Yorgo Constantine Explained

Yorgo Constantine
Notable Works:Murder 101, Beverly Hills, 90210, Phone Booth, Resurrection Blvd., Live Free or Die Hard, Fast Five, Parallels

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).

Biography

Yorgo 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

Highlights of his productions include:

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Return to Two Moon JunctionRobert Lee
1996Hostile IntentionsKris
1998Why Do Fools Fall in LoveThe Announcer
2000CementDanny
2002Phone BoothESU Commander
2002Fits and StartsSerge
2004TargetYevon Bodnar
2004The Last ShotFirst AD
2005ShopgirlManagerUncredited
2006Catch and ReleaseEmployee
2007FractureRussian lawyer
2007Live Free or Die HardRusso
2007Death SentenceMichael Barring
2011Commander SergenkoVoice
2011Fast FiveChato
2011Alyce KillsWarner
2012Stand Up GuysPaul
2015ParallelsAlex Carver
2016You Only Live OnceAlex

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Murder 101Jon SteinmetzTV movie
1991A Mother's JusticeDanny PryneTV movie
1993TV movie
1993ColumboStation Manager Episode: "Butterfly in Shades of Grey"
1994Diagnosis MurderAndyEpisode: "Flashdance with Death"
1995RenegadeTimothy PowersEpisode: "Family Ties"
1996Arli$$Jerry RivieraEpisode: "Colors of the Rainbow"
1998Beverly Hills, 90210Frank Saunders2 episodes
1998Silk StalkingsMr. NelsonEpisode: "Genius"
2000The HuntressClarence BattleEpisode: "Springing Tiny"
2001Gideon's CrossingDr. JeffEpisode: "Filaments and Ligatures "
200118 Wheels of JusticeBill LongtreeEpisode: "The Game"
2001Gone to MauiA DealerTV movie
2001-2002RoswellAgent Burns2 episodes
2002Resurrection Blvd.Washburn5 episodes
2005Joan of ArcadiaVladamir KarpovicEpisode: "Game Theory"
2005Las VegasJerry GarretEpisode: "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
2005EntourageBouncerEpisode: "Aquamansion"
200624Mikhail3 episodes
2006FacelessTV movie
2007ERTrekkieEpisode: "Lights Out"
2007Close to HomePhil Deshayes2 episodes
2008In Plain SightRichie MastroEpisode: "Pilot"
2008Depth ChargeAndreyevTV movie
2008The ShieldKhalulianEpisode: "Money Shot"
2008Knight RiderJacksonEpisode: "A Knight in Shining Armor"
2009Without a TraceGrishaEpisode: "Heartbeats"
2009The UnitArmen KochenkoEpisode: "Unknown Soldier"
2013ShamelessDr. MarkmanEpisode: "Survival of the Fittest"
2013Mob CityAce2 episodes
2014IntelligenceMarius CottierEpisode: "Red X"
2014–2015Madam SecretaryRussian Foreign Minister Anton Gorev5 episodes
2016MacGyverSevchenkoEpisode: "Wire Cutter"
2016RoundsZoranEpisode: "Pilot"
2018DeceptionKostya VeradinEpisode: "Transposition"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008The Bourne Conspiracyvoice
2015Devil's ThirdIvanvoice
2020voice

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yorgo Constantine: A Greek Actor In Hollywood Action Movies. 2015-11-10. Greek Reporter. November 18, 2011. Leontaritis. Alexander.