Louis Mandylor

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Louis Mandylor
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Mandylor in August 2013
Born
Elias Theodosopoulos

(1966-09-13) 13 September 1966 (age 58)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1990–present
Relatives Costas Mandylor (brother)

Louis Mandylor (born Elias Theodosopoulos; 13 September 1966) is an Australian film and television actor. Mandylor is best known for playing Nikos "Nick" Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002-2023).

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Early life

Mandylor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Greek immigrants. [1] He is the younger brother of fellow actor Costas Mandylor. He and his brother took a shorter version of their mother's last name, citing their paternal last name as being too long.

He played for Heidelberg United FC (Megas Alexandros) in their 1988 State League championship team. He also played five National League games in 1989 and scored one goal.

During his football career, he was also boxing in Melbourne, winning 14 fights with 4 losses. He then emigrated to the United States to originally pursue a boxing career and then subsequently an acting career.

Career

Mandylor played Nick Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); he reprised the role in its spin-off TV series My Big Fat Greek Life (2003) and the movie sequels My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023).

He made a guest appearance on Relic Hunter with Tia Carrere. He played Louis Malone in the first season of Martial Law alongside Sammo Hung. Mandylor appeared in the sitcom Friends , pretending to be Joey's twin in "The One With Unagi". (Ironically, during the original casting for the series, Mandyler had auditioned for the part of Joey, but Matt LeBlanc was selected instead of him. According to director Kevin S. Bright, the choice between the two of them "went down to the wire". [2] ) He appeared twice on CSI: Miami ; in the third season (2004) as a robber/killer, and in a different role in the eighth season (2009).

He and his brother Costas have acted alongside each other in the Charmed episode "Saving Private Leo" (2002), the crime thriller Sinners and Saints (2010) and "My Brother Cicero" (1998), a short movie which Louis wrote and produced. Louis portrayed Deputy Lloyd in the Syfy thriller film The Cursed ; he stars alongside his brother Costas. [3] One of his more popular roles was that of Bobby DeLuca in the film Suckers (2001), where he plays a good-guy turned car salesman.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Necessary Roughness McKenzie
1995 Life 101 DonnieVideo
The Set-Up Pauly
1996 The Quest Riggi
1997 Champions William Rockman
Criminal Affairs Clint Barker
1998 My Brother Cicero NickyShort
Jane Austen's Mafia! Middle Aged Vincenzo
Renegade Force Peter Roth
1999Jack of HeartsDetective Jack Newland
Enemy ActionPrice
2000 Price of Glory Davey Lane
Warm Texas RainAngelVideo
2001Sticks-
Double DeceptionLuke Campbell
Suckers Bobby DeLuca
2002 Angel Blade Kiel Parsons
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
HittersDetective Monroy
2003 Betrayal Frank Bianci
Gang of Roses Sheriff "Shoeshine" Michel
White RushChick
Jimmy BonesJimmy BonesDirectorial debut
RumblePaulShort
2005 The Game of Their Lives Gino Pariani
2007 Redline Arms Dealer
Take Terrell
Saturday Morning Frankie Cicotelli
2008The Drum Beats TwiceLeroy
The Sensei Mark Corey
Golden Goal!Paolo Del Monte
2009In the Eyes of a KillerJackAlso Director
Silent VenomJake GoldinVideo
Devil's LandDetective PappasShort
Wrong Turn at Tahoe Stephen
No Time to FearDr. Sheridan
2010The CursedLloyd Muldoon
Sinners & Saints Cole
The Prometheus ProjectMarcus
StainedPastor PhillipShort
Hung Out to Dry-Short
Gerald Gerald
Bare KnucklesNedish
2011 Not Another Not Another Movie NASA Guy
The Dog Who Saved Halloween KentTV movie
Life at the ResortTodd Harvey
2012One in the ChamberDemyan Ivanov [4]
A Green Story Peter
Sorority Party Massacre Mayor Bud Carson
2013616: Paranormal IncidentNess
The Perfect SummerMarcos
PersephoneJack AidoneusShort
2014 20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending "Lockeheed"
The Takeaway-
Legacy of the TenguCarson
ElwoodThe WatcherShort, Director
Tension(s)Jake Lamar
In 10 Easy StepsSenior Detective Maurice Roper
Alone TogetherHenry StrattonShort
The BlackoutAlso Director
2015AWOL-72Ray
The MourningDavid
Adventures of a Pizza GuyJack Puncher
2016Broken PromiseReese SinclairTV movie
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
Beyond the GameCarlo
Daylight's End Ethan Hill
Code of Honor Detective Peterson
The Sex TripSteve Burns
Hotel of the DamnedNicky
The DemoDavid Sanders
2017The TwinJakeTV movie
The MatadorsUncle Peter
LarcenySenator Tom Pumple
Intrepid-Short
California DreamingAgent Csokas
Spreading DarknessByron Fresnel
The IntrudersMark
Deadly DelusionRobert TurnerTV movie
2018BlindsidedJackAlso Director
Battle DroneVincent Reikker
Dirty Dead Con MenAgent Daniels
The Debt CollectorSulinski "Golden Boy" Baker / "Sue"
AstroViktor Khol
2019LazaratRei
I Almost Married a Serial KillerRafael (II)TV movie
Night Walk The Prison Warden
Avengement Detective O'Hara
The MercenaryLeClerc
Rambo: Last Blood Sheriff
Doom: Annihilation Chaplain Glover
2020Debt CollectorsSulinski "Golden Boy" Baker / "Sue"
LegacyFrank
The Doorman Martinez
2021FrankensteinDe Lacey
Ave MarieMajor Maitland
Antidote Dr. Aaron Hellenbach
ImproprietyDoug LarsonTV movie
Denard Anatomy of An AntiheroDr. Cooper
Christmas Down UnderSantaAlso Director
2022 Memory Drunk Broker
Borrowed Time IIIDr. Cooper
Sally Floss: Digital DetectiveBill
BlowbackDr. Cooper
Bring Him Back DeadTrent
Renegades Anthony Goram
Battle for SaipanMajor William Porter
As Good as DeadPiro
2023BreakoutAlex Baros
AdrenalineJohn Slater
CrossfireMark Patson
The FloodRafe Calderon
3 Days in MalayJohn CaputoAlso Director
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
Holiday BoyfriendBlake
2024HellhoundLoreno
Skeletons in the Closet Santeros
Day LaborSheriff Jason Paterson
Discovering LoveZander StephanopoulosTV movie
Operation Blood Hunt RichterAlso Director
2025 Skyline: Warpath
Prisoner of War Also Director

