László Szabó
Acting • Born 1936-03-24
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. He also took a liking to directing, and made two new-wave French films. Truffaut wrote an appreciative review of the amusing film noir The White Gloves of the Devil . Zig-Zig was played by the new wave's favorite anti-star actress, Bernadette Lafont , and a cool star, Catherine Deneuve . This is also where the self-confidence and sardonic pungency of the new wavers can be felt. Like all actor-directors, he brought out the best in his actresses, skillfully mixing dark humor and tenderness. In the meantime, from the end of the 1960s he appeared in Hungarian films, and after many character roles, he got the lead role from Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács : Miklós Dibusz, the big snooty, sumák organizer, The nice neighbor . His first and so far the only Hungarian-French direction was based on Nándor Gion's novel: Sortűz for a Black Buffalo , and his first and so far only Hungarian direction: The Man Who Slept During the Day
Filmography
90 credits
The Last Metro
Movie • 1980
Lieutnant Bergen
Pierrot le Fou
Movie • 1965
The Political Exile (uncredited)
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
Movie • 1978
Léo Frankel
The Doll
Movie • 1962
Pascual
The Alchemist and the Virgin
Movie • 1998
Charlie Rosen
The Last Judgement But One
Movie • 1979
A másik nyomozó
Godard's Passion
Movie • 1982
Laszlo
The Big O
Movie • 1987
Kovacs
Full Moon in Paris
Movie • 1984
Painter at Cafe
The Sentinel
Movie • 1992
Pamiat
Made in U.S.A
Movie • 1967
Paul Widmark
Male of the Century
Movie • 1975
The gangster
Adoption
Movie • 1975
Jóska
Abandoned
Movie • 2001
Policeman
Cold Water
Movie • 1994
Le père de Gilles
Son of Gascogne
Movie • 1995
Self
Ophélia
Movie • 1963
Mr. Universe
Movie • 1988
Dossier 51
Movie • 1978
Sarah Robski's contact
Le Petit Soldat
Movie • 1963
Laszlo
Paroles et musique
Movie • 1984
Alain
The Red Poster
Movie • 1976
Joseph Boczov
Special Delivery
Movie • 2002
Le gardien
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Movie • 1999
Happening
Movie • 1968
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
Movie • 2003
Claude Doniol
Seaside, Dusk
Movie • 2000
Wrong-doers
Movie • 1979
Írnok
Parc
Movie • 2009
Balthazar Rutuola
Pleure Pas My Love
Movie • 1989
The Punishment
Movie • 1962
The Children Play Russian
Movie • 1993
Jack Valenti: The producer
Gardens in Autumn
Movie • 2006
The Fatal Shot
Movie • 1968
Bandi
Unruly Heyducks
Movie • 1974
Temporary Paradise
Movie • 1981
László / Gérard
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Movie • 1988
Russian Interrogator
Modré z neba
Movie • 1997
Place Vendôme
Movie • 1998
Charlie Rosen
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Movie • 1973
Lazlo
Judith Therpauve
Movie • 1978
Lepage
Favourites of the Moon
Movie • 1985
Terrorist
Weekend
Movie • 1967
L'Arabe (uncredited)
Rome Roméo
Movie • 1992
Producer
Up, Down, Fragile
Movie • 1995
Le père de Louise (voice)
The Confession
Movie • 1970
Secret Policeman
Minden szerdán
Movie • 1979
Gazsi
Le Grand Escroc
Movie • 1964
The Police Inspector
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie • 1964
Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Rue du Pied de Grue
Movie • 1979
Inspecteur Paluche
Alphaville
Movie • 1965
Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Tolérance
Movie • 1989
Bernheim
Liberty at Night
Movie • 1984
Le marionnettiste
Mange ta soupe
Movie • 1997
Father
Légitime défense
Movie • 1980
Vivre Sa Vie
Movie • 1962
Injured Man (uncredited)
A Nice Neighbor
Movie • 1979
Accroche-cœur
Movie • 1987
Friend director
Love on the Ground
Movie • 1984
Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
Ismael's Ghosts
Movie • 2017
Henri Bloom
On appelle ça… le printemps
Movie • 2001
Jean
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Movie • 1982
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Movie • 1988
Paul Hamburger
Salut, voleurs!
Movie • 1973
Jo
The Song of Roland
Movie • 1978
Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Movie • 1983
Le directeur
Do You Know Sunday-Monday?
Movie • 1969
Szabó mérnök
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Movie • 1988
Marais
Le Désir attrapé par la queue
Movie • 1967
Esther Kahn
Movie • 2000
Ytzhok Kahn
The Vulture
Movie • 1982
Kovács százados
The Last Summer
Movie • 1991
Cinématon
Movie • 1978
N°282
À double tour
Movie • 1959
Vlado
Laços de Sangue
Movie • 1992
Pastelero
Katia
Movie • 1959
(uncredited)
Cinématon XXIX
Movie • 1983
N°282
The Outskirts of Alphaville
Movie • 2003
Silence and Cry
Movie • 1968
Detective
Un an
Movie • 2006
Poussin
The Girl
Movie • 1968
Francia autós (uncredited)
Binding Sentiments
Movie • 1969
Szõlõsgazda
La page blanche
Movie • 1995
Le père de Gilles
Paperback Woman
Movie • 1989
Bernard
Grand bonheur
Movie • 1993
Jean-Paul
Winter Wind
Movie • 1969
Allied Translator
Coupe franche
Movie • 1989
Dédé
Just Like at Home
Movie • 1978
Laci
Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
Movie
self
Deuil en 24 heures
TV • 1982
Pollock