Elias Koteas Biography
Elias Koteas is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Alvin “Al” Olinsky in the Chicago franchise, but he has also appeared in a number of films in both lead and supporting roles. For his performance in the film Ararat (2002), he received the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Elias Koteas Age
in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is 62 years old as of March 2023.
Elias Koteas Education
Koteas attended both the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and Vanier College in Montreal.
Elias Koteas Height
He stands at a height of 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) tall.
Elias Koteas Family- Parents
Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Canadian National Railways mechanic father and a milliner mother.
Elias Koteas’s Wife- Children
He married Jennifer Rubin on 2 December 1987 but later divorced in 1990.
Elias Koteas Career
Among other films, Koteas has appeared in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Adjuster (1991), Exotica (1994), Crash (1996), Fallen (1998), and The Thin Red Line (1998). Koteas is also known for his roles as Thomas Daggett in The Prophecy (1995) and as sports-crazed vigilante Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. Let Me In and Defendor, a Canadian superhero film starring Woody Harrelson were both released in 2010. On television, he played Dominic Palladino in Season Four of The Sopranos and a man who shoots Dr. Gregory House in the Season Two finale of House.
Crash (1996), Cronenberg’s controversial film, was the talk of Cannes in 1996. Elias portrayed Vaughan, a self-proclaimed “mad scientist” with an unusual fetish: sexual pleasure in car accidents! Koteas has worked hard over the last two years, adding six new roles to his resume. As Capt. James Staros, the commanding officer of Charlie Company in The Thin Red Line (1998), he portrayed a man who cared about the safety of his men even at the risk of his own career. In 2000, he appeared in the thriller Lost Souls (2000), starring Winona Ryder, and on Broadway with Josh Brolin in the Sam Shepard play “True West.”
Elias Koteas’s Net Worth
Koteas has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars as of 2023.
Elias Koteas Movies
- 2001 Shot in the Heart
- 2002 The Sopranos
- 2004 Traffic
- 2005–2006 American Dad!
- 2006 Conviction
- 2006 House
- 2008 CSI:
- 2009 Saving Grace
- 2011 Combat Hospital
- 2012 Unforgettable
- 2013 The Killing
- 2013–2017 Chicago Fire
- 2014–2018 Chicago P.D.
- 2016–2018 Chicago Med
- 2017 Chicago Justice
- 2021 Goliath