | The Kisser | ||
| The Thin Red Line | Capt. Staros | ||
| Divorce: A Contemporary Western | Matt | ||
| 2000 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Sully | |
| Harrison's Flowers | Yeager Pollack | ||
| Lost Souls | John Townsend | ||
| 2001 | Novocaine | Harlan Sangster | |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Peter Brandt | |
| Ararat | Ali / Jevdet Bay | ||
| Simone | Hank Aleno | Uncredited | |
| 2005 | The Greatest Game Ever Played | Arthur Ouimet | |
| The Big Empty | The Specialist | ||
| 2007 | Skinwalkers | Jonas Talbot | |
| Zodiac | Sgt. Jack Mulanax | ||
| Shooter | Jack Payne | ||
| Prisoner | Jailer | ||
| The Girl in the Park | Raymond | ||
| 2008 | Two Lovers | Ronald Blatt | |
| Dark Streets | The Lieutenant | ||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Monsieur Gateau | ||
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Reverend Popescu | |
| I Come with the Rain | Hasford | ||
| Defendor | Chuck Dooney | ||
| The Fourth Kind | Abel Campos | ||
| 2010 | The Killer Inside Me | Joe Rothman | |
| 3 Backyards | John | ||
| Shutter Island | Andrew Laeddis | ||
| My Own Love Song | Dean | ||
| Die | Mark Murdock | ||
| Let Me In | The Policeman | ||
| 2011 | Winnie Mandela | Major de Vries | |
| Dream House | Boyce | ||
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Sergei Katsov | ||
| 2013 | The Last Days on Mars | Charles Brunel | |
| Now You See Me | Lionel Shrike | Uncredited | |
| Devil's Knot | Jerry Driver | ||
| Jake Squared | Jake Klein | ||
| 2017 | My Days of Mercy | Simon Moro | |
| 2022 | The Baker | Vic | |
| 2023 | Janet Planet | Avi | |
| 2024 | The Silent Planet | Theodore |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Private Sessions | Johnny O'Reilly | Television film |
| 1988 | Crime Story | Jerry Travers | Episode: "Roadrunner" |
| 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" |
| 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: "The Man in the Woods" |
| 2013 | The Killing | James Skinner | 11 episodes |
| 2013–2017 | Chicago Fire | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | 4 episodes |
| 2014–2018, 2024 | Chicago P.D. | Alvin "Al" Olinsky | Main cast: 106 episodes guest: Season 11, Episode 13: "More" |
| 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[20][21] |
| Guilty Party | Charles "Tuna" Billingham | 3 episodes |
References
edit- ^ "See the Chicago P.D. Cast's Real-Life Partners — One Star Dated Two Actresses from One Chicago". 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Elias Koteas 'The Thin Red Line' 12/13/98". The Bobbie Wygant Archive. June 14, 2021. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Elias Koteas Biography - Famous Canadians - CKA". Canadaka.net.
- ^ "SCREENMANCER presents: THE ELIAS KOTEAS EXPERIENCE". www.screenmancer.tv. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ 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'". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (September 26, 1991). "Review/Film Festival; Cast Adrift by Disaster In Egoyan's 'Adjuster'". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Exotica". www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (21 March 1997). "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". The New York Times – 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". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (March 20, 1993). "Review/Film; The Turtles Transported To Old Japan". The New York Times – 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 (30 August 2013). "'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". Deadline Hollywood. 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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