FrameThrower · Actors · Elias Koteas
Elias Koteas
14 films · 944 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1991–2023
Born 11 March 1961 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elias Koteas is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Alvin "Al" Olinsky on the series Chicago P.D., Tom 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. James Stars in The Thin Red Line (1998), Edgar Reese in Fallen (1998), Antonio Freeman in Gattaca (1997), and Casey Jones in two of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.
He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Ararat (2002).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 944 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Elias takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Elias takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Last Days On Mars
2013 · Charles Brunel
Crash
1996 · Vaughan
The Adjuster
1991 · Noah
Janet Planet
2023 · Avi
Let Me In
2010 · The Policeman
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Joe Rothman
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009 · Reverend Popescu
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2008 · Monsieur Gateau
Two Lovers
2008 · Ronald Blatt
Zodiac
2007 · Jack Mulanax
Living Out Loud
1998 · The Kisser
Apt Pupil
1998 · Archie
Exotica
1994 · Eric
The Thin Red Line
· Capt. James Staros
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 944 frames from Elias Koteas's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.