Sándor Zsótér (born 20 June 1961,
Budapest
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) is a
Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian actor, playwright, director, and an associate professor at the
Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest
The Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (, SZFE) is an educational institution founded in 1865 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary. It became a university in 2000 and the name was changed to University of Theatre and Film Arts ...
.
He is most notable for playing the role of the witness doctor
Miklós Nyiszli
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in the 2016
Academy Award
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-winning film ''
Son of Saul
''Son of Saul'' () is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, and follows ...
'' (2015).
Biography
His parents were Sándor Zsótér Sr. and Éva Mali. Zsótér was part of the Drama Faculty at the
Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest
The Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (, SZFE) is an educational institution founded in 1865 in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary. It became a university in 2000 and the name was changed to University of Theatre and Film Arts ...
, graduating in 1983. He first, between 1983 and 1985, performed at the
Hevesi Sándor Theatre in
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary.
Location
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road.
Hi ...
. He then played at the Szigligeti
Szolnok
Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian ...
Theatre between 1985 and 1986, the
Miklós Radnóti Theatre in
Budapest
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between 1986 and 1990, and, between 1990 and 1992, at the Zsigmond Móricz Theatre at
Nyíregyháza. Between 1992 and 1994, he was the director at the
National Theatre of Miskolc and, between 1994 and 1996, was the main organizer at the Szigligeti Szolnok Theatre. Since 1996, he has been an instructor at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. In 1996, he contracted the
National Theatre of Szeged, and in 1999, the Miklós Radnóti Theatre. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Géza Gárdonyi Theatre in
Eger.
He has been a guest of - among others - the
National Theatre in Budapest, the
Comedy Theatre of Budapest, the
Hungarian State Opera House, the
József Katona Theatre, and the
Chalk Circle Theatre.
External links
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1961 births
Male actors from Budapest
Hungarian male film actors
Living people