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 China Beach AussieEpisode: "You, Babe"
1992-1993 Down the Shore Aldo CarboneMain Cast
1993-1994 Grace Under Fire CarlRecurring Cast: Season 1
1995 Get Smart GeorgioEpisode: "Shoot Up the Charts"
1995-1996 Can't Hurry Love Roger CarlucciMain Cast
1997 Nash Bridges Ray GoetzRecurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
1998-1999 Martial Law Detective Louis MaloneMain Cast
1999-2001 Relic Hunter Derek LloydGuest Cast: Season 1-3
2000 Friends CarlEpisode: "The One with Unagi"
2001 Resurrection Blvd. Jake MornayRecurring Cast: Season 2
2002 Charmed Nathan LangEpisode: "Saving Private Leo"
She Spies Leo DivornakEpisode: "Poster Girl"
2003 Touched by an Angel MartyEpisode: "And a Nightingale Sang"
My Big Fat Greek Life Nikos "Nick" PortokalosMain Cast
2004 CSI: Miami Steve RiddickEpisode: "Crime Wave"
2009 Rules of Engagement NickEpisode: "May Divorce Be with You"
CSI: NY Detective Christos TemmasEpisode: "Grounds for Deception"
CSI: Miami Jimmy BurrisEpisode: "Bone Voyage"
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Lucas MaragosEpisode: "Little Angels"
2012 Castle Mr. KazoolieEpisode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder"
2014 Days of Our Lives OrtizEpisode: "Episode #1.12366" & "#1.12367"
2017 Hand of God Quintin BrodeEpisode: "I See That Now"
2020 Absentia Meridian GuardEpisode: "Veritas Aequitas"
2022The Pact"Rooster"Recurring Cast
The Offer Mickey Cohen Episode: "Warning Shots"

References

  1. Graber, Janna. "Growing Up Greek in Melbourne". GoWorldTravel.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. McIntosh, Steven (27 May 2021). "Friends reunion: 10 of the best moments". BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2023. 8. Fake Joey was almost Real Joey
  3. Foywonder (3 February 2010). "The Mandylor Brothers Are Cursed on Syfy This Saturday". Dread Central . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. "One in the Chamber" . Retrieved 18 September 2018 via www.imdb.com.