Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas


  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 11-03-1961
  • Gender: Male
  • Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Also Known As:

    Элиас Котеас
    Ηλίας Κοτέας

  • Popularity: 14.62
  • Homepage: N/A


Elias Koteas (born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin "Al" Olinsky on the series Chicago P.D., Tom True on Goliath, Lionel Shrike in Now You See Me (2013), Col. Marks on Combat Hospital, James Skinner on The Killing, Laeddis in Shutter Island (2010), Monsieur Gateau in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Jack Payne in the film Shooter (2007), Peter Brandt in Collateral Damage (2002), Capt. James Stars in The Thin Red Line (1998), Edgar Reese in Fallen (1998), Antonio Freeman in Gattaca (1997), and Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002). He has appeared in many films including Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Adjuster (1991), Exotica (1994), The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Living Out Loud (1998), Harrison's Flowers (2002), Zodiac (2007), and Skinwalkers (2007).




Year Movie Character
1991 The Adjuster as Noah
1993 Cyborg 2 as Colson 'Colt' Ricks
1996 Hit Me as Sonny Rose
1988 Malarek as Victor Malarek
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III as Casey Jones / Whit
2014 Jake Squared as Jake Klein
1998 Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Casey Jones
2009 I Come with the Rain as Hasford
1995 The Prophecy as Thomas Daggett
2000 Harrison's Flowers as Yeager Pollack
1990 Almost an Angel as Steve Garner
2006 Skinwalkers as Jonas
2010 Die as Mark Murdock
1992 Chain of Desire as Jesus
2001 Shot in the Heart as Gary Gilmore
2007 Prisoner as Jailer
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows as Voice of Val Lewton
1992 Contact as Mohannan
1995 Power of Attorney as Paul Dellacroce
2005 The Big Empty as The Specialist
2022 Cipher as Hal Berek
1996 Crash as Vaughan
1994 Exotica as Eric
2002 Collateral Damage as Peter Brandt
2009 Defendor as Chuck Dooney
2010 A Letter to Elia as Elia Kazan (Voice)
2010 3 Backyards as John
2011 Winnie Mandela as Colonel de Vries
1994 Camilla as Vincent Lopez
2013 The Last Days on Mars as Charles Brunel
1989 Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics as Davey
1995 Sugartime as Butch Blasi
2023 The Baker
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water as Jimmy
2010 Let Me In as The Policeman
2010 My Own Love Song as Dean
2008 Dark Streets as Lieutenant
1988 Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Young Aristotle Onassis
1998 Apt Pupil as Archie
2007 Shooter as Jack Payne
2009 The Haunting in Connecticut as Reverend Popescu
2011 Dream House as Boyce
2011 A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas as Sergie Katsov
2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played as Arthur Ouimet
1998 The Thin Red Line as Capt. James Staros
2018 My Days of Mercy as Simon
2008 Two Lovers as Ronald Blatt
2009 The Fourth Kind as Abel Campos
2007 The Girl in the Park as Raymond
1998 Fallen as Edgar Reese
1998 Living Out Loud as The Kisser
1990 Desperate Hours as Wally Bosworth
1992 The Habitation of Dragons as Wally Smith
2001 Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Sully
1985 One Magic Christmas as Eddie
1987 Some Kind of Wonderful as Skinhead
2002 Ararat as Ali / Jevdet Bay
2007 Zodiac as Jack Mulanax
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Monsieur Gateau
2001 Novocaine as Harlan Sangster
2000 Lost Souls as John Townsend
2002 S1m0ne as Hank Alano
2010 The Killer Inside Me as Joe Rothman
2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
1990 Backstreet Dreams as Wizard
1990 Look Who's Talking Too as Stuart
1987 Gardens of Stone as Pete Deveber
2010 Shutter Island as Laeddis
2013 Devil's Knot as Jerry Driver
1989 Blood Red as Silvio
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Alex
2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Self (archive footage)
2022 Canyon Del Muerto
1997 Gattaca as Antonio Freeman
1985 Private Sessions as Johnny O'Reilly
2013 Now You See Me as Lionel Shrike
1980 Atlantic City as Extra (uncredited)
1988 She's Having a Baby as Elias Koteas (uncredited)
2014 Jake Squared
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1999 The Sopranos (1 episode) as Dominic Palladino
2004 House (1 episode) as Jack Moriarty
2005 American Dad! (3 episode) as Jim (voice)
2004 CSI: NY (3 episode) as Joe
2007 Saving Grace (1 episode)
2004 Traffic (4 episode) as Mike McKay
1999 The Directors (1 episode)
2011 The Killing (12 episode) as James Skinner
2011 Combat Hospital (13 episode) as Colonel Marks
2012 Chicago Fire (4 episode) as Alvin Olinsky
2014 Chicago P.D. (106 episode) as Alvin Olinsky
2015 Chicago Med (1 episode) as Alvin Olinsky
2017 Chicago Justice (1 episode) as Alvin Olinsky
2016 Goliath (7 episode) as Tom True
2011 Unforgettable (1 episode) as Sam Rhodes
2013 The Frame (1 episode) as Vaughan
2006 Conviction (1 episode) as Mike Randolph

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