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).

Filmography

• 2024Janet Planet — Avi
• 2024The Silent Planet — Theo
• 2023The Baker — Vic
• 2018My Days of Mercy — Simon
• Chicago Justice — Alvin Olinsky
• Goliath — Tom True
• Chicago Med — Alvin Olinsky
• Chicago P.D. — Alvin Olinsky
• 2014Jake Squared — Jake Klein, Producer
• 2013Devil's Knot — Jerry Driver
• 2013Now You See Me — Lionel Shrike (uncredited)
• The Frame — Vaughan
• 2013The Last Days on Mars — Charles Brunel
• Chicago Fire — Alvin Olinsky
• 2011A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas — Sergie Katsov
• Combat Hospital — Colonel Marks
• 2011Dream House — Boyce
• The Killing — James Skinner
• Unforgettable — Sam Rhodes
• 2011Winnie Mandela — Colonel de Vries
• 20103 Backyards — John
• 2010A Letter to Elia — Elia Kazan (Voice)
• 2010Die — Mark Murdock
• 2010Let Me In — The Policeman
• 2010My Own Love Song — Dean
• 2010Shutter Island — Laeddis
• 2010The Killer Inside Me — Joe Rothman
• 2009Defendor — Chuck Dooney
• 2009I Come with the Rain — Hasford
• 2009The Fourth Kind — Abel Campos
• 2009The Haunting in Connecticut — Reverend Popescu
• 2008Dark Streets — Lieutenant
• 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Monsieur Gateau
• 2008Two Lovers — Ronald Blatt
• 2007Prisoner — Jailer
• Saving Grace — William Drugh
• 2007Shooter — Jack Payne
• 2007The Girl in the Park — Raymond
• 2007Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows — Val Lewton (voice)
• 2007Zodiac — Jack Mulanax
• Conviction — Mike Randolph
• 2006Skinwalkers — Jonas
• American Dad! — Jim (voice)
• 2005The Big Empty — The Specialist
• 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played — Arthur Ouimet
• CSI: NY — Joe
• House — Jack Moriarty
• Traffic — Mike McKay
• 2002Ararat — Ali / Jevdet Bay
• 2002Collateral Damage — Peter Brandt
• 2002S1m0ne — Hank Alano
• 2001Dancing at the Blue Iguana — Sully
• 2001Novocaine — Harlan Sangster
• 2001Shot in the Heart — Gary Gilmore
• 2000Harrison's Flowers — Yeager Pollack
• 2000Lost Souls — John Townsend
• The Sopranos — Dominic Palladino
• 1998Apt Pupil — Archie
• 1998Divorce: A Contemporary Western
• 1998Fallen — Edgar Reese
• 1998Living Out Loud — The Kisser
• 1998The Thin Red Line — Capt. James Staros
• 1997Gattaca — Antonio Freeman
• 1996Crash — Vaughan
• 1996Hit Me — Sonny Rose
• 1995Power of Attorney — Paul Dellacroce
• 1995Sugartime — Butch Blasi
• 1995The Prophecy — Thomas Daggett
• 1994Camilla — Vincent Lopez
• 1994Exotica — Eric
• 1993Cyborg 2 — Colson 'Colt' Ricks
• 1993Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III — Casey Jones / Whit
• 1992Chain of Desire — Jesus
• 1992Contact — Mohannan
• 1992The Habitation of Dragons — Wally Smith
• 1991The Adjuster — Noah
• 1990Almost an Angel — Steve Garner
• 1990Backstreet Dreams — Wizard
• 1990Desperate Hours — Wally Bosworth
• 1990Look Who's Talking Too — Stuart
• 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Casey Jones
• 1989Blood Red — Silvio
• 1989Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics — Davey
• 1989Στρατηγός καλεί ροκάδες... — Writer
• 1988Full Moon in Blue Water — Jimmy
• 1988Malarek — Victor Malarek
• 1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the World — Young Aristotle Onassis
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Elias Koteas (uncredited)
• 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Alex
• 1987Gardens of Stone — Pete Deveber
• 1987Some Kind of Wonderful — Skinhead
• 1985One Magic Christmas — Eddie
• 1985Private Sessions — Johnny O'Reilly
• 1980Atlantic City — Extra (uncredited)
• God of Tides — Walker
• Little One
• The Block

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick — Self
• The Directors — Self