List of Hungarian actors
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This is a list of notable film, stage and television actors and actresses from Hungary.
Although listed in Western-, native names follow the Eastern name order.
For an alphabetical list of articles on Hungarian actors see :Category:Hungarian actors.
Although listed in Western-, native names follow the Eastern name order.
For an alphabetical list of articles on Hungarian actors see :Category:Hungarian actors.
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- Andor AjtayAndor Ajtay-Selected filmography:* Two Girls on the Street * Orient Express * Two Wishes * Cantata * Imposztorok -External links:...
- Gábor Agárdy
- Imre AntalImre AntalImre Antal was a Hungarian pianist, television presenter and comedian.In 1960 he was awarded the 3rd prize at the XII Concorso Busoni, and six years later he won the 2nd prize at Budapest's Liszt-Bartók competition. From the mid-1960s he began presenting programmes for the music section of...
- Imre Apáthi
- István AvarIstván AvarIstván Avar was a Romanian-Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup...
- Oszkár Ascher
- Péter AndoraiPéter AndoraiPéter Andorai is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 90 films since 1975. He starred in the 1980 film Bizalom, which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director....
- Róbert Alföldi
- Éva Almási
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- András BálintAndrás BálintAndrás Bálint is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 75 films and television shows since 1958.-Selected filmography:* Father * The Confrontation * Szerelmesfilm * Trotta...
- András BálintAndrás BálintAndrás Bálint is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 75 films and television shows since 1958.-Selected filmography:* Father * The Confrontation * Szerelmesfilm * Trotta...
- Ágnes Bánfalvy
- Ferenc BessenyeiFerenc BessenyeiFerenc Bessenyei was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1920 and 2001. He was also the husband of Hédi Váradi.-Selected filmography:* Kiskrajcár * The Brute...
- Gizi BajorGizi BajorGizi Bajor, or Gizi Bayor was a Hungarian actress.-Life:Gizi Bajor was born on 18 May 1893, in Budapest. Her father, a former mining engineer, and her mother of Italian ancestry were operating Café Báthory on the Kálvin Square, where Bajor first met the nightlife of the city, her later audience...
- Gyula Bartos
- Gyula Benkő
- Gyula BodrogiGyula BodrogiGyula Bodrogi is a Hungarian television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* Sleepless Years * Cantata * Twenty Hours * Irány Mexikó! * Hatholdas rózsakert * Glass Tiger...
- György Bánffy
- György Bárdy
- Ildikó Bánsági
- István BujtorIstván BujtorIstván Bujtor , born István Frenreisz, was a Hungarian actor, director, producer and screenplay writer- Biography :...
- Imre Bajor
- Juli Básti
- József Bihari
- Kati Berek
- Kálmán Benkő
- Lajos BalázsovitsLajos BalázsovitsLajos Balázsovits is a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1968 and 2006.-Selected filmography:* The Upthrown Stone * The Confrontation * Milarepa * Electra, My Love...
- Lajos Básti
- Ilona Béres
- Margit BaraMargit BaraMargit Bara is a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Drama of the Lark * A Cozy Cottage * Jacob, the Liar -External links:...
- Péter Balázs
- Samu Balázs
- Zsuzsa Bánki
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- Eszter CsákányiEszter CsákányiEszter Csákányi is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels. She is the daughter of actor László Csákányi.-References:...
- Gyula CsortosGyula CsortosGyula Csortos was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1912 and 1944.He was born and died in Budapest.-Selected filmography:* A Vörös Sámson * A Senki fia * A Kuruzsló...
- György CserhalmiGyörgy CserhalmiGyörgy Cserhalmi was born on February 17, 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre.-Employment:...
- Karola Csűrös
- László Csákányi
- Sándor CsányiSándor CsányiSándor Csányi is a Hungarian actor.Csányi aimed to be an actor from an early age and was admitted into the Hungarian University of Theater and Film on his fourth attempt...
