Elias Koteas
Date of birth: 1961-03-11
Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ηλίας Κοτέας, الیاس کوتیاس
Biography
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).
Movie Credits
Crash
1996-07-17
A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an un
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990-03-30
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to f
Zodiac
2007-03-02
Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders
Two Lovers
2008-11-19
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with
Exotica
1994-09-29
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Fran
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008-12-25
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orle
Novocaine
2001-11-23
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
The Fourth Kind
2009-11-05
Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone m
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001-10-10
At the Blue Iguana, L.A.'s most notorious strip club, the lives of five exotic dancers converge, cla
Shutter Island
2010-02-14
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient f
Shooter
2007-03-22
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and dis
I Come with the Rain
2009-05-14
Kline, a former Los Angeles police officer turned private detective, is hired by a powerful pharmace
Desperate Hours
1990-10-05
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their li
The Prophecy
1995-08-05
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and
Harrison's Flowers
2000-09-23
1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing
The Thin Red Line
1998-12-23
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult
S1m0ne
2002-08-23
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walk
Almost an Angel
1990-12-21
Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car wh
Collateral Damage
2002-02-06
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism
One Magic Christmas
1985-11-22
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakabl
Defendor
2009-09-12
A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underw
Gardens of Stone
1987-05-05
At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young so
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988-11-23
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappear
Let Me In
2010-10-01
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A rema
Skinwalkers
2006-03-20
Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, w
The Adjuster
1991-11-27
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987-02-27
Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with
The Killer Inside Me
2010-02-19
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and appar
My Own Love Song
2010-04-07
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
The Girl in the Park
2007-09-09
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, h
Ararat
2002-05-20
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making o
Cyborg 2
1993-11-24
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotic
Private Sessions
1985-03-18
A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is treati
Hit Me
1996-09-09
A bellhop living with his mentally impaired brother becomes involved with an unbalanced woman and a
A Letter to Elia
2010-09-04
Martin Scorsese reflects on the profound influence of director Elia Kazan, tracing his artistic jour
3 Backyards
2010-01-24
An executive, a housewife and a youngster spend a day in their Long Island suburban town during the
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009-03-27
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian
Dream House
2011-09-29
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daug
Dark Streets
2008-12-12
Chaz Davenport is a dashing bachelor who owns what promises to become the hottest new nightclub in t
Die
2010-01-06
Six people, each of them is on the road to self-destruction. They wake up in cells in a surreal faci
Winnie Mandela
2011-09-16
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her h
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011-11-04
Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another wit
Now You See Me
2013-05-29
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during
Camilla
1994-11-25
Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia wher
Chain of Desire
1992-05-26
A series of unrelated amorous lovers are connected by a chain of desire.
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988-05-01
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealt
The Silent Planet
2024-07-24
An aging convict serving out a life sentence alone on a distant planet is forced to confront his pas
Shot in the Heart
2001-10-04
The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the pr
Devil's Knot
2013-05-09
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused o
Prisoner
2007-04-14
A Hollywood director is taken prisoner while scouting a remote prison.
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007-09-02
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budge
Blood Red
1989-08-18
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industria
The Last Days on Mars
2013-08-11
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has
Janet Planet
2024-06-21
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by he
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989-11-10
An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002-09-01
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN,
Contact
1992-01-01
An American soldier and an Arab soldier confront each other during wartime in the desert, each hopin
Malarek
1988-12-16
Malarek is a film directed by Roger Cardinal in 1989. Ex-juvenile offender Victor Malarek catches a
Power of Attorney
1995-08-01
Mafia don Joseph Scassi is a man willing to use all of his vast resources to defend himself against
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005-09-30
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harr
Lost Souls
2000-10-13
A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To
Fallen
1998-01-16
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the
Jake Squared
2014-08-15
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relation
The Big Empty
2005-07-01
The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993-03-17
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japa
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998-10-19
A look at the dysfunctional relationships of three couples as seen from the male point of view.
Sugartime
1995-11-25
Sam Giancana is a ruthless mob boss from Chicago. During a trip to Las Vegas, he sees a performance
Living Out Loud
1998-10-30
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor,
Apt Pupil
1998-10-23
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumb
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988-08-12
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his in
Atlantic City
1980-09-03
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thro
My Days of Mercy
2018-03-31
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's p
She's Having a Baby
1988-02-05
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full re
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004-01-01
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadi
Gattaca
1997-09-07
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is a
Look Who's Talking Too
1990-12-14
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his bab
The Habitation of Dragons
1992-09-08
Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their fa
The Baker
2023-07-27
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is kil
The Block
A former successful horror fiction writer overcomes writer's block after experiencing a mysterious e