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Elias Koteas

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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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Zodiac

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Gattaca

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Shutter Island

As Laeddis

Shooter

As Jack Payne

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

As Monsieur Gateau

Crash

As Vaughan

Fallen

As Edgar Reese

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

As Casey Jones

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When Finishing Beats Winning

A chain of films where the protagonist loses the official contest but achieves a deeper, personal victory, redefining what it means to go the distance.

8 films

The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority

From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...

8 films

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