Biography
Péter Halász (August 20, 1943 in Budapest – March 9, 2006 in New York City) was a Hungarian actor, director and playwright. In 1993 he won the Hungarian Film Critics Awards for Best Actor. He founded several theater companies in Budapest and New York City including the Kassák Haz Studió, the "appartement theatre", Squat Theatre, Love Theatre and Varosi Szinhaz. As a film actor he appeared Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), Sunshine (1999 film) (1999), and The Breed, among others. In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance: lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum. He died a month after at the age of 62. He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Director 1
Writer 1
Kapa's father
Ed's Eaten Elevenses (2006)
Movie
Director
Herminafields - Zeitgeist (2006)
Movie
Pepe's boss / Suleiman
The Battle of Mohács (2004)
Movie
Cross
The Breed (2001)
Movie
5.4
Péter
Simon, the Magician (1999)
Movie
Sunshine (1999)
Movie
Béla
Why Wasn't He There? (1993)
Movie
George Kistiakowsky
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Movie
A Matter of Facts (1982)
Movie
Ship's Captain
Tscherwonez (1982)
Movie
Writer
Under the City (1953)
Movie
Actor
A kisbaba reggelije
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.95
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1953
1989
1999
2006
2006
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-08-20
Deathday2006-03-09 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceBudapest, Hungary
RelationshipsVali Racz (1946-01-01 - 1997-02-12)
FatherPál Halász
CitizenshipsHungary
AwardsGolden Pen, Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
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