Acting · Budapest, Hungary · Born March 24, 1936
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
MovieIsmael's Ghosts
2017
as Henri Bloom
MovieParc
2009
as Balthazar Rutuola
MovieGardens in Autumn
2006
MovieUn an
2006
as Poussin
MovieQuand les anges s'en mêlent
2006
as M. Jules
MoviePlaying 'In the Company of Men'
2003
as Claude Doniol
The Outskirts of Alphaville
2003
MovieSpecial Delivery
2002
as Le gardien
MovieLéaud l'unique
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAbandoned
2001
as Policeman
MovieOn appelle ça… le printemps
2001
as Jean
MovieEsther Kahn
2000
as Ytzhok Kahn
MovieSeaside, Dusk
2000
MovieThe Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
MoviePlace Vendôme
1998
as Charlie Rosen
MovieThe Alchemist and the Virgin
1998
as Charlie Rosen
MovieMange ta soupe
1997
as Father
Modré z neba
1997
MovieUp, Down, Fragile
1995
as Le père de Louise (voice)
MovieSon of Gascogne
1995
as Self
MovieCold Water
1994
as Le père de Gilles
MovieThe Children Play Russian
1993
as Jack Valenti, the Producer
Grand bonheur
1993
as Jean-Paul
MovieLaços de Sangue
1992
as Pastelero
MovieThe Sentinel
1992
as Pamiat
MovieRome Roméo
1992
as Producer
MovieThe Last Summer
1991
MovieTolérance
1989
as Bernheim
Paperback Woman
1989
as Bernard
MovieCoupe franche
1989
as Dédé
MoviePleure Pas My Love
1989
MovieThe Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
as Marais
MovieMr. Universe
1988
as Self
MovieHanussen
1988
MovieLe Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988
as Paul Hamburger
MovieThe Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Russian Interrogator
MovieAccroche-cœur
1987
as Friend director
MovieThe Big O
1987
as Kovacs
MovieFavourites of the Moon
1985
as Terrorist
MovieParoles et musique
1984
as Alain
MovieLove on the Ground
1984
as Virgil (as Laszlo Szabo)
MovieLiberty at Night
1984
as Le marionnettiste
MovieFull Moon in Paris
1984
as Painter at Cafe
MovieStand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
1983
as Le directeur
Cinématon XXIX
1983
as N°282
TVDeuil en 24 heures
1982
as Pollock
MovieLaissé inachevé à Tokyo
1982
MovieThe Vulture
1982
as Kovács százados
MovieGodard's Passion
1982
as Laszlo
MovieTemporary Paradise
1981
as László / Gérard
MovieThe Last Metro
1980
as Lieutnant Bergen
MovieLégitime défense
1980
MovieGirls
1980
Rue du Pied de Grue
1979
as Inspecteur Paluche
MovieWrong-doers
1979
as Írnok
MovieThe Last Judgement But One
1979
as A másik nyomozó
MovieA Nice Neighbor
1979
MovieMinden szerdán
1979
as Gazsi
MovieCinématon
1978
as N°282
MovieLa Barricade du Point-du-Jour
1978
as Léo Frankel
MovieJust Like at Home
1978
as Laci
MovieJudith Therpauve
1978
as Lepage
MovieThe Song of Roland
1978
as Duc Naimes / Chevalier hongrois
MovieDossier 51
1978
as Sarah Robski's contact
MovieThe Red Poster
1976
as Joseph Boczov
MovieAdoption
1975
as Jóska
MovieMale of the Century
1975
as The gangster
MovieUnruly Heyducks
1974
MovieSalut, voleurs!
1973
as Jo
MovieValparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
as Lazlo
MovieThe Confession
1970
as Secret Policeman
MovieWinter Wind
1969
as Allied Translator
MovieDo You Know Sunday-Monday?
1969
as Szabó mérnök
MovieBinding Sentiments
1969
as Szõlõsgazda
MovieHappening
1968
MovieThe Fatal Shot
1968
as Bandi
MovieSilence and Cry
1968
as Detective
MovieThe Girl
1968
as Francia autós (uncredited)
MovieWeekend
1967
as L'Arabe (uncredited)
MovieLe Désir attrapé par la queue
1967
MovieMade in U.S.A
1967
as Paul Widmark
MoviePierrot le Fou
1965
as The Political Exile (uncredited)
MovieAlphaville
1965
as Chief Engineer (uncredited)
MovieLe Grand Escroc
1964
as The Police Inspector
MovieThe World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
as Police Inspector (segment "Le Grand escroc")
MovieOphélia
1963
MovieLe Petit Soldat
1963
as Laszlo
MovieThe Doll
1962
as Pascual
MovieVivre Sa Vie
1962
as Injured Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Punishment
1962
MovieKatia
1959
as (uncredited)
MovieÀ double tour
1959
as Vlado
Cinématon n°282 : László Szabó
as self