- Teréz CsillagTeréz CsillagTherese Csillag, or , born Stern; born May 17, 1862, Duna-Adony - July 9, 1925, Budapest) was a Hungarian Jewish actress.For many years she was a popular comedienne at the National Theater in Budapest. At the age of 13 she attended the dramatic school in that city.In 1879 she was engaged at the...
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- Alfréd DeésyAlfréd DeésyAlfréd Deésy was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 77 films between 1915 and 1947...
- István Déry
- Iván DarvasIvan DarvasIván Darvas was a Hungarian actor.-Early life:Born as Szilárd Darvas, his father was János Darvas, and his mother was a Russian woman, Antonina Evdokimova. He spent his childhood in Prague, where his father worked as a journalist...
- Kata DobóKata DoboKata Dobó or Kata Dobo is a Hungarian actress.She was born in Győr, Hungary and emigrated to Los Angeles in the summer of 1999...
- Lajos Dobsa
- Margit Dayka
- Dorka Gryllus
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- Cecília Esztergályos
- Enikő EszenyiEnikő EszenyiEnikő Eszenyi is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels.-Reference:...
- Gábor EgressyGábor Egressy (actor)Gábor Egressy was a Hungarian actor and brother of Béni Egressy.- Life :His exact date of birth is not known. After he belonged to several rover actor ensembles, he found at the theater in Klausenburg a permanent engagement...
- Károly Eperjes
- Mihály Ernyi
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- Dezső GarasDezső GarasDezső Garas is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 145 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1993 film Whoops, which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Erzsi Galambos
- Gyula GózonGyula GózonGyula Gózon was a Hungarian actor and comedian.-Life:Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Nové Zámky, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of learning to be a singer actor at the actor school of Szidi Rákosi in Budapest...
- Hilda Gobbi
- János Gálvölgyi
- János GörbeJános GörbeJános Görbe :hu:Görbe János was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater...
- László GálffiLaszlo GalffiLászló Gálffi is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest.One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of Wagner, in which Galffi acted alongside cinema greats Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa...
- Miklós GáborMiklós GáborMiklós Gábor was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films Valahol Európában and Mágnás Miska. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass.-Life:...
- Márton Garas
- Nóra GörbeNóra GörbeNóra Görbe is a Hungarian actress, singer and pop icon.-Life:She is the daughter of legendary film actor János Görbe.She considered becoming a ballet dancer before turning to acting....
- Oszkár Gáti
- Sándor Gáspár
- Zita GörögZita GörögZita Görög is a Hungarian actress and model, often credited as Zita Gorog.-Biography:...
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- Endre Harkányi
- Frigyes HollósiFrigyes HollósiFrigyes Hollósi is a Hungarian actor.Born as Weininger Frigyes, he appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels.-References:...
- Gábor HarsányiGábor HarsányiGábor Harsányi is a Hungarian actor and voice actor.In 2009, he was chosen the Outstanding Lead Actor at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, New York.-Roles:*Kabarémúzeum - Film...
- Géza D. Hegedűs
- Géza HofiGéza HofiGéza Hofi was a Hungarian actor and comedian. He is probably the most popular Hungarian parodist and had strong influence on Hungarian cabaret.-About Hofi:...
- Hanna HonthyHanna HonthyHanna Honthy , was a Hungarian opera singer and actress.-Career:Hügel was born on 21 February 1893, in Budapest. From age 10, she was a ballet pupil of the Operaház...
- Ildikó Hámori
- Judit Halász
- Judit Hernádi
- József HorváthJózsef HorváthJózsef "Joe" Horváth is a retired Hungarian association football player who played for Újpest FC and Rot-Weiss Essen, and in the NASL between 1978 and 1981 for the Rochester Lancers, Washington Diplomats and San Jose Earthquakes. He also played at international level for Hungary.-External links:*...
