Cast & creator
Elias Koteas
Best known for American Dad!, House, Chicago P.D.
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).
Also known as: Ηλίας Κοτέας, الیاس کوتیاس
84
film credits
17
television credits
99
1980–2024 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (101)
Showing 101 of 101 credits
American Dad!
Jim (voice)
2005
House
Jack Moriarty
2004
Chicago P.D.
Alvin Olinsky
2014
Chicago Fire
Alvin Olinsky
2012
Chicago Med
Alvin Olinsky
2015
The Sopranos
Dominic Palladino
1999
CSI: NY
Joe
2004
Unforgettable
Sam Rhodes
2011
Goliath
Tom True
2016
Shutter Island
Laeddis
2010
The Killing
James Skinner
2011
Saving Grace
William Drugh
2007
Now You See Me
Lionel Shrike (uncredited)
2013
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Monsieur Gateau
2008
Shooter
Jack Payne
2007
The Thin Red Line
Capt. James Staros
1998
Chicago Justice
Alvin Olinsky
2017
Zodiac
Jack Mulanax
2007
Conviction
Mike Randolph
2006
Gattaca
Antonio Freeman
1997
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Casey Jones
1990
Collateral Damage
Peter Brandt
2002
Let Me In
The Policeman
2010
Fallen
Edgar Reese
1998
Crash
Vaughan
1996
The Directors
Self
1999
The Fourth Kind
Abel Campos
2009
The Frame
Vaughan
2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Casey Jones / Whit
1993
Janet Planet
Avi
2024
Traffic
Mike McKay
2004
The Prophecy
Thomas Daggett
1995
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Arthur Ouimet
2005
Two Lovers
Ronald Blatt
2008
Dream House
Boyce
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Sergie Katsov
2011
Devil's Knot
Jerry Driver
2013
The Haunting in Connecticut
Reverend Popescu
2009
The Baker
Vic
2023
The Killer Inside Me
Joe Rothman
2010
Combat Hospital
Colonel Marks
2011
Look Who's Talking Too
Stuart
1990
The Last Days on Mars
Charles Brunel
2013
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Alex
1988
Lost Souls
John Townsend
2000
Some Kind of Wonderful
Skinhead
1987
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Sully
2001
Apt Pupil
Archie
1998
My Days of Mercy
Simon
2018
Gardens of Stone
Pete Deveber
1987
Desperate Hours
Wally Bosworth
1990
Skinwalkers
Jonas
2006
Atlantic City
Extra (uncredited)
1980
My Own Love Song
Dean
2010
S1m0ne
Hank Alano
2002
Defendor
Chuck Dooney
2009
The Girl in the Park
Raymond
2007
She's Having a Baby
Elias Koteas (uncredited)
1988
Cyborg 2
Colson 'Colt' Ricks
1993
One Magic Christmas
Eddie
1985
Exotica
Eric
1994
Little One
Winnie Mandela
Colonel de Vries
2011
Ararat
Ali / Jevdet Bay
2002
I Come with the Rain
Hasford
2009
Living Out Loud
The Kisser
1998
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Young Aristotle Onassis
1988
Harrison's Flowers
Yeager Pollack
2000
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows
Val Lewton (voice)
2007
Full Moon in Blue Water
Jimmy
1988
3 Backyards
John
2010
Novocaine
Harlan Sangster
2001
Almost an Angel
Steve Garner
1990
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self (archive footage)
2004
Backstreet Dreams
Wizard
1990
Prisoner
Jailer
2007
Dark Streets
Lieutenant
2008
Shot in the Heart
Gary Gilmore
2001
Blood Red
Silvio
1989
The Adjuster
Noah
1991
Contact
Mohannan
1992
Divorce: A Contemporary Western
1998
A Letter to Elia
Elia Kazan (Voice)
2010
The Habitation of Dragons
Wally Smith
1992
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002
Chain of Desire
Jesus
1992
Jake Squared
Jake Klein
2014Jake Squared
Producer
2014
Camilla
Vincent Lopez
1994The Big Empty
The Specialist
2005
Power of Attorney
Paul Dellacroce
1995
Die
Mark Murdock
2010
The Silent Planet
Theo
2024
Private Sessions
Johnny O'Reilly
1985
Hit Me
Sonny Rose
1996God of Tides
Walker
Sugartime
Butch Blasi
1995
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Davey
1989
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1989
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1988