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I didn’t really know where my life was headed after that. question-and-answer session NBC holds for the Television Critics Association, Koteas makes himself available for a little further interrogation.ĪSSIGNMENT X: When you finished working on THE KILLING, were you looking to play a character who had a slightly less dark soul?ĮLIAS KOTEAS: That took a bit of a toll, even though it was creatively fulfilling, it was a great experience working with great people.
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is a drama that is often dead serious, Olinsky seems a comparatively lighter character for Koteas (so far, at least).Īfter a CHICAGO P.D. Last season, Koteas had another police role, a season-long turn as a seemingly compassionate Seattlepolice captain who turned out to be a human monster on THE KILLING. Since then, he’s been in a number of notable feature films including Atom Egoyan’s EXOTICA, David Cronenberg’s CRASH, PROPHECY, David Fincher’s ZODIAC and Martin Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND. He had an early role as a skinhead in John Hughes’ SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. Koteas, a native of Montreal, studied acting in New York. On CHICAGO P.D., Elias Koteas plays undercover detective Alvin Olinsky, a master of blending into the background.
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The two series share characters and authentic Chicago locations, as well as executive producer Dick Wolf. NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE was such a hit of the 2012-2013 season that it took barely a year for it to launch a spin-off, CHICAGO P.D., Wednesday nights at 10 PM. Season 1 - "At Least It's Justice" | ©2014 NBC/Matt Dinerstein