Péter Scherer (born 16 November 1961 in

Ajka Ajka () is a city in Hungary with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the hills of Bakony. History Around 1000 BCE, the area was inhabited by Celts. By the second century CE, the territory was conquered by the Roman Empire, Romans. The Hu ...

) is a Hungarian stage and film actor.

Biography

Scherer was born in Ajka,

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. After finishing his secondary school in Szombathely, he graduated from Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1987. First he became a member of the Arvisura Theatre Company (between 1984 and 1994). From 1995 he was freelance actor. Later he joined the Bárka Theatre in 1997. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Krétakör Theater. His famous movie role was in

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’s ''

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'' (1999) as Pepe. He also appeared in movies like ''Kontroll'' (2003), ''One day in Europe'' (2005), ''Doll No. 639'' (2005), ''Carlos'' (2010). He received the

Jászai Mari Award The Jászai Mari Award is a state award, which was created by the Hungarian government in 1953 as an award for theatrical arts. The award was named in honour of the Hungarian actress Mari Jászai Mari Jászai (born Mária Krippel; 24 February ...

in 2009.

Theater roles

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

....Demetrius; Orrondi; Ormándi Béla – Mustármag *

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: Madrapur.... * Szophoklész: Oidipusz.... * William Shakespeare:

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

....Claudius * István Tasnádi: Bábelna....Hornyák Dávid * William Shakespeare:

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

....McDuff; Banquo * García Lorca: Don Cristobal....Figaro * Büchner: Woyzeck....Captain *

John Webster John Webster (c. 1578 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies '' The White Devil'' and ''The Duchess of Malfi'', which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and car ...

: The Duchess of Malfi * Glowaczki: Antigone in New York....Policeman * Csehov: The Seagull....Samrajev *

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

: Mizantrope....Oronte *

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...

: Kasimir és Karoline....Lilliputi; Doctor * Vladimir Szorokin: The Ice....Autodriver * Kai Hensel: Klamm's war....Klamm * Crimp: a.N.N.a (Attempts On Her Life)

Filmography

External links

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Hungarian Theater Database

Krétakör Theatre
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