
Elias Koteas
Department: Acting
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).
Known For

Crash
1996

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990

Zodiac
2007

Two Lovers
2008

Exotica
1994

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008

Novocaine
2001

The Fourth Kind
2009

Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001

Shutter Island
2010

Shooter
2007

I Come with the Rain
2009

Desperate Hours
1990

The Prophecy
1995

Harrison's Flowers
2000

The Thin Red Line
1998

S1m0ne
2002

Almost an Angel
1990

Collateral Damage
2002

One Magic Christmas
1985

Defendor
2009

Gardens of Stone
1987

Full Moon in Blue Water
1988

Let Me In
2010

Skinwalkers
2006

The Adjuster
1991

Some Kind of Wonderful
1987

The Killer Inside Me
2010

My Own Love Song
2010

The Girl in the Park
2007

Ararat
2002

Cyborg 2
1993

Private Sessions
1985

Hit Me
1996

A Letter to Elia
2010

3 Backyards
2010

The Haunting in Connecticut
2009

Dream House
2011

Dark Streets
2008

Die
2010

Winnie Mandela
2011

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011

Now You See Me
2013

Camilla
1994

Chain of Desire
1993

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988

The Silent Planet
2024

Shot in the Heart
2001

Devil's Knot
2013

Prisoner
2007

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007

Blood Red
1989

The Last Days on Mars
2013

Janet Planet
2024

Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002

Contact
1992

Malarek
1988

Power of Attorney
1995

The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005

Lost Souls
2000

Fallen
1998

Jake Squared
2014

The Big Empty
2005

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993

Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998

Sugartime
1995

Living Out Loud
1998

Apt Pupil
1998

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988

Atlantic City
1980

My Days of Mercy
2018

She's Having a Baby
1988

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004

Gattaca
1997

Look Who's Talking Too
1990

The Habitation of Dragons
1992

The Baker
2023

The Block
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God of Tides
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The Sopranos
1999

House
2004

American Dad!
2005

CSI: NY
2004

Saving Grace
2007

Traffic
2004

The Directors
1999

Combat Hospital
2011

The Killing
2011

Chicago P.D.
2014

Chicago Fire
2012

Goliath
2016

Unforgettable
2011

Chicago Med
2015

Chicago Justice
2017

The Frame
2013

Conviction
2006