Yorgo Constantine

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Yorgo Constantine
Notable work 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).

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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: [2]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 ManagerUncredited
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 SergenkoVoice
2011 Fast Five Chato
2011 Alyce Kills Warner
2012 Stand Up Guys Paul
2015 Parallels Alex Carver
2016You Only Live OnceAlex

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Murder 101 Jon SteinmetzTV movie
1991 A Mother's Justice Danny PryneTV movie
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives TV movie
1993 Columbo Station ManagerEpisode: "Butterfly in Shades of Grey"
1994 Diagnosis Murder AndyEpisode: "Flashdance with Death"
1995 Renegade Timothy PowersEpisode: "Family Ties"
1996 Arli$$ Jerry RivieraEpisode: "Colors of the Rainbow"
1998 Beverly Hills, 90210 Frank Saunders2 episodes
1998 Silk Stalkings Mr. NelsonEpisode: "Genius"
2000 The Huntress Clarence BattleEpisode: "Springing Tiny"
2001 Gideon's Crossing Dr. JeffEpisode: "Filaments and Ligatures "
2001 18 Wheels of Justice Bill LongtreeEpisode: "The Game"
2001 Gone to Maui A DealerTV movie
2001-2002 Roswell Agent Burns2 episodes
2002 Resurrection Blvd. Washburn5 episodes
2005 Joan of Arcadia Vladamir KarpovicEpisode: "Game Theory"
2005 Las Vegas Jerry GarretEpisode: "To Protect and Serve Manicotti"
2005 Entourage BouncerEpisode: "Aquamansion"
2006 24 Mikhail3 episodes
2006 Faceless TV movie
2007 ER TrekkieEpisode: "Lights Out"
2007 Close to Home Phil Deshayes2 episodes
2008 In Plain Sight Richie MastroEpisode: "Pilot"
2008 Depth Charge AndreyevTV movie
2008 The Shield KhalulianEpisode: "Money Shot"
2008 Knight Rider JacksonEpisode: "A Knight in Shining Armor"
2009 Without a Trace GrishaEpisode: "Heartbeats"
2009 The Unit Armen KochenkoEpisode: "Unknown Soldier"
2013 Shameless Dr. MarkmanEpisode: "Survival of the Fittest"
2013 Mob City Ace2 episodes
2014 Intelligence Marius CottierEpisode: "Red X"
2014–2015 Madam Secretary Russian Foreign Minister Anton Gorev5 episodes
2016 MacGyver SevchenkoEpisode: "Wire Cutter"
2016 Rounds ZoranEpisode: "Pilot"
2018 Deception Kostya VeradinEpisode: "Transposition"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 The Bourne Conspiracy voice
2015 Devil's Third Ivanvoice
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War voice

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References

  1. Leontaritis, Alexander (November 18, 2011). "Yorgo Constantine: A Greek Actor In Hollywood Action Movies". Greek Reporter. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. Yorgo Constantine at IMDb