Hi. My name is Mary and I'm a
retired Chief
Petty Officer from the United States Navy. I've served as a Navy journalist for 20 years and
retired in August 2003. My job took me all over the world (the saying
'join the Navy and see the world') is certainly true! In fact, the ship I was
stationed on in Japan, was in Cairns, Australia around the time the movie "The
Thin Red Line" was being filmed in Australia, only I didn't know it at the
time! I'm presently an independent associate for
Pre-Paid Legal, a company that I firmly believe in and of which I am a
member. My interest in Elias began when
I took my daughter to see "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" a few years ago.
While she was watching the Turtles battle the evil whatevers, I first spied
Casey Jones! I didn't know it was Elias at the time and a few years later when
I rented "Crash" I left the movie fascinated with the character of Vaughan.
Granted, the movie's subject matter is not everyone's cup of tea, but today,
Vaughan remains my favorite character Elias has portrayed.
I wanted to find out more about
him after viewing "Crash" and when I heard some of his other movies, I realized
that I had seen and admired him all along, but just didn't know it! Like I
said on the main page, I just didn't put two and two together. I mean, up to
that time I had seen some of his other movies (besides Turtles, "Some Kind of
Wonderful," "Tucker," "Almost and Angel" and "Look who's Talking Too.") When I
finally realized who he was, I was hooked and I'm proud to say he is firmly in
my heart as my favorite actor!
I have since purchased most of
Elias' major movies. All the mini-synopsis linked from the movies page are the
movies I own and have seen him in. I feel I can't adequately do a homepage on
someone without the proper research and background to better understand the
subject matter. I am always looking for copies of his early movies or those not
released on video, so I'm willing to negotiate a trade with anyone who may have
some movies I haven't seen. Please drop me a line!
I humbly dedicate this page to
Elias and hope that you get enjoyment out of reading it as I have out of
creating it. I'd love to hear from anyone else who is a fan of Elias. Oh, and
should the real Elias Koteas stop by, thank you for being you and please let me
know how you like my page.
I also would like to thank
Rob Decker
for his homepage that
started it all. Because of him, I found the enthusiasm to research and swap
info with him and the courage to actually put a page together. Rob and I call
each other "Elias' tied for #1 fan" and I think our two pages show
that! Rob is an Army reservist who was activated and is now overseas.
Because of Elias, I have
become a fan of movies directed by Atom Egoyan and I have made several friends
through our mutual interests in Elias and Atom. I'd love to hear from any other
fans of Elias' or Atom's work, so, please
