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Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas

Born: 1961-03-11 • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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).

Filmography
The Silent Planet poster
The Silent Planet
2024 • Theo
Janet Planet poster
Janet Planet
2024 • Avi
The Baker poster
The Baker
2023 • Vic
My Days of Mercy poster
My Days of Mercy
2018 • Simon
Jake Squared poster
Jake Squared
2014 • Jake Klein
The Last Days on Mars poster
The Last Days on Mars
2013 • Charles Brunel
Now You See Me poster
Now You See Me
2013 • Lionel Shrike (uncredited)
Devil's Knot poster
Devil's Knot
2013 • Jerry Driver
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas poster
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 • Sergie Katsov
Dream House poster
Dream House
2011 • Boyce
Winnie Mandela poster
Winnie Mandela
2011 • Colonel de Vries
Let Me In poster
Let Me In
2010 • The Policeman
A Letter to Elia poster
A Letter to Elia
2010 • Elia Kazan (Voice)
My Own Love Song poster
My Own Love Song
2010 • Dean
The Killer Inside Me poster
The Killer Inside Me
2010 • Joe Rothman
Shutter Island poster
Shutter Island
2010 • Laeddis
3 Backyards poster
3 Backyards
2010 • John
Die poster
Die
2010 • Mark Murdock
The Fourth Kind poster
The Fourth Kind
2009 • Abel Campos
Defendor poster
Defendor
2009 • Chuck Dooney
I Come with the Rain poster
I Come with the Rain
2009 • Hasford
The Haunting in Connecticut poster
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009 • Reverend Popescu
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button poster
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 • Monsieur Gateau
Dark Streets poster
Dark Streets
2008 • Lieutenant
Two Lovers poster
Two Lovers
2008 • Ronald Blatt
The Girl in the Park poster
The Girl in the Park
2007 • Raymond
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows poster
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007 • Val Lewton (voice)
Prisoner poster
Prisoner
2007 • Jailer
Shooter poster
Shooter
2007 • Jack Payne
Zodiac poster
Zodiac
2007 • Jack Mulanax
Skinwalkers poster
Skinwalkers
2006 • Jonas
The Greatest Game Ever Played poster
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005 • Arthur Ouimet
No Image
The Big Empty
2005 • The Specialist
No Image
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004 • Self (archive footage)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick poster
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002 • Self
S1m0ne poster
S1m0ne
2002 • Hank Alano
Ararat poster
Ararat
2002 • Ali / Jevdet Bay
Collateral Damage poster
Collateral Damage
2002 • Peter Brandt
Novocaine poster
Novocaine
2001 • Harlan Sangster
Dancing at the Blue Iguana poster
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001 • Sully
Shot in the Heart poster
Shot in the Heart
2001 • Gary Gilmore
Lost Souls poster
Lost Souls
2000 • John Townsend
Harrison's Flowers poster
Harrison's Flowers
2000 • Yeager Pollack
The Thin Red Line poster
The Thin Red Line
1998 • Capt. James Staros
Living Out Loud poster
Living Out Loud
1998 • The Kisser
Apt Pupil poster
Apt Pupil
1998 • Archie
Divorce: A Contemporary Western poster
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
Fallen poster
Fallen
1998 • Edgar Reese
Gattaca poster
Gattaca
1997 • Antonio Freeman
Hit Me poster
Hit Me
1996 • Sonny Rose
Crash poster
Crash
1996 • Vaughan
Sugartime poster
Sugartime
1995 • Butch Blasi
The Prophecy poster
The Prophecy
1995 • Thomas Daggett
Power of Attorney poster
Power of Attorney
1995 • Paul Dellacroce
Camilla poster
Camilla
1994 • Vincent Lopez
Exotica poster
Exotica
1994 • Eric
Cyborg 2 poster
Cyborg 2
1993 • Colson 'Colt' Ricks
Chain of Desire poster
Chain of Desire
1993 • Jesus
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III poster
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993 • Casey Jones / Whit
The Habitation of Dragons poster
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 • Wally Smith
Contact poster
Contact
1992 • Mohannan
The Adjuster poster
The Adjuster
1991 • Noah
Almost an Angel poster
Almost an Angel
1990 • Steve Garner
Look Who's Talking Too poster
Look Who's Talking Too
1990 • Stuart
Desperate Hours poster
Desperate Hours
1990 • Wally Bosworth
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 • Casey Jones
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics poster
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989 • Davey
Blood Red poster
Blood Red
1989 • Silvio
Malarek poster
Malarek
1988 • Victor Malarek
Full Moon in Blue Water poster
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988 • Jimmy
Tucker: The Man and His Dream poster
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 • Alex
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World poster
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988 • Young Aristotle Onassis
She's Having a Baby poster
She's Having a Baby
1988 • Elias Koteas (uncredited)
Gardens of Stone poster
Gardens of Stone
1987 • Pete Deveber
Some Kind of Wonderful poster
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 • Skinhead
One Magic Christmas poster
One Magic Christmas
1985 • Eddie
Private Sessions poster
Private Sessions
1985 • Johnny O'Reilly
Atlantic City poster
Atlantic City
1980 • Extra (uncredited)
The Block poster
The Block
No Image
God of Tides
— • Walker