Biography
Elias KoteasΒ (born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin "Al" Olinsky on theΒ series ChicagoΒ P.D.,Β 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 JonesΒ in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesΒ films.
He won theΒ Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting ActorΒ for his role in the filmΒ AraratΒ (2002). He has appeared in many films includingΒ Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), The Adjuster (1991),Β ExoticaΒ (1994),Β The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Living Out LoudΒ (1998),Β Harrison's Flowers (2002), ZodiacΒ (2007), and Skinwalkers (2007).
Filmography (98)
The Silent Planet
2024
Janet Planet
2024
The Baker
2023
My Days of Mercy
2018
Chicago Justice
2017
Goliath
2016
Chicago Med
2015
Jake Squared
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
Now You See Me
2013
Devil's Knot
2013
The Last Days on Mars
2013
The Frame
2013
Chicago Fire
2012
Dream House
2011
Winnie Mandela
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
Combat Hospital
2011
The Killing
2011
Unforgettable
2011
Shutter Island
2010
Let Me In
2010
The Killer Inside Me
2010
My Own Love Song
2010
A Letter to Elia
2010
3 Backyards
2010
Die
2010
The Fourth Kind
2009
I Come with the Rain
2009
Defendor
2009
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009
Two Lovers
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
Dark Streets
2008
Zodiac
2007
Shooter
2007
The Girl in the Park
2007
Prisoner
2007
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
2007
Saving Grace
2007
Skinwalkers
2006
Conviction
2006
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
The Big Empty
2005
American Dad!
2005
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
House
2004
CSI: NY
2004
Traffic
2004
S1m0ne
2002
Collateral Damage
2002
Ararat
2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
Novocaine
2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
Shot in the Heart
2001
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Lost Souls
2000
The Sopranos
1999
The Directors
1999
The Thin Red Line
1998
Fallen
1998
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
Living Out Loud
1998
Apt Pupil
1998
Gattaca
1997
Crash
1996
Hit Me
1996
The Prophecy
1995
Power of Attorney
1995
Sugartime
1995
Exotica
1994
Camilla
1994
Cyborg 2
1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993
Chain of Desire
1992
Contact
1992
The Habitation of Dragons
1992
The Adjuster
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
Desperate Hours
1990
Almost an Angel
1990
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
Blood Red
1989
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Malarek
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
She's Having a Baby
1988
Gardens of Stone
1987
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987
One Magic Christmas
1985
Private Sessions
1985
Atlantic City
1980
The Block
God of Tides
Little One