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'' (2002), a role he reprised in the sequel '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016).

Early life

Mandylor was born in

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, Australia, the son Greek immigrants. He is the younger brother of fellow actor Costas Mandylor. He and his brother took a shorter version of their mother's last name, citing their paternal last name as being too long. He played for

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(Megas Alexandros) in their 1988 State League championship team. He also played five National League games in 1989 and scored one goal. During his football career, he was also boxing in Melbourne, winning 14 fights with 4 losses. He then emigrated to the United States to originally pursue a boxing career and then subsequently an acting career.

Career

Mandylor played Nick Portokalos in ''

'' (2002); he reprised the role in its spin-off TV series ''

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'' (2003) and the movie sequel '' My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' (2016). He made a guest appearance on '' Relic Hunter'' with

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. He played Louis Malone in the first season of ''

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'' alongside

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. Mandylor appeared in the sitcom '' Friends'', pretending to be

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in " The One With Unagi". He appeared twice on '' CSI: Miami''; in the third season (2004) as a robber/killer, and in a different role in the eighth season (2009). He and his brother Costas have acted alongside each other in the '' Charmed'' episode " Saving Private Leo" (2002), the crime thriller '' Sinners and Saints'' (2010) and " My Brother Cicero" (1998), a short movie which Louis wrote and produced. Louis portrayed Deputy Lloyd in the Syfy thriller film '' The Cursed''; he stars alongside his brother Costas. One of his more popular roles was that of Bobby DeLuca in the film '' Suckers'' (2001), where he plays a good-guy turned car salesman.

Filmography

Film and TV Movies

Television

References

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