Szabó László
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1936 (age 90)
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
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
Known For
Filmography
Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
Movie · as self
Ismael's Ghosts
Movie · as Henri Bloom
Parc
Movie · as Balthazar Rutuola
Gardens in Autumn
Movie
Un an
Movie · as Poussin
Quand les anges s'en mêlent
Movie · as M. Jules
Playing 'In the Company of Men'
Movie · as Claude Doniol
The Outskirts of Alphaville
Movie
Special Delivery
Movie · as Le gardien
Like An Airplane
Movie · as Jean, le taxi
Abandoned
Movie · as Policeman
On appelle ça… le printemps
Movie · as Jean
Léaud l'unique
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Seaside, Dusk
Movie
Esther Kahn
Movie · as Ytzhok Kahn
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Movie
Lipstick
Movie · as Le père
The Alchemist and the Virgin
Movie · as Charlie Rosen
Place Vendôme
Movie · as Charlie Rosen
Modré z neba
Movie
Mange ta soupe
Movie · as Father
Son of Gascogne
Movie · as Self
Up, Down, Fragile
Movie · as Le père de Louise (voice)
Cold Water
Movie · as Le père de Gilles
The Children Play Russian
Movie · as Jack Valenti, the Producer
Grand bonheur
Movie · as Jean-Paul
A gólyák mindig visszatérnek
Movie
The Sentinel
Movie · as Pamiat
Rome Roméo
Movie · as Producer
Laços de Sangue
Movie · as Pastelero
The Last Summer
Movie
Pleure Pas My Love
Movie
Tolérance
Movie · as Bernheim
Paperback Woman
Movie · as Bernard
Coupe franche
Movie · as Dédé
Mr. Universe
Movie · as Self
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Movie · as Russian Interrogator
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Movie · as Paul Hamburger
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Movie · as Marais
Hanussen
Movie
The Big O
Movie · as Kovacs
Accroche-cœur
Movie · as Friend director
Favorites of the Moon
Movie · as Terrorist
Full Moon in Paris
Movie · as Painter at Cafe
Paroles et musique
Movie · as Alain
Liberty at Night
Movie · as Le marionnettiste
Love on the Ground
Movie · as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Movie · as Le directeur
Cinématon XXIX
Movie · as N°282
Godard's Passion
Movie · as Laszlo
Laissé inachevé à Tokyo
Movie
The Vulture
Movie · as Kovács százados
Deuil en 24 heures
TV · as Pollock · 4 eps
Temporary Paradise
Movie · as László / Gérard
The Last Metro
Movie · as Lieutnant Bergen
Légitime défense
Movie
Girls
Movie
The Last Judgement But One
Movie · as A másik nyomozó
Wrong-doers
Movie · as Írnok
Minden szerdán
Movie · as Gazsi
Rue du Pied de Grue
Movie · as Inspecteur Paluche
A Nice Neighbor
Movie
La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
Movie · as Léo Frankel
Dossier 51
Movie · as Sarah Robski's contact
Judith Therpauve
Movie · as Lepage
The Song of Roland
Movie · as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
Cinématon
Movie · as N°282
Just Like at Home
Movie · as Laci
The Red Poster
Movie · as Joseph Boczov
Male of the Century
Movie · as The gangster
Adoption
Movie · as Jóska
Unruly Heyducks
Movie
Dreaming Youth
Movie
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Movie · as Lazlo
Salut, voleurs!
Movie · as Jo
Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan
Movie · as le lieutenant Le Bihan
The Confession
Movie · as Secret Policeman
Do You Know Sunday-Monday?
Movie · as Szabó mérnök
Binding Sentiments
Movie · as Szõlõsgazda
Winter Wind
Movie · as Allied Translator
Happening
Movie
The Fatal Shot
Movie · as Bandi
Silence and Cry
Movie · as Detective
The Girl
Movie · as Francia autós (uncredited)
Made in U.S.A
Movie · as Paul Widmark
Weekend
Movie · as L'Arabe (uncredited)
Le Désir attrapé par la queue
Movie
Pierrot le Fou
Movie · as The Political Exile (uncredited)
Alphaville
Movie · as Chief Engineer (uncredited)
Le Grand Escroc
Movie · as The Police Inspector
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie · as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Ophélia
Movie
Le Petit Soldat
Movie · as Laszlo
The Doll
Movie · as Pascual
The Punishment
Movie
Vivre Sa Vie
Movie · as Injured Man (uncredited)
À double tour
Movie · as Vlado
Katia
Movie · as (uncredited)