Elias Koteas in Greatest Game Ever Played, The (2005)
ELIAS KOTEAS (Arthur Ouimet) was cast early in his career by director Francis Ford in both Gardens of Stone and Tucker. Koteas then landed the role in Peter Masterson’s Full Moon in Blue Water and was later chosen for the lead role in Roger Cardinal’s Malarek. His haunting performance as true-life journalist Victor Malarek earned Koteas the first of two Genie nominations (Canada’s Oscar®) for Best Actor.
Koteas broke out as an international sensation after his starring role in David Cronenberg’s controversial Crash, and was recognized for his portrayal of a war-numbed commander in Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line. Koteas’ other film credits include Novocaine, Harrison’s Flowers and the HBO original movie Shot in the Heart, in which he played notorious murderer Gary Gilmore. Koteas has worked on several occasions with Canadian director Atom Egoyan, starring in Egoyan’s The Adjuster; Exotica, for which Koteas garnered a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actor; and Ararat, for which he won the Genie for Best Supporting Actor.
Koteas also received notice for his co-starring roles in Gattaca starring Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, and Gregory Hoblit’s supernatural thriller Fallen opposite Denzel Washington. Additional film credits include Bryan Singer’s Apt Pupil; Living Out Loud with Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito; and Steven Shainberg’s Hit Me, a modern noir adaptation of Jim Thompson’s A Swell Looking Babe. Koteas’ television credits include a co-starring role opposite John Turturro and Mary-Louise Parker in HBO’s Sugartime, and Horton Foote’s searing familial drama The Habitation of Dragons. Most recently Koteas starred in USA Network’s Emmy®-nominated Traffic: The Mini-Series. Koteas has starred in numerous theater productions, including Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Yale Repertory Theatre and True West on Broadway, directed by Matthew Warchus.
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