László Szabó
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1936-03-24 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as
- Laslo Szabo
Biography
László Szabó (born 24 March 1936) is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. Since 1952, he has appeared in more than 120 films. These include seven films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
He was born to Béla Szabó and Margit Gulyás.
Between 1954-1956 he was a student at the Budapest University of Technology , during which he performed in an amateur theater group. He applied to the Theater and Film Academy as an actor, but was not accepted. He left the country in the fall of 1956 and went to Paris .
Like the French new wavers, he also visited Henri Langlois ' "liberty university of film history" at the Cinématheque, watched the film series, met and talked to the directors who presented their films, and while writing in the "cahiers", interviewed Buster Keaton together with Jacques Rivette . He and a friend dropped by on the set of Chabrol (Cousins), from whom he immediately received a one-sentence role. And in his next film, Locked with the Key , a longer one. After that, Godard gave him the role of the interrogator in The Little Soldier , which was followed by other roles in more recent Godard films.
He is the favorite character actor of all the directors of the new wave, everyone has a role for him, they entrust him with strange, boho characters, who always have some disturbing and annoying ulterior motives.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (92)
On appelle ça… le printemps
2001
as Jean
Pierrot le Fou
1965
as The Political Exile (uncredited)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Russian Interrogator
Minden szerdán
1979
as Gazsi
Alphaville
1965
as Chief Engineer (uncredited)
The Last Metro
1980
as Lieutnant Bergen
Vivre Sa Vie
1962
as Injured Man (uncredited)
Unruly Heyducks
1974
Katia
1959
as (uncredited)
Weekend
1967
as L'Arabe (uncredited)
The Fatal Shot
1968
as Bandi
Paroles et musique
1984
as Alain
The Girl
1968
as Francia autós (uncredited)
Mr. Universe
1988
as Self
Just Like at Home
1978
as Laci
Full Moon in Paris
1984
as Painter at Cafe
Le Petit Soldat
1963
as Laszlo
The Outskirts of Alphaville
2003
Ismael's Ghosts
2017
as Henri Bloom
Coupe franche
1989
as Dédé
Made in U.S.A
1967
as Paul Widmark
The Sentinel
1992
as Pamiat
Esther Kahn
2000
as Ytzhok Kahn
Girls
1980
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Cinématon
1978
as N°282
À double tour
1959
as Vlado
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988
as Paul Hamburger
Place Vendôme
1998
as Charlie Rosen
The Song of Roland
1978
as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
Gardens in Autumn
2006
Godard's Passion
1982
as Laszlo
Favourites of the Moon
1985
as Terrorist
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979
as Inspecteur Paluche
Léaud l'unique
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Love on the Ground
1984
as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
Dossier 51
1978
as Sarah Robski's contact
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
2003
as Claude Doniol
Up, Down, Fragile
1995
as Le père de Louise (voice)
Hanussen
1988
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
1978
as Léo Frankel
Cold Water
1994
as Le père de Gilles
Special Delivery
2002
as Le gardien
Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
as self
Son of Gascogne
1995
as Self
Adoption
1975
as Jóska
Ophélia
1963
The Children Play Russian
1993
as Jack Valenti, the Producer
Parc
2009
as Balthazar Rutuola
The Doll
1962
as Pascual
Silence and Cry
1968
as Detective
Quand les anges s'en mêlent
2006
as M. Jules
Abandoned
2001
as Policeman
The Confession
1970
as Secret Policeman
The Red Poster
1976
as Joseph Boczov
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
The Vulture
1982
as Kovács százados
Liberty at Night
1984
as Le marionnettiste
Modré z neba
1997
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
as Lazlo
Temporary Paradise
1981
as László / Gérard
Judith Therpauve
1978
as Lepage
Accroche-cœur
1987
as Friend director
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1983
as Le directeur
Winter Wind
1969
as Allied Translator
Pleure Pas My Love
1989
Wrong-doers
1979
as Írnok
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982
Le Grand Escroc
1964
as The Police Inspector
Male of the Century
1975
as The gangster
Binding Sentiments
1969
as Szõlõsgazda
A Nice Neighbor
1979
Laços de Sangue
1992
as Pastelero
Légitime défense
1980
Seaside, Dusk
2000
The Alchemist and the Virgin
1998
as Charlie Rosen
Grand bonheur
1993
as Jean-Paul
Un an
2006
as Poussin
The Last Judgement But One
1979
as A másik nyomozó
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
as Marais
Tolérance
1989
as Bernheim
Paperback Woman
1989
as Bernard
Rome Roméo
1992
as Producer
Mange ta soupe
1997
as Father
The Punishment
1962
Salut, voleurs!
1973
as Jo
The Last Summer
1991
The Big O
1987
as Kovacs
Happening
1968
Do You Know Sunday-Monday?
1969
as Szabó mérnök
Le Désir attrapé par la queue
1967
Cinématon XXIX
1983
as N°282
About László Szabó
László Szabó (born 24 March 1936) is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. Since 1952, he has appeared in more than 120 films. These include seven films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He was born to Béla Szabó and Margit Gulyás. Between 1954-1956 he was a student at the Budapest University of Technology , during which he performed in an amateur theater group. He applied to the Theater and Film Academy as an actor, but was not accepted. He left the country in the fall of 1956 and went to Paris . Like the Frenc… With 93 credits spanning from 1959 to 2017, László Szabó has appeared in 92 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular László Szabó Movies
- On appelle ça… le printemps (2001) — as Jean
- Pierrot le Fou (1965) — as The Political Exile (uncredited)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) — as Russian Interrogator
- Minden szerdán (1979) — as Gazsi
- Alphaville (1965) — as Chief Engineer (uncredited)
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