- Péter Haumann
- Péter Huszti
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- Iván KamarásIván KamarásIvan Kamaras is a Hungarian actor best known worldwide for his role as Agent Steel in the 2008 superhero fantasy thriller Hellboy II: The Golden Army, directed by Guillermo del Toro. In January this year, he played a Hungarian detective, Tibor Orban, in Bloodlines, the fourth episode in the 14th...
- András KernAndrás KernAndrás Kern is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.- Life :In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled Mi Lesz? , and subsequently won first prize in the 13th Hungarian National Amateur Film Festival.In 1970 he graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest...
- Attila KaszásAttila KaszásAttila Kaszás was a Slovakian-born Hungarian actor, singer.-Early life:Attila Kaszás born in Šaľa, Czechoslovakia, but he spent his childhood in Vlčany, where his parents taught in the local school. He went then to the in János Selye High School in Komárno. From 1979 he studied at the Academy of...
- Emil Keres
- Ervin Kibédi
- Erzsébet Kútvölgyi
- Ferenc Kállai
- Gyula KabosGyula KabosGyula Kabos was a Hungarian actor and comedian, widely known for his comedic movie roles in the late 1930s.- Early Years :Kabos was born on March 19, 1887, in Budapest as Gyula Kann...
- Gábor Koncz
- Juci Komlósi
- János Kulka
- János Kótsi Patkó
- Katalin KarádyKatalin KarádyKatalin Karády was a Hungarian actress and singer. A leading actress in Hungarian movies made between 1939–1945, she is best known outside Hungary as an awardee of the Righteous among the Nations honorific for rescuing a number of Hungarian Jews.- Early Years :Katalin Karády was born as Katalin...
- Levente Király
- László Kabos
- Róbert KoltaiRóbert KoltaiRóbert Koltai is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in over 90 films since 1967. He appeared in the 1976 film Man Without a Name, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement....
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- Endre Latabár
- Ila LóthIla LóthIla Lóth was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1918 and 1973.She was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Budapest.-Selected filmography:* Az Élet királya...
- Kati Lázár
- Kálmán LatabárKálmán LatabárKálmán Latabár was a Hungarian comedian and film actor, perhaps the country's most popular comic in the post-war years. "Latyi" reached his peak popularity during the war years and in the early days of Hungarian television, doing stand-up comedy, operettas and musicals, and comic routines in...
- Margit Lukács
- Márton Lendvay Jr.
- Márton Lendvay Sn.
- Róza LaborfalviRóza LaborfalviRóza Laborfalvi Hungarian actress, wife of novelist Mór Jókai....
- Zoltán LatinovitsZoltán LatinovitsZoltán Latinovits was a Hungarian actor, arguably the most significant one of the twentieth century.-Early life:...
- Zsuzsa Lehoczky
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- Erzsi Máthé
- Gábor Mádi Szabó
- József MadarasJózsef MadarasJózsef Madaras was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1958 and 2006.-Selected filmography:* The Round-Up * The Red and the White * The Confrontation...
- József Markos
- Károly Makk
- Károly Mécs
- László Mensáros
- László MárkusLászló MárkusLászló Márkus was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1985...
- Manyi KissManyi Kiss-Career:Born in Magyarlona, she acted from 1926 in Cluj, Romania, from 1928 in Miskolc and then between 1929 and 1932 in Szeged, Hungary. From the beginning of her career she possessed a natural acting style, an excellent knowledge of dance and ability to sing comic roles. From 1932, for a while...
- Margit MakayMargit MakayMargit Makay was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1989.-Selected filmography:* Two Confessions * Cats' Play * A Very Moral Night -External links:...
- Mária MezeiMária MezeiMária Mezei was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 35 films between 1936 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Two Confessions * Édes Anna * Forbidden Ground -External links:...
- Piroska Molnár
- Pál Mácsai
- Tamás Major
- Tibor MolnárTibor MolnárTibor Molnár was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 96 films between 1948 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Two Confessions * Two Half Times in Hell * The Round-Up...
