Costas Mandylor is a Greek Australian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Kenny in Picket Fences

Picket Fences

Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...

, and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the Saw films.

Early life

Mandylor was born in Melbourne, the son of Louise (née Mandylaris) and Yannis Theodosopoulos, who is a taxi driver. He is of Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 ancestry. Mandylor took his mother's maiden name citing his real name in Greek being too long. He grew up in St Kilda

St Kilda, Victoria

St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

 and South Melbourne

South Melbourne, Victoria

South Melbourne is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne...

. He moved to the United States in 1987 where he started taking acting lessons. He was initially unable to find any work acting and had to work any job available.

Career

Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989 film Triumph of the Spirit

Triumph of the Spirit

Triumph of the Spirit is a 1989 American film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Willem Dafoe and Edward James Olmos. The majority of the film is set in the death camp at Auschwitz during the Holocaust and details how the Jewish boxer Salamo Arouch was forces to fight other internees to the...

playing a European Jew, which was filmed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp

Auschwitz concentration camp

Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...

. He returned to Los Angeles meeting director Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

 and auditioned and got the role of an Italian count in The Doors

The Doors (film)

The Doors is a 1991 biopic about the 1960s-1970s rock band of the same name which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison. It was directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Val Kilmer as Morrison, Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson , Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek, Frank Whaley as Robby Krieger,...

(1991). Mandylor landed a leading role in Mobsters

Mobsters

Mobsters is a 1991 crime-drama film detailing the creation of the The Commission. Set in New York City, taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.-Plot:This highly dramatized...

playing a New York gangster, Frank Costello. He went mentally prepared for the role, telling the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

, "It was interesting that I got that part, because I felt tuned in to gangsters, it was a genre I'd read a lot. When I was 13, I got a job as a dishwasher in a Melbourne nightclub and saw everything there, real gangsters, and had met characters who were dangerous people from an underground world." In 1992 he had a lead role on the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 television drama, Picket Fences

Picket Fences

Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...

, playing officer Kenny Lacos until the show ended in 1996. Mandylor also had a lead role in the Saw films as Detective Mark Hoffman.

Personal life

Mandylor played professional soccer in Europe until suffering shin splints

Shin splints

Shin splints or medial tibial stress syndrome refers to pain along or just behind the shins with sports that apply extreme pressure to the legs, such as gymnastics...

. In 1991, he was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the world". Mandylor married Talisa Soto

Talisa Soto

-Early life:Born Miriam Soto in Brooklyn, New York, Soto is the youngest of four children born to an Italian mother and a Canadian father of Puerto Rican descent. Her parents later relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts where Soto and her siblings were raised and educated.-Modeling:At the age of...

 in May 1997; they divorced in 2000. His brother, Louis Mandylor

Louis Mandylor

Louis Mandylor is an Australian film and television actor.-Life and career:Mandylor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Greek immigrants Louise and Yannis Theodosopoulos, a taxi driver...

