György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in
Budapest
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) is a
Hungarian actor
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. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre.
Employment
*1971:
Debrecen
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Csokonai
Theatre
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*1972-1975: Veszprem Petofi Theatre
*1979-1983: National Theatre, then the Hungarian Film Company
*1983-1989: Katona Jozsef Theatre
*1989-1991: National Theatre
*1991–present: freelance work.
Prizes
*
Kossuth Prize
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(1990)
*SZOT prize (1988)
*Elizabeth prize (1987)
*Noteworthy artist (1986)
*Balazs Bela prize (1982)
Films
Has acted in more than 200 films, since the early 1970s one of the most significant
Hungarian contemporary
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
s, especially in modern heroic roles. One of the most significant being
''Mephisto'', made in 1981 by
Istvan Szabo. He starred in the 1976 film ''
Azonosítás'', which won the
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the
26th Berlin International Film Festival.
He played a role in the 2002 ''
Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano''.
Stage roles
Shakespeare
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,
Gorky,
Sophocles
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,
Goethe
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,
Strindberg
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,
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...
as well as Hungarian writers.
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Hungarian male film actors
Hungarian male stage actors
Male actors from Budapest
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