Attila Kaszás (; 16 March 1960 – 23 March 2007) was a Slovak-born Hungarian actor.

Early life

Attila Kaszás born in

Šaľa Šaľa (, ; , ) is a town in Šaľa District within Nitra Region in south-western Slovakia. Geography Šaľa is located on the Danubian Lowland on both banks of the Váh River, around 65 km from Bratislava and 30 km from Nové Zámky. Be ...

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, but he spent his childhood in Vlčany, where his parents taught in the local school. He went then to the in

János Selye János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (; ; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982) was a Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors. Although he did n ...

High School in

Komárno Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old ...

. From 1979 he studied at the

Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest The Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (, SZFE) is an educational institution founded in 1865 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary. It became a university in 2000 and the name was changed to University of Theatre and Film Arts ...

, where he finished in 1983. From 1984 he was the member of the

Vígszínház The Comedy Theatre of Budapest () is a theatre in Budapest. Starting in the late 19th century as an opposition to the conservative National Theatre (Budapest), National Theatre, it became a pioneer institution of Hungary, Hungarian drama, and one o ...

for 15 years, then he worked as a freelancer for 4 years. From 2003 he was the member of the National Theatre. He played roles in the ''József Katona Theatre'' in

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

, ''New Theatre'' in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, ''Kamaraszínház'' in Budapest, ''Rock Theatre'' in Budapest and in

Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

, Kecskemét,

Sopron Sopron (; , ) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő. History Ancient times-13th century In the Iron Age a hilltop settlement with a burial ground existed in the neighbourhood of Sopron-Várhely. When ...

and

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

. He reached his first success in 1990 in

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

's comedy, ''

Leonce and Lena ''Leonce and Lena'' () is a play by German dramatist Georg Büchner (1813–1837); while considered a comedy, it is a satire veiled in humor. Written in the spring of 1836 for a competition 'for the best one- or two-act comedy in prose or verse' ...

'', acting Leonce. He got the Best Actor-prize then. In his career he played main character in more than 50 acts, TV and movie roles. With his finest sound he played in several musicals, too. His first wife was actress Enikő Eszenyi, then after a short relationship with actress Edit Balázsovits he married again. From his second marriage one son was born, Jancsi (*2005) and shortly after his death his wife gave birth to their daughter, Luca (*2007).

Death

According to his actor friend, Péter Trokán, he already felt very badly days before the first performance of ''

Twelve Angry Men ''Twelve Angry Men'' is an American courtroom drama written by Reginald Rose about the deliberations of a jury at a homicide trial. It was broadcast initially as a television play in 1954. It was adapted for the stage the following year, and ...

''. On 19 March 2007 on the pilot of this act, he suddenly dropped on the stage. In the ambulance he needed to be reanimated. He was carried into the Neurological Institute for intensive care, with a diagnosis of a stroke. He stayed there for four days in a

coma A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to Nociception, respond normally to Pain, painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal Circadian rhythm, sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate ...

. On the night of 22 March an operation was held to save his life, but on the second day at 7:40 p.m. he died.

Filmography

* Fehér rozsda (1982) - TV * ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'' (1982) * Cha-Cha-Cha (1982) * Az élet muzsikája (1984) * Boszorkányszombat (1984) * Napló Gyermekeimnek (1984) * Hány az óra, Vekker úr? (1985) * A Másik ember (1987) * Nyolc évszak (1987) - TV mini series * Zuhanás közben (1987) * Titánia, Titánia, avagy a dublörök éjszakája (1988) * Hét akasztott (1988) * Tükörgömb (1990) * Zenés TV színház (1990) * Isten hátrafelé megy (1991) * Édes Emma, drága Böbe (1992) * Prinzenbad ( German movie) (1993) * Patika (1994–1995) TV-series * Érzékek iskolája (1996) * Üvegtigris (2001) * A Hídember (2002) *

Hukkle ''Hukkle'' (meaning "hiccup") is a 2002 experimental Hungarian film written and directed by György Pálfi about the daily life of people in a village. The story is based on the Angel Makers of Nagyrév. Cast * Ferenc Bandi: Uncle Csuklik * ...

(2002) * Egy hét Pesten és Budán (2003) * Üvegfal (2003) * Sértett (2003) * Kútfejek (2006) * Indián nyár (2006) - TV * Árpád népe (2006) - TV * 56 csepp vér (2007) * A Kísértés (2007) - TV

Theatre credits

References

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