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Costas Mandylor at an event for Saw IV (2007)

Biography

Costas Mandylor

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Overview

  • Born
    September 3, 1965 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Birth name
    Costas Theodosopoulos
  • Height
    5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)

Biography

    • Costas Mandylor is an Australian actor best known for his role as Detective Mark Hoffman in the Saw film franchise. Born in Melbourne to Greek parents, he began his career in the late 1980s with a supporting role in Triumph of the Spirit (1989) and rose to prominence playing Officer Kenny Lacos on the CBS series Picket Fences (1992), a performance that earned him two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Mandylor starred in Mobsters (1991) as Frank Costello and appeared in films such as Fist of the North Star (1995), The Game of Their Lives (2005), and In Like Flynn (2018). His role in the Saw franchise began with a small appearance in Saw III (2006) and expanded into a lead role across multiple sequels, becoming the central antagonist of the series. Before acting, Mandylor played professional soccer in Europe and later moved to the United States to pursue acting, adopting his stage name from his mother's maiden name. He is the older brother of actor Louis Mandylor and was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1991.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Capamaroux

Family

  • Spouses
      Victoria Ramos(October 10, 2013 - present)
      Talisa Soto(May 1997 - 2000) (divorced)
  • Relatives
      Louis Mandylor(Sibling)

Trademarks

  • Often plays heartthrobs, or villainous characters
  • Posing for photographs with raised fists or finger guns
  • Australian accent.
  • Extremely deep voice
  • Mark Hoffman in the SAW movies

Trivia

  • Played professional soccer for Greece and Australia until he suffered stress fractures to his shins. He also boxes and trained with his brother, Louis Mandylor, in Thai kickboxing.
  • Australian-born and of Greek descent, Costas and his brother, actor Louis Mandylor are the sons of Yannis and Louise Theodosopoulos. When they got into acting, the brothers changed their surname to "Mandylor", a variation of their mother's maiden name ("Mandylaris"). The two shared the screen as homicidal ghost siblings in Saving Private Leo (2002).
  • Resides in Pasadena, California, with his wife Victoria, daughter Athena, and dog Lucas.
  • Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.
  • Was in a short film called My Brother Cicero (1998). His brother Louis Mandylor produced and co-wrote it.

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