Yorgo Constantine Yfantopoulos is an American-Greek actor who began his career in 1991 with the television movie Murder 101. Following that he had several roles in both film and television, such as in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Resurrection Blvd. (2002), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Fast Five (2011), and Parallels (2015).
Yorgo Constantine | |
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| Notable work | Murder 101, Beverly Hills, 90210, Phone Booth, Resurrection Blvd., Live Free or Die Hard, Fast Five, Parallels |
Biography
editYorgo Constantine grew up in Lower Manhattan, New York City. He lived part of his early life in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, and later moved to the Tribeca neighborhood. Though he identifies as an American, his father is from the Pangrati area of Athens, Greece.
Though Constantine originally aspired to work a career playing professional tennis, he grew interested instead in acting while attending New York University, where he decided to pursue acting professionally. At nineteen or twenty years old, Constantine was brought to Los Angeles, a move he credits for allowing him to go on to act in big Hollywood movies; otherwise, he "probably would have stayed in New York City."[1]
Filmography
editHighlights of his productions include:[2]
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Return to Two Moon Junction | Robert Lee | |
| 1996 | Hostile Intentions | Kris | |
| 1998 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | The Announcer | |
| 2000 | Cement | Danny | |
| 2002 | Phone Booth | ESU Commander | |
| 2002 | Fits and Starts | Serge | |
| 2004 | Target | Yevon Bodnar | |
| 2004 | The Last Shot | First AD | |
| 2005 | Shopgirl | Manager | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Catch and Release | Employee | |
| 2007 | Fracture | Russian lawyer | |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Russo | |
| 2007 | Death Sentence | Michael Barring | |
| 2011 | Dead Space: Aftermath | Commander Sergenko | Voice |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Chato | |
| 2011 | Alyce Kills | Warner | |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Paul | |
| 2015 | Parallels | Alex Carver | |
| 2016 | You Only Live Once | Alex |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Murder 101 | Jon Steinmetz | TV movie |
| 1991 | A Mother's Justice | Danny Pryne | TV movie |
| 1993 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Columbo | Station Manager | Episode: "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" |
| 1994 | Diagnosis Murder | Andy | Episode: "Flashdance with Death" |
| 1995 | Renegade | Timothy Powers | Episode: "Family Ties" |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | Jerry Riviera | Episode: "Colors of the Rainbow" |
| 1998 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Frank Saunders | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Silk Stalkings | Mr. Nelson | Episode: "Genius" |
| 2000 | The Huntress | Clarence Battle | Episode: "Springing Tiny" |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Dr. Jeff | Episode: "Filaments and Ligatures " |
| 2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Bill Longtree | Episode: "The Game" |
| 2001 | Gone to Maui | A Dealer | TV movie |
| 2001-2002 | Roswell | Agent Burns | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Resurrection Blvd. | Washburn | 5 episodes |
| 2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Vladamir Karpovic | Episode: "Game Theory" |
| 2005 | Las Vegas | Jerry Garret | Episode: "To Protect and Serve Manicotti" |
| 2005 | Entourage | Bouncer | Episode: "Aquamansion" |
| 2006 | 24 | Mikhail | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Faceless | TV movie | |
| 2007 | ER | Trekkie | Episode: "Lights Out" |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Phil Deshayes | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Richie Mastro | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Depth Charge | Andreyev | TV movie |
| 2008 | The Shield | Khalulian | Episode: "Money Shot" |
| 2008 | Knight Rider | Jackson | Episode: "A Knight in Shining Armor" |
| 2009 | Without a Trace | Grisha | Episode: "Heartbeats" |
| 2009 | The Unit | Armen Kochenko | Episode: "Unknown Soldier" |
| 2013 | Shameless | Dr. Markman | Episode: "Survival of the Fittest" |
| 2013 | Mob City | Ace | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Intelligence | Marius Cottier | Episode: "Red X" |
| 2014–2015 | Madam Secretary | Russian Foreign Minister Anton Gorev | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Sevchenko | Episode: "Wire Cutter" |
| 2016 | Rounds | Zoran | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2018 | Deception | Kostya Veradin | Episode: "Transposition" |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Bourne Conspiracy | voice | |
| 2015 | Devil's Third | Ivan | voice |
| 2020 | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | voice |
References
edit- ^ Leontaritis, Alexander (November 18, 2011). "Yorgo Constantine: A Greek Actor In Hollywood Action Movies". Greek Reporter. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Yorgo Constantine at IMDb