{"id":29909,"date":"2026-07-10T18:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=elias-koteas"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:51:03","slug":"elias-koteas","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=elias-koteas","title":{"rendered":"Elias Koteas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elias Koteas\u00a0(born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin &#8220;Al&#8221; Olinsky on the\u00a0series Chicago\u00a0P.D.,\u00a0Tom 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. 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