Costas Mandylor (born Constantinos "Costas" Theodosopoulos, Greek:
Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Θεοδοσόπουλος, 3
September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role
as Kenny in Picket Fences and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the Saw
films.Mandylor was born in Melbourne the son of Greek immigrants from
the region of the Peloponnese, Louise (née Mandylaris) from Kalamata
and Yannis Theodosopoulos from Tripoli, who is a taxi driver. Mandylor
took a version of his mother's maiden name, citing his real name in
Greek being too long. He grew up in St Kilda and South 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.Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989
film Triumph of the Spirit playing a European Jew, which was filmed at
the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He returned to Los Angeles meeting
director Oliver Stone and auditioned and got the role of an Italian
count in The Doors (1991). Mandylor landed a leading role in Mobsters
playing Mafia boss Frank Costello. He went mentally prepared for the
role, telling the Los Angeles Times, "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 television drama, Picket Fences,
playing officer Kenny Lacos until the show ended in 1996. Mandylor
also had a lead role in the Saw films as Detective Mark Hoffman.
Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Θεοδοσόπουλος, 3
September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role
as Kenny in Picket Fences and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the Saw
films.Mandylor was born in Melbourne the son of Greek immigrants from
the region of the Peloponnese, Louise (née Mandylaris) from Kalamata
and Yannis Theodosopoulos from Tripoli, who is a taxi driver. Mandylor
took a version of his mother's maiden name, citing his real name in
Greek being too long. He grew up in St Kilda and South 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.Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989
film Triumph of the Spirit playing a European Jew, which was filmed at
the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He returned to Los Angeles meeting
director Oliver Stone and auditioned and got the role of an Italian
count in The Doors (1991). Mandylor landed a leading role in Mobsters
playing Mafia boss Frank Costello. He went mentally prepared for the
role, telling the Los Angeles Times, "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 television drama, Picket Fences,
playing officer Kenny Lacos until the show ended in 1996. Mandylor
also had a lead role in the Saw films as Detective Mark Hoffman.
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