- Zoltán Makláry
- Ági Margitai
- Ági MészárosÁgi MészárosÁgi Mészáros was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1940 and 1977.-Selected filmography:* Kiskrajcár * Twenty Hours * Budapest Tales -External links:...
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- Antal Páger
- Erzsi Pásztor
- Ildikó Pécsi
- Sándor PécsiSándor PécsiSándor Pécsi was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 60 films between 1948 and 1972.-Selected filmography:* Különös házasság * Liliomfi * The Golden Head...
- Ilka PálmayIlka PálmayIlka Pálmay 21 September 1859 – 17 February 1945), born Ilona Petráss, was a Hungarian-born singer and actress. Pálmay began her stage career in Hungary by 1880, and by the early 1890s, she was creating leading roles in opera and operetta at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna...
- Irma PatkósIrma PatkósIrma Patkós was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1994.-Selected filmography:* A Strange Role * My Father's Happy Years * Cserepek...
- Irén Psota
- Judit Pogány
- Sándor PécsiSándor PécsiSándor Pécsi was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 60 films between 1948 and 1972.-Selected filmography:* Különös házasság * Liliomfi * The Golden Head...
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- Gellért Raksányi
- Gábor ReviczkyGábor ReviczkyGábor Reviczky is a Hungarian actor.-Selected filmography:* Paths of Death and Angels * The Summer Guest -References:...
- Kálmán RózsahegyiKálmán RózsahegyiKálmán Rózsahegyi was a Jewish Hungarian actor and teacher.He descended from a family of theatre actors; his father, Ödön Rózsahegyi performed in the countryside. Kálmán Rózsahegyi also began his career performing in the countryside, but in 1898 he was hired by the Hungarian National Theatre...
- Péter Rudolf
- Szidi Rákosi
- Éva RuttkaiÉva RuttkaiÉva Ruttkai was a Hungarian actress, well known from her work on stage, cinema, and television productions...
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- Artúr Somlay
- Ádám Szirtes
- Bertalan Solti
- Dezső Straub
- Eva SzorenyiEva SzorenyiÉva Szörényi was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a result of which she quickly became famous and beloved by the Hungarian people...
- Gyula Szabó
- Imre SinkovitsImre SinkovitsImre Sinkovits was a Hungarian actor.-Awards:*Kossuth Prize *Mari Jászai Award *Kazinczy Award...
- Imre SoósImre SoósImre Soós was a Hungarian actor, mostly known for his roles in communist Propaganda films during the 1950s. He played the leading role in the 1956 movie Körhinta.-Early years:...
- István Somló
- István Sztankay
- László Sinkó
- Roland SelmecziRoland SelmecziRoland Selmeczi was a Hungarian actor. He played in theatre plays, in some movies, and provided dub in many TV series like House, M.D. , 24 , Sliders and Desperate Housewives...
- Sándor SzabóSándor Szabó (actor)Sándor Szabó was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in 80 films and television shows between 1935 and 1997.-Selected filmography:* Különös házasság * Topaz * A Strange Role...
- Éva Schubert
- András StohlAndrás StohlStohl András is a Hungarian actor.-Career:Stohl graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest in 1990. He became a member of the Katona József Theatre in Budapest. In 2001 he became a freelancer, after the leadership of the theater decided that his work on television was irreconcilable...
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- Elemér ThuryElemér ThuryElemér Thury was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 14 films between 1912 and 1944.He was born in Mezőtúr, Hungary and died in Budapest.-Selected filmography:* Utolsó bohém, Az * Rablélek...
- Géza Tordy
- József Tímár
- Klári TolnayKlári TolnayKlári Tolnay was a Hungarian actress.-Life:Klári Tolnay was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father...
- Mari TörőcsikMari TöröcsikMari Törőcsik is a Hungarian film actress. She has appeared in over 120 films since 1956. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs...
- Nóra Tábori
- Sándor Tompa
See also
- Lists of actors