, is also an actor.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Triumph of the Spirit Triumph of the Spirit Triumph of the Spirit is a 1989 American film directed by Robert M. Young and starring Willem Dafoe and Edward James Olmos. The majority of the film is set in the death camp at Auschwitz during the Holocaust and details how the Jewish boxer Salamo Arouch was forces to fight other internees to the...	Avram Arouch
1991		Italian Count
1991	Soapdish Soapdish Soapdish is a 1991 comedy film which tells a backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular fictional television soap opera. It stars Sally Field as an aging soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy...	Mark
1991	Mobsters Mobsters Mobsters is a 1991 crime-drama film detailing the creation of the The Commission. Set in New York City, taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.-Plot:This highly dramatized...	Frank Costello
1993	Fatal Past	Costello
1994	Almost Dead	Detective Dominic Delaserra
1995	Venus Rising Venus Rising Venus Rising was a 1995 film starring Jessica Alba, Henry Bean and Morgan Fairchild the film was released on November 30, 1995....	Vegas
1995	Fist of the North Star Fist of the North Star (1995 film) Fist of the North Star is a 1995 American straight-to-video live-action film based on the eponymous manga by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. The film was directed by Tony Randel, who also co-wrote the script with Peter Akins, and stars Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn, Isako Washio, and Malcom...	Lord Shin
1995	Delta of Venus Delta of Venus (film) Delta of Venus is a 1994 drama film—though it was released in 1995—based on the book of the same name by Anaïs Nin about an American who begins an affair with another expatriate American in pre-World War II Paris. The film was directed by Zalman King, and stars Audie England, Costas Mandylor, and...	Lawrence Walters	Lead role
1995	Virtuosity Virtuosity Virtuosity is a 1995 techno-thriller film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells the story of a virtual villain's successful attempt to escape into the "real world". SID 6.7, the villain program portrayed by Russell Crowe, is eventually transplanted into an android body and escapes...	John Donovan
1996	Shame	Mark
1996	Portraits of a Killer	George G. Kendall
1996	Crosscut	Martin Niconi
1997	Just Write Just Write Just Write is a 1997 romantic comedy directed by Andrew Gallerani starring Jeremy Piven, Sherilyn Fenn, JoBeth Williams and Wallace Shawn.-Plot:...	Rich Adams
1997	Stand-ins	Jack Turner
1998	Shame, Shame, Shame	McCarthy
1998	Double Take	Hector Stroessner/Ray Soldado
1998	Conversations in Limbo
1998	Shelter	Nikos Kostantinos
1998	My Brother Cicero My Brother Cicero My Brother Cicero is a 1998 comedy short film written by Louis Mandylor and Tony Nittoli starring Louis Mandylor, Costas Mandylor and Tony Nittoli...	Cicero
1999	Stealth Fighter Stealth Fighter Stealth Fighter is an action film released in 1999. The film stars Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Erika Eleniak, Sarah Dampf, William Sadler, Ernie Hudson, and Andrew Divoff.-Film synopsis:...	Ryan Mitchell
2000	Gangland	Jared
2000	Intrepid	Alan Decker
2001	Turn of Faith	Bobby Giordano
2001		Monash Deputy
2001	Above & Beyond	Michael Amorosa
2002	Cover Story	Kevin Dodd
2002	The Real Deal	Instructor
2002	Hitters	Tony
2004	Dinocroc DinoCroc Dinocroc is a 2004 horror film, starring Charles Napier and Joanna Pacuła, produced by Roger Corman, and directed by Kevin O'Neill. It had a limited theatrical release in early 2004 before premiering on the Syfy Channel in April of that year...	Dick Sydney
2004	The Eavesdropper	Aiden Porter
2005		Charlie "Gloves" Columbo
2005	Dr. Chopper Dr. Chopper Dr. Chopper is a 2005 American horror film. The plot centers on five young friends who while heading for vacation at a family cabin encounter a notorious chopper-riding serial killer Dr. Fielding, alias "Dr. Chopper" and his two cannibalistic female assistants, who murder and dismember people in...	Terrell	Direct-to-video
2005	Sub Zero	John Deckert	Direct-to-video
2005	The Shore	Raymond
2006	Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York is a 2006 American Disaster film directed by Robert Lee. It stars Costas Mandylor, Alexandra Paul and Michael Ironside. It was produced by Front Street Productions and Lava Lane Productions and was distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.- Plot :A volcano...	Matt
2006	Payback	Billy
2006	Saw III Saw III Saw III is a 2006 Canadian-American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a screenplay by Leigh Whannell and story by James Wan and Whannell. Wan and Whannell directed and wrote Saw and Bousman wrote and directed Saw II. It is the third film in the seven-part Saw film series and stars...	Mark Hoffman
2007	Made in Brooklyn Made in Brooklyn Made in Brooklyn is the second solo studio album by Wu-Tang Clan member Masta Killa, released on August 8, 2006 on Nature Sounds Records. Recording sessions took place during 2004 to 2006. Production was handled by Pete Rock, Bronze Nazareth, Whyz Ruler and MF Doom, as well as guest appearances...	Joey
2007	Nobody	Mortemain/Noe
