György Cserhalmi

The native form of this personal name is Cserhalmi György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
György Cserhalmi
Born (1948-02-17) 17 February 1948 (age 76)
Budapest, Hungary
OccupationActor

György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) 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.[1]

Employment

  • 1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theatre
  • 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 (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 actors, 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.[2] He played a role in the 2002 Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano.

Stage roles

Shakespeare, Gorky, Sophocles, Goethe, Strindberg, Molière as well as Hungarian writers.

References

  1. ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. pp. 1971–1972. ISBN 978-1838718497.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 1976". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-22.


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