Costas Mandylor

Costas Mandylor
Mandylor in 2024
Born	Costas Theodosopoulos (1965-09-03) 3 September 1965 (age 60) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Relatives	Louis Mandylor (brother)

Costas Mandylor (born Costas Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He made his film debut with a supporting role in Triumph of the Spirit (1989) before a lead role as Frank Costello in the crime drama film Mobsters (1991).

Mandylor has his breakout with a main role as Officer Kenny Lacos on the CBS drama television series Picket Fences (1992–1996), which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. During the 1990s, Mandylor starred in the film Fist of the North Star (1995) and a main role as Alphonse Royo on the NBC television series Players (1997–1998).

Mandylor had a lead role as Monk on the UPN television series Secret Agent Man (2000) and portrayed soccer player Charlie Colombo in the film The Game of Their Lives (2005). After a minor role in the horror film Saw III (2006), Mandylor experienced a career resurgence with a starring role as Detective Mark Hoffman in the film's sequel, Saw IV (2007). He later became the film's main antagonist in Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), and Saw 3D (2010), and reprised his role with a cameo in Saw X (2023).

In the late 2010s and 2020s, Mandylor starred in the films In Like Flynn (2018) and Cosmic Sin (2021).

Early life

Costas Theodosopoulos was born on 3 September 1965 in Melbourne, Australia to Greek immigrants Louise Theodosopoulos, and Yannis Theodosopoulos, a taxi driver. ^{[1] [2] [3]} His brother is actor Louis Mandylor. ^[2] Mandylor grew up in St Kilda and South Melbourne, ^[4] and moved to the United States in 1987 where he started taking acting lessons. ^[1] He was initially unable to find any work acting and had to work any job available. ^[5] He took a version of his mother's maiden name, citing his real name in Greek being too long. ^[5]

Career

Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989 film Triumph of the Spirit playing a European Jew, which was filmed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He returned to Los Angeles meeting director Oliver Stone and auditioned and got the role of an Italian count in The Doors (1991). ^[5] Mandylor landed a leading role in Mobsters playing Mafia boss Frank Costello. He went mentally prepared for the role, telling the Los Angeles Times , "It was interesting that I got that part, because I felt tuned in to gangsters, it was a genre I'd read a lot. When I was 13, I got a job as a dishwasher in a Melbourne nightclub and saw everything there, real gangsters, and had met characters who were dangerous people from an underground world." ^[5] In 1992, he had a lead role on the CBS television drama, Picket Fences , playing officer Kenny Lacos until the show ended in 1996. Mandylor also had a lead role in the Saw films as Detective Mark Hoffman, in Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009) and Saw 3D (2010). ^[6] He also made a cameo appearance in Saw X (2023).

Personal life

Mandylor played professional soccer in Europe until suffering shin splints. In 1991, he was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the world". ^[1]

Credits

Film

List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Triumph of the Spirit	Avram		[7]
1991	The Doors	Italian Count		[5]
	Soapdish	Mark		[8]
	Mobsters	Frank Costello		[5]
1994	Fatal Past	Costello		[9]
	Almost Dead	Dominic	Previously titled Resurrection	[5]
1995	Venus Rising	Vegas	Direct-to-video	[10]
	Fist of the North Star	Lord Shin		[11]
	Delta of Venus	Lawrence		[12]
	Virtuosity	John Donovan		[13]
	Crosscut	Martin Niconi		[14]
1996	Portraits of a Killer	George G. Kendall		[15]
1997	Just Write	Rich Adams		[16]
	Stand-ins	Jack Turner		[17]
	Double Take	Hector Stroessner / Ray Soldado
	Shelter	Nikos Kostantinos
	My Brother Cicero	Cicero	Short film
1999	Stealth Fighter	Ryan Mitchell
	Shame, Shame, Shame	Mark		[18]
2000	Gangland	Jared
	Intrepid	Alan Decker
2001	Turn of Faith	Bobby Giordano
	The Pledge	Monash Deputy		[19]
	Above & Beyond	Michael Amorosa
2002	Cover Story	Kevin Dodd
	The Real Deal	Instructor
	Hitters	Tony
2004	Dinocroc	Dick Sydney
	The Eavesdropper	Aiden Porter
2005	The Game of Their Lives	Charlie 'Gloves' Columbo
	Dr. Chopper	Terrell	Direct-to-video
	Sub Zero	John Deckert	Direct-to-video
	The Shore	Raymond
2006	Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York	Matt
	Payback	Billy
	Saw III	Mark Hoffman	Credited as Forensic Hoffman	[20]
2007	Made in Brooklyn	Joey
	Nobody	Mortemain / Noe
	Saw IV	Mark Hoffman		[21]
	Beowulf	Hondshew
2008	Emma Blue	Del
	The Drum Beats Twice	Jesus
	Toxic	Steve
	Saw V	Mark Hoffman		[21]
	Golden Goal!	Frank Lazaridis
2009	Immortally Yours	Rex
	In the Eyes of a Killer	Congressman Donaldson
	Saw VI	Mark Hoffman		[21]
2010	The Cursed	Jimmy Muldoon		[22]
	Sinners and Saints	Raymond Crowe	Also known as Bad Cop
	Torn	Steve Clay
	An Affirmative Act	Matthew
	Saw 3D	Mark Hoffman		[21]
2011	Hyenas	Gannon
2012	Should've Been Romeo	Mason
2013	Five Thirteen	Sheriff O'Connor
	2 Dead 2 Kill	Vin Dictive
2014	The Blackout	Jim
	2 Bedroom 1 Bath	Frank
	Guardian Angel	Attila
	The Nurse	Martin
	In 10 Easy Steps	Isaak Misidis
2015	Blood Trap	Roman	Also known as Bite
2016	Beyond the Game	Frank Bisner
	The Horde	Cylus Atkinson	Direct-to-video
	Best Thanksgiving Ever	Aquavelva
2017	Residue	Jacob
2018	Blindsided	Congressman Donaldson
	Daddy's Girl	John
	In Like Flynn	Vassilis
2019	Cliffs of Freedom	Constantine
2020	C.L.E.A.N.	Dr. Sutter
	Incision	Dr. Bennett
2021	Born a Champion	Dimitris
	Cosmic Sin	Marcus Bleck
	Lazarus	Benjamin Poge
	Night of the Sicario	Agent Cole Bennett
	Locked In	Harris
2022	Unbound Evil	Robert
	Dangerous Methods	Harry Johnson
	Borrowed Time III	David McDowell
	Death Count	Warden
	Adrenaline	FBI Agent Lockwood
	Trail Blazers	Jasper
2023	1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom	Lorenzo
Dead Man's Hand	Lucas		[23]
Bloodthirst	John Shepard		[24]
Saw X	Mark Hoffman		[25]
2024	Brat 3	The Customer		[26]
	American Trash	Detective Anderson		[27]
	Taboo: Secrets of the Family	Luckas		[28]
	Tragic Waste	Bill Johnson		[29]
	WWII: Operation Phoenix	Henry Tasquer Finn		[30]
2025	Gunslingers	Jericho		[31]
	The Aegean	Hector		[32]
	Out for Vengeance	Alonzo Gurski		[33]
	Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines	Dr. Thomas Miller		[34]
	Cash Collectors	Duke		[35]
	Run †	TBA		[36]
TBA	Dying for Living†	Pear	Post-production	[37]
	Citizen Vigilante †	Henry	Post-production	[38]
	Someone Dies Tonight†	Emil Parker	Post-production	[39]
	Geisha War†	Carmine	Post-production	[40]
	12 Warriors†	Abel	Post-production	[41]