2007	Saw IV Saw IV Saw IV is a 2007 Canadian-American horror film and midquel to 2006's Saw III. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by newcomers Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton. The film was released in North America on October 26, 2007...	Mark Hoffman	Lead role
2007	Beowulf Beowulf (2007 film) Beowulf is a 2007 American animated fantasy film written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary inspired by the Old English epic poem of the same name. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film was created through a motion capture process similar to the technique he used in The Polar Express...	Hondshew
2008	Lost Warrior: Left Behind
2008	Emma Blue	Del
2008		Jesus
2008	In the Eyes of a Killer	Congressman Donaldson
2008	Toxic	Steve
2008	Saw V Saw V Saw V is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson...	Mark Hoffman	Lead role
2008		Frank Lazaridis
2009	Immortally Yours	Rex
2009	Saw VI Saw VI Saw VI is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment of the seven–part Saw film series and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith...	Mark Hoffman	Lead role
2010	The Cursed (film)	Jimmy Muldoon	Real life brother Louis Mandylor Louis Mandylor Louis Mandylor is an Australian film and television actor.-Life and career:Mandylor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Greek immigrants Louise and Yannis Theodosopoulos, a taxi driver...  plays on-screen brother
2010	Sinners and Saints	Raymond Crowe
2010	Torn Torn (film) TORN is a 2009 American independent drama film written and directed by Richard Johnson. This was his debut feature length narrative film.- Production :...	Steve Clay	Awaiting release
2010	Hyenas Hyenas (film) Hyenas is a 2010 supernatural horror film, written and directed by Eric Weston.-Cast:* Christa Campbell as Wilda* Costas Mandylor as Gannon* Joshua Alba as Marco* Rudolf Martin as Sheriff Manfred* Christina Murphy as Gina...	Gannon
2010	An Affirmative Act	Matthew	Post-production Post-production Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
2010	Saw 3D	Mark Hoffman	Lead role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992– 1996	Picket Fences Picket Fences Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...	Kenny Lacos	83 episodes
1993	Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...		Episode: "Half-Way Horrible"
1995	Falling for You	Paul Blankenship	Television film
1996	Last Exit to Earth	Jaid	Television film
1996		Lee Taylor	Episode: "The Heist"
1997	F/X: The Series F/X: The Series F/X: The Series was a television series based on the film F/X, starring Cameron Daddo, Christina Cox, Kevin Dobson , Jacqueline Torres , Carrie-Anne Moss and Jason Blicker. It ran for 40 episodes from 1996 through 1998....	Jerry Tamblin	Episode: "Get Fast"
1997	Love-Struck	Cupid on Earth Cupid In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of desire, affection and erotic love. He is the son of the goddess Venus and the god Mars. His Greek counterpart is Eros...	Television film
1997– 1998	Players	Alphonse Royo	18 episodes
1998		Mike Hanlon	Television film
1998	Exiled Exiled Exiled is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Roy Cheung, Francis Ng, and Simon Yam. The action takes place in contemporary Macau.-Plot:...	Gianni Uzielli	Television film
1999	Bonanno: A Godfather's Story	Salvatore Bonanno	Television film
2000	Secret Agent Man	Monk	9 episodes
2000	Resurrection Blvd. Resurrection Blvd. Resurrection Blvd. is an American dramatic series which aired on Showtime for three seasons from 2000 to 2002.-Plot:In East Los Angeles, California, the Santiago family has had three generations of boxers within the family. They continue their battle to become boxing champions while struggling with...	Aaron Cross	Episode: "Luchando" Episode: "Cholitas"
2001	Nash Bridges Nash Bridges Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...	Vincent Corell	Episode: " "Something Borrowed"
2001	Sanctuary	Nathan Delaney	Television film
2001	Sex and the City Sex and the City Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...	Friar	Episode: "The Agony and the Ex-tacy"
2002	Andromeda Andromeda (TV series) Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...	Bobby Jensen	Episode: "Be All My Sins Remembered"
2002	Sacred Ground	Greg	Episode: "Behind the Words" Episode: "Walk Like a Man"
2002	Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...	Rick Lang	Episode: "Saving Private Leo
2002	She Spies She Spies She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's...	Mica Divornak	Episode: "Poster Girl"
2002	Scent of Danger	Chris Milos	Television film
2003	Fastlane Fastlane (TV series) Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...	Reno Castelli	Episode: "Slippery Slope"
2004	Just Desserts Just Desserts (film) Just Desserts is a made-for-television 2004 romantic comedy. It premiered on Hallmark Channel on February 8, 2004.- Plot summary :Marco Poloni enters a baking competition entitled "The Golden Whisk" to attract publicity and win prize money to support his struggling family-owned bakery...	Marco Poloni	Television film on Hallmark Channel Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
2004– 2006	7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...	Beau Brewer	5 episodes
2007		Ernesto	Episode: "For Whom the Bells Toll"
2007	Primal Doubt	Chase Harper	Television film

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