Miklós Benedek
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| Born | Miklós Benedek 28 September 1946 |
| Died | 9 January 2024 (aged 77) Budapest, Hungary |
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| Years active | 1968–2023 |
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| Children | Tibor Benedek, Albert Benedek |
Miklós Benedek (28 September 1946 – 9 January 2024) was a Hungarian actor and writer. He is most noted for his role of Mr. Fritz Teufel in the 1986 movie Cat City.[1]
Early life
Miklós Benedek was born on 28 September 1946.[2] His father Tibor Benedek was a Hungarian actor.[3] Shortly after his parents divorced, Benedek moved in with his mother. His father committed suicide in 1963 when Miklós was in second grade. When Benedek reached high school, he studied in the Russian sector of ELTE Radnóti Miklós School. In 1965, Benedek, along with Péter Valcz and Tibor Dévényi, won the Hungarian Who Knows What? parody category award. Shortly after, in 1969, Benedek graduated from the Hungarian University of Theater and Film in Budapest,[4] where he studied in the class of Miklós Szinetár.
Career
After graduating from university, Benedek signed a contract with National Theatre by Béla Both, where he played for 14 years between 1969 and 1983.[5] After he cut his contract with the National Theatre, he played for the Katona József Theater starting in 1983. Between 1991—1992 and 1993–1996, Benedek was the administrator of the Hungarian Chamber of Actors[6] and in 2003, he again cut contracts with Katona József Theater. Between 1997 and 2007, he became a teacher at The University of Film and Arts where he previously studied.[7] During that time in 2003, Benedek began playing for the National Theater again. In 2009, he was fired along with 6 of his colleagues and in the same year, he became a freelancer, playing in different shows around the world.[8] In 2017, he was included in Tibor Orlai's Orlais Produkciós Irodá.[9]
Benedek's character is defined as humorous with an ironic cleverness. He is one of the singers in Hungaroton's album, Budapesti Orfeum.[10]
Death
Benedek died on 9 January 2024, at the age of 77.[11]
Theater Works
Plays
- Archangel Raphael in Imre Madách's The Tragedy of Man
- Doctor Lombardi in Carlo Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters
- Pretzels in Ernő Szép's May
- Poins in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
- The Doctor in Maurice Maeterlinck's The Miracle of St. Anthony
- Lentulus in George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion
- General Varravin in Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin's The Death of Tarelkin
- Second Lawyer in Molière's Mr. Gömböc
- Pettersen in Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck
- King Bobéche in Jacques Offenbach's Bluebeard
- King Wenceslas in Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi
- Knight Ripafratta in Carlos Goldini's Mirandolina
- Cinzano in Schneider and Ondráček's Gentlemenek
- Montague in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- Christian in Magnier's Oszkár
- Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It
- Pósalaky in Zsigmond Móricz's Be Good Until Death
- Long in Dario Fo's Archangels Don't Play Pinball
TV Movies
- Gimnazista in The Confrontation (1969)
- Medveczki in Svédcsavar (1975)[12]
- Pszichiáter in Illetlenek (1977)[13]
- Lord in Wrong-Doers (1979)[14]
- Pszichológus in The Fortress (1979)
- Mr. P. Smith in The Pagan Madonna (1981)
- Mr. Fritz Teufel in Cat City (1986)
- Kolowrat in Miklós Akli (1986)
- Sipos in Illatszertár (1987)[15]
- Andrej Andrejevics in Stalin's Bride (1991)[16]
- Nagy Levin in Three Guardsmen in Africa (1996)[17]
- Professor in Espresso (1998)[18]
- Mr. Fritz Teufel in Cat City 2 (2007)
- Iván in S.O.S. Love! (2007)[19]
References
- ^ "Cat City - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Miklós Benedek - Birth Date". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Actor Tibor Benedek is Miklós Benedek's father". myheritage.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Miklós Benedek graduates from The University of Theater and Film". The Balaton Sun. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Benedek graduates and signs contract with National Theater". The Balaton Sun. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Miklós Benedek - Hungarian Chamber of Actors award". Civilek Infó. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Benedek Miklós - Teljes oktatói adatbázis | Oktatók | Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem". 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Katalin, Szemere (3 April 2016). "Benedek Miklós, a hosszújáratú színész". NOL.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ Szerk, Szinhaz. "Orlai Tibor szövetségre lép legközelebbi színészeivel". Színház.hu.
- ^ "Budapesti Orfeum". Presto Music. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (9 January 2024). "Meghalt Benedek Miklós". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Svédcsavar (1975)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Illetlenek Cast Members List - FamousFix". Famous Fix. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Rosszemberek - Cast". tcm.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Illatszertár - Cast". PORT.hu (in Hungarian). 1987. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Stalin's Bride (1991) - Cast & Crew on MUBI". MUBI. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "A három testőr Afrikában (1996)". LBD. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Presszó - Cast". PORT.hu (in Hungarian). 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "S.O.S. Szerelem! - Cast". PORT.hu (in Hungarian). 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2024.