Television

List of television appearances and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992– 1996	Picket Fences	Officer Kenny Lacos	Main role
1993	Tales from the Crypt	Dan King	Episode: "Half-Way Horrible"
1995	Falling for You	Paul Blankenship	Television film
1996	Last Exit to Earth	Jaid	Television film
1996	The Outer Limits	Lee Taylor	Episode: "The Heist"
1997	F/X: The Series	Jerry Tamblin	Episode: "Get Fast"
1997	Love-Struck	Cupid on Earth	Television film
1997– 1998	Players	Alphonse Royo	Main role
1998	The Fury Within	Mike Hanlon	Television film
1998	Exiled	Gianni Uzielli	Television film
1999	Bonanno: A Godfather's Story	Salvatore Bonanno	Television film
2000	Secret Agent Man	Monk	Main role
2000	Resurrection Blvd.	Aaron Cross	Episode: "Luchando" Episode: "Cholitas"
2001	Nash Bridges	Vincent Corell	Episode: "Something Borrowed"
2001	Sanctuary	Nathan Delaney	Television film
2001	Sex and the City	Friar Fuck	Episode: "The Agony and the Ex-tacy"
2002	Andromeda	Bobby Jensen	Episode: "Be All My Sins Remembered"
2002	Sacred Ground	Greg	Episode: "Behind the Words" Episode: "Walk Like a Man"
2002	Charmed	Rick Lang	Episode: "Saving Private Leo"
2002	She Spies	Mica Divornak	Episode: "Poster Girl"
2002	Scent of Danger	Chris Milos	Television film
2003	Fastlane	Reno Castelli	Episode: "Slippery Slope"
2004	Just Desserts	Marco Poloni	Television film
2004– 2006	7th Heaven	Beau Brewer	Recurring role
2007	The Wedding Bells	Ernesto	Episode: "For Whom the Bells Toll"
2007	Primal Doubt	Chase Harper	Television film
2013	Major Crimes	Vince Webb	Episode: "D.O.A"
2013	NCIS	Tomas Mendez	Episode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Episode: "Past, Present, and Future'
2014	House of Secrets	Detective Morrison	Television film
2015	The Right Girl	Chester	Television film
2016	Once Upon a Time	Captain Silver	Episode: "The Brothers Jones"
2017	Blue Eyes	Russian	Television film
2017	The Last Ship	Admiral Demetrius	Episode: "Tempest" Episode: "Feast Episode: "Lazaretto"
2017– 2018	NCIS: Los Angeles	Abram Sokolov	Episode: "Mountebank" Episode: "Vendetta"
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Vasili Shirokov	Episode: "Waiho Wale Kahiko"
2018	Lethal Weapon	Fabrizio Stavos	Episode: "What the Puck"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Picket Fences	Nominated
1996				Nominated
2009	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Fight (shared with Scott Patterson)	Saw V	Nominated
2020	Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival	Outstanding Actor in a Feature	Daddy's Girl [42]	Nominated
	FFTG Awards	Best Supporting Actor	C.L.E.A.N. [43]	Won

References

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External links

• Costas Mandylor at IMDb  
• Costas Mandylor at Rotten Tomatoes