Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas (/ˈɛliəs kəˈteɪəs/;^[2] Greek: Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor who has performed in lead and supporting roles in numerous films and television series. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002).

Elias Koteas
Koteas in 2010
Born	(1961-03-11) March 11, 1961 (age 64) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Jennifer Rubin ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1990)​ [1]

He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the Chicago television series franchise. Among the prominent films in which he has performed are Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Crash (1996), Fallen (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and Shutter Island (2010).

Early life

Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways and a milliner mother.^[3] His parents are both of Greek descent.^[4]

Koteas is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City as well as Vanier College in Montreal.^[5]

Career

Koteas has played major roles in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987),^[6] The Adjuster (1991),^[7] Exotica (1994),^[8] Crash (1996),^[9] Fallen (1998),^[10] and The Thin Red Line (1998),^[11] among other films. Koteas is also known for playing the lead role of Thomas Daggett in the American film The Prophecy (1995)^[12] and for portraying sports-crazed vigilante Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.^[5][13] In 2010, he played major roles in Let Me In^[14] and Defendor, a Canadian superhero film starring Woody Harrelson.^[15]

On television, he appeared in season four of The Sopranos as Dominic Palladino and in the season two finale of House as a man who shoots Dr. Gregory House.^[16] From 2014 to 2018, Koteas starred on the NBC Chicago Fire spin-off Chicago P.D. where he played Alvin "Al" Olinsky, a longtime undercover detective in the Intelligence Unit.^[17][18][19] He also appeared in all other Chicago franchise series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	One Magic Christmas	Eddie
1987	Some Kind of Wonderful	Duncan
	Gardens of Stone	Pete Deveber
1988	She's Having a Baby	Himself (cameo)	Uncredited
	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	Alex Tremulis
	Full Moon in Blue Water	Jimmy
	Malarek	Victor Malarek
1989	Blood Red	Silvio
	Friends, Lovers & Lunatics	Davey
1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Casey Jones
	Backstreet Dreams	Wizard
	Desperate Hours	Wally Bosworth
	Look Who's Talking Too	Stuart Jensen
	Almost an Angel	Steve Garner
1991	The Adjuster	Noah Render
1992	Chain of Desire	Jesus
1993	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	Casey Jones / Whit
	Cyborg 2	Colton Ricks
1994	Exotica	Eric / Club's DJ
	Camilla	Vincent Lopez
1995	The Prophecy	Thomas Dagget
	Power of Attorney	Paul Dellacroce
1996	Crash	Vaughan
	Hit Me	Sonny Rose
1997	Gattaca	Antonio Freeman
1998	Fallen	Edgar Reese
	Apt Pupil	Archie
	Living Out Loud	The Kisser
	The Thin Red Line	Capt. Staros
	Divorce: A Contemporary Western	Matt
2000	Dancing at the Blue Iguana	Sully
	Harrison's Flowers	Yeager Pollack
	Lost Souls	John Townsend
2001	Novocaine	Harlan Sangster
2002	Collateral Damage	Peter Brandt
	Ararat	Ali / Jevdet Bay
	Simone	Hank Aleno	Uncredited
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Arthur Ouimet
	The Big Empty	The Specialist
2007	Skinwalkers	Jonas Talbot
	Zodiac	Sgt. Jack Mulanax
	Shooter	Jack Payne
	Prisoner	Jailer
	The Girl in the Park	Raymond
2008	Two Lovers	Ronald Blatt
	Dark Streets	The Lieutenant
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Monsieur Gateau
2009	The Haunting in Connecticut	Reverend Popescu
	I Come with the Rain	Hasford
	Defendor	Chuck Dooney
	The Fourth Kind	Abel Campos
2010	The Killer Inside Me	Joe Rothman
	3 Backyards	John
	Shutter Island	Andrew Laeddis
	My Own Love Song	Dean
	Die	Mark Murdock
	Let Me In	The Policeman
2011	Winnie Mandela	Major de Vries
	Dream House	Boyce
	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Sergei Katsov
2013	The Last Days on Mars	Charles Brunel
	Now You See Me	Lionel Shrike	Uncredited
	Devil's Knot	Jerry Driver
	Jake Squared	Jake Klein
2017	My Days of Mercy	Simon Moro
2022	The Baker	Vic
2023	Janet Planet	Avi
2024	The Silent Planet	Theodore

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Private Sessions	Johnny O'Reilly	Television film
1988	Crime Story	Jerry Travers	Episode: "Roadrunner"
	Onassis: The Richest Man in the World	Young Aristotle Onassis	Television film
1995	Sugartime	Butch Blasi	Television film
2001	Shot in the Heart	Gary Gilmore	Television film
2002	The Sopranos	Dominic Palladino	Episode: "The Strong, Silent Type"
2004	Traffic	Mike McKay	3 episodes
2005–2006, 2025	American Dad!	Jim / Randy Goodtimes (voice)	3 episodes
2006	Conviction	Mike Randolph	Episode: "Pilot"
	House	Jack Moriarty	Episode: "No Reason"
2008	CSI: NY	Joe / Douglas Anderson	2 episodes
2009	Saving Grace	William Drugh	Episode: "The Live Ones"
2011	Combat Hospital	Colonel Xavier Marks	13 episodes
2012	Unforgettable	Sam Rhodes	Episode: "The Man in the Woods"
2013	The Killing	James Skinner	11 episodes
2013–2017	Chicago Fire	Alvin "Al" Olinsky	4 episodes
2014–2018, 2024	Chicago P.D.	Alvin "Al" Olinsky	Main cast: 106 episodes guest: Season 11, Episode 13: "More"
2016–2018	Chicago Med	Alvin "Al" Olinsky	3 episodes
2017	Chicago Justice	Alvin "Al" Olinsky	Episode: "Fake"
2021	Goliath	Tom True	Season 4 Recurring cast[20][21]
	Guilty Party	Charles "Tuna" Billingham	3 episodes