Igor Sas
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Igor Sas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as Parallax
, Wormwood
, Lockie Leonard
and The Gift
. He has also appeared in a number of films, including Japanese Story
.
. He appeared in multiple episodes of television shows Ship to Shore
between 1993 and 1994, The Gift
in 1997, and Minty
in 1998. Sas acted alongside Marcus Graham
and Kerry Armstrong
in 1998's Justice
, starred in Bad Credit and Aliens (2001) and played Fraser in the feature film Japanese Story
with Toni Collette
. He returned to TV in 2004, portraying Stefan Raddic in Parallax
, then Old Squasher in the 2007 Lockie Leonard
television series based on the novels of the same name by Tim Winton
. His next feature film is Woody Island.
He is also active in Australian theatre; in 1998, Sas played numerous characters in Black Russians, and in 2001, he featured in a play titled The Butcher, about a butcher in a country town in decline as its inhabitants move to the city. From 2001 to 2002, he appeared in Yasmina Reza
's 'Art'
with John Wood
and Geoff Kelso, and in 2003, he performed in The Corporal's Wife.
Sas directed the stage version of Closer
in 2007, starred in Fragmented, and in Club Gargouille, a production about Quasimodo
's half-brother Modo, who runs a cabaret
club. In 2008, Sas played multiple characters in an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen
's The Red Shoes
, portrayed a bouffon
in The York Lynchings, and appeared in The Female of the Species
.
In 2010 Sas appeared, with a minor role, in the Australian horror movie [Needle (film)|Needle].
and Francoise Sas, who both appeared with him in the television series Parallax. He lives in Embleton, Western Australia
.
Parallax (TV series)
Parallax is a 2004 Australian and British children's television series that screened on the ABC and the Nine Network. It was a 26 part series funded by the Film Finance Corporation Australia and supported by Lotterywest....
, Wormwood
Wormwood (TV series)
Wormwood is a Canadian and Australian children's television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 October 2007. It also screened in 2008 on the ABC1 , as part of the Rollercoaster show. It also premiered on Foxtel's disney channel on August the 2nd 6pm, Saturday 2008.There are 13 episodes...
, Lockie Leonard
Lockie Leonard (TV series)
Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series adapted from the Lockie Leonard books that first screened on the Nine Network Australia in 2007. The series was filmed in Albany, Western Australia...
and The Gift
The Gift (Australian children's TV series)
The Gift is an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Nine Network Australia in 1997. It featured 26 half-hour episodes produced by Barron Television.-Synopsis:...
. He has also appeared in a number of films, including Japanese Story
Japanese Story
Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
.
Career
Sas began his career in 1982 in the Australian soap opera Sons and DaughtersSons and Daughters (Australian TV series)
Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired in December 1981, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period, and the official broadcast date of the final...
. He appeared in multiple episodes of television shows Ship to Shore
Ship to Shore
Ship to Shore is a 78 episode Australian children's television series devised by David Rapsey and written by Glenda Hambly, John Rapsey, Mary Morris, Everett de Roche, Jon Stephens and others. Series one was produced by David Rapsey and Barbi Taylor,series two and three by Barbi Taylor and Paul...
between 1993 and 1994, The Gift
The Gift (Australian children's TV series)
The Gift is an Australian children's television series that first screened on the Nine Network Australia in 1997. It featured 26 half-hour episodes produced by Barron Television.-Synopsis:...
in 1997, and Minty
Minty (TV series)
Minty is a 1998 Australian / British comedy television series, in which Australian actress Angela Kelly appeared in the dual roles of Minty and Melanie ....
in 1998. Sas acted alongside Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham is an Australian television and stage actor who has also starred in several films, including Mulholland Drive and Josh Jarman. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 90s while starring in the Australian TV soap E Street as the character "Wheels"...
and Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Michelle Armstrong is an Australian actress on film, television, and stage. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year...
in 1998's Justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
, starred in Bad Credit and Aliens (2001) and played Fraser in the feature film Japanese Story
Japanese Story
Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
with Toni Collette
Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
. He returned to TV in 2004, portraying Stefan Raddic in Parallax
Parallax (TV series)
Parallax is a 2004 Australian and British children's television series that screened on the ABC and the Nine Network. It was a 26 part series funded by the Film Finance Corporation Australia and supported by Lotterywest....
, then Old Squasher in the 2007 Lockie Leonard
Lockie Leonard (TV series)
Lockie Leonard is an Australian children's television series adapted from the Lockie Leonard books that first screened on the Nine Network Australia in 2007. The series was filmed in Albany, Western Australia...
television series based on the novels of the same name by Tim Winton
Tim Winton
Timothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....
. His next feature film is Woody Island.
He is also active in Australian theatre; in 1998, Sas played numerous characters in Black Russians, and in 2001, he featured in a play titled The Butcher, about a butcher in a country town in decline as its inhabitants move to the city. From 2001 to 2002, he appeared in Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Her parents were both of Jewish origin, her father Iranian, her mother Hungarian.-Career:...
's 'Art'
'Art' (play)
‘Art’ is a French language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered on 28 October 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The English language adaptation, translated by Christopher Hampton opened in London's West End on 15 October 1996, starring Albert Finney. It played on Broadway in New York...
with John Wood
John Wood (Australian actor)
John Wood is a Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his role as Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon in the Seven Network's long running police drama Blue Heelers.-TV career:...
and Geoff Kelso, and in 2003, he performed in The Corporal's Wife.
Sas directed the stage version of Closer
Closer (play)
Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999....
in 2007, starred in Fragmented, and in Club Gargouille, a production about Quasimodo
Quasimodo
Quasimodo is a fictional character in the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death. The role of Quasimodo has been played by...
's half-brother Modo, who runs a cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
club. In 2008, Sas played multiple characters in an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...
's The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (fairy tale)
"The Red Shoes" is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection. 1845....
, portrayed a bouffon
Bouffon
Bouffon is a modern french theater term that was re-coined in the early 1960s by Jacques Lecoq at his L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris to describe a specific style of performance work that has a main focus in the art of mockery.-Etymology and early history:The word Bouffon...
in The York Lynchings, and appeared in The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species (play)
The Female of the Species is a comic play by Joanna Murray-Smith first performed in 2006. The play is a satire about celebrity feminists, with a plot loosely inspired by a real-life incident in 2000, when author Germaine Greer was held at gunpoint in her own home by a disturbed student.The play...
.
In 2010 Sas appeared, with a minor role, in the Australian horror movie [Needle (film)|Needle].
Personal life
Igor Sas is the son of Slovakian migrants, and the father of actors Kazimir SasKazimir Sas
Kazimir Sas is an Australian film and television actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as Time Trackers, Parallax, Stormworld and The Gift...
and Francoise Sas, who both appeared with him in the television series Parallax. He lives in Embleton, Western Australia
Embleton, Western Australia
Embleton is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located northeast of Perth's central business district between the suburbs of Morley and Bayswater...
.