George Touliatos
Quick Facts
Biography
George Touliatos (born December 9, 1929) is an American actor. He co-founded the Front Street Theater in Memphis with Barbara Cason.
Personal life
Touliatos is of Greek descent. He attended the University of Iowa.
Career
Touliatos appeared opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen in the slasher film Prom Night (1980).
He appeared opposite Margot Kidder, Annie Potts and Robert Carradine in the 1981 Canadian film Heartaches.
Touliatos portrayed Dave in The Twilight Zone episode "Father and Son Game" (1989).
In 1992, he portrayed Chris in the 1992 film The Swordsman.
He portrayed a New Orleans bartender opposite Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones in the Bruce Beresford film Double Jeopardy (1999).
Touliatos played Lucio Malatesta in the 2002 film Avenging Angelo, starring Sylvester Stallone.
He appeared opposite Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon in Good Boy! (2003), in which he portrayed Mr. Leone.
In 2012, he appeared opposite Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis, a David Cronenburg film based on Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.
Select filmography
- I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978)
- Power Play (1978)
- Firepower (1979)
- Stone Cold Dead (1979)
- The Agency (1980)
- Virus (1980)
- Prom Night (1980)
- The Last Chase (1981)
- Heartaches (1981)
- Heavy Metal (1981)
- Firebird 2015 AD (1981)
- Utilities (1983)
- South of Wawa (1991)
- Crackerjack (1994)
- Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
- The Final Cut (1995)
- Hoods (1998)
- Double Jeopardy (1999)
- Here's to Life! (2000)
- Ignition (2001)
- Avenging Angelo (2002)
- Good Boy! (2003)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
- Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
- This Means War (2012)
- Cosmopolis (2012)