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Gyula Mesterházy
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Gyula Mesterházy, actor
Born (1974-01-13) 13 January 1974 (age 50)
Szombathely, Hungary
💼 Occupation
Actor
🏅 AwardsImre Soós Award (2005)
🌐 Websitemesterhazygyula.com

Gyula Mesterházy (Hungarian: [ˈmɛʃtɛrhaːzi ˈɟulɐ]; born in Szombathely on 13 January 1974) is a Hungarian actor and holder of the Imre Soós Award (2005).

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Gyula Mesterházy was born in Szombathely, Hungary and grew up at the nearby spa town, Bük close to the border with Austria. As a child Mesterházy participated in both team and individual sports (football, athletics and swimming) and at the age of seven started dancing in a local Hungarian folk dance group. Here his talents were immediately noticed, and he became one of the star soloists of the group. After working in Bük for several years in 1997 at the age of 23 Mesterházy moved to Hungary's capital, Budapest, where a professional photographer persuaded him to take part in a fashion shoot. These were to be the first steps towards a career in the performing arts.[1]

Career as theatre and film actor[edit]

Mesterházy has appeared on stage, on film and in commercials both in Hungary and internationally. He studied to be an actor first at the renowned Margit Földessy Acting and Drama Studio in Budapest, then continued at the József Attila Theatre Actor and Drama Academy, where during his studies Mesterházy acted in various plays at the theatre itself. After completing his studies Mesterházy was selected by the Győr National Theatre in Hungary, where he became a full-time member of the theatre company. In Győr at the largest theatre in western Hungary Meterházy soon gained leading roles in several plays.[1] He fast became an audience favourite in roles such as Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,[2], as Fyedka in the musical, Fiddler on the Roof[3] and as Rodolpho in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge[4].

Such was Mesterházy's success that in 2005 he was awarded the Imre Soós Award, which each year is presented to a young actor (who graduated in acting no more than 5 years earlier) for exceptional artistic performance. A year later in 2006 he was asked to join the Budapest Chamber Theatre, one of the most well-renowned theatres in Budapest.[1] Here he took on many roles: he played among others Garett Thibodeau in Stephen King's Dolores[5], Claude Pichon in Neil Simon's The Dinner Party[6] and the Priest in Ryūnosuke Akutagawa-Müller's Rashomon[7]. During this period Mesterházy also played at other theatres including in the role of Márió in Dario Niccodemi's L'alba, Il giorno, e la notte (Morning, noon and night)[8]. After his time at the Budapest Chamber Theatre Mesterházy continued to act in touring theatre, where, for example, he played the role of Lewis in Barry Creyton's Valentine's Day, which he also directed.[9]

From his early acting years he also took roles in film and on TV, both in Hungarian and in international productions.[1] He has appeared regularly in Jóban Rosszban (For Better or Worse) since 2006[10] as well as in other TV series such as Válótársak (Divorce Buddies)[11], Drága örökösök (Precious Heirs)[12], Keresztanyu (Godmother)[13] and A mi kis falunk (Our Little Village)[14]. Internationally he has played roles in TV series such as the Iranian-French co-production, Zero Degrees Turn (2007) with the actor Shahab Hosseini[15], the UK productions, Fleming (2013)[16] and Maigret (2016)[17], and the US productions Houdini (2013) with Adrien Brody[18], Homeland (2018) with Claire Danes[19] and Hunters (2020)[20]. In films he has played roles such as a Nazi official in Adolf Eichmann (UK 2007)[21], the Canadian Ambassador in The Spy Who Dumped Me (USA 2018)[22] and Fyodor in Dhaakad (India 2022) with Kangana Ranaut[23].

Other performance work[edit]

Mesterházy has also appeared in more than 40 commercials as a screen actor (for companies such as Coca-Cola, Schlossgold, Raiffeisen Bank, Renault, Volkswagen and Heidelberg[24]) and in photographic shoots (in the late 1990s in his work as a model he became the European face of Playboy Jeans). Alongside his acting Mesterházy also works in dubbing and in narration (films and TV series in Hungarian). The Hungarian Internet Dubbing Database links him to more than 350 films[25]. His other work also includes appearances in music videos such as Get Ready to Bounce by Brooklyn Bounce[26].

Organiser, producer and presenter[edit]

During the 2010's variously as organiser, producer and presenter Mesterházy worked in the production of several classical music and cultural events[1] including as the presenter of a TV documentary about Pécs as European Capital of Culture 2010[27]. This programme drew on Plácido Domingo's Operalia competition, which in 2009 was organised in Pécs.[1]

Mesterházy was a founder and Managing Director of GuliAnd[28], which operated in both the UK and Hungary, and of PD CLASSICS[29]. He worked on the production team for a number of cultural events in both countries.[1] In the UK he was a co-producer of The Liverpool Opera – Four Seasons[30]; and in Hungary productions included The Voices![31] concerts, which each year presented young opera stars including those from the Operalia competition. In each of the three years from 2017 - in addition to many smaller concerts - Mesterházy co-produced a major production for PD CLASSICS:

Education[edit]

Mesterházy studied as an actor at the Margit Földessy Acting and Drama Studio in Budapest (1999), then at the József Attila Theatre Actor and Drama Academy (2001). After completing his acting studies Mesterházy obtained a degree in Communications & Media, majoring in television sciences, from Kodolányi János University (2004). In 2013 Mesterházy developed his acting techniques further at the Method Acting Method College School in London[35]. Most recently at Károli Gáspár University Mesterházy obtained a further degree qualification as Manager in Artistic Administration (2021).[1]

List of work[edit]

Film actor[edit]

Mesterházy has performed in films and television series both in Hungary and internationally.[36]

Films and TV Series
Year Country Title (Title in English) Film or TV Series Director
2022 Hungary A mi kis falunk (Our Little Village)
S6.E20
TV Series Iván Kapitány
2022 India Dhaakad Film Raznesh Ghai
2021 Hungary Keresztanyu (Godmother)
S2.E58|E63
TV Series Barbara Hámori
2021 Hungary Oltári történetek (At the Altar)
S2.E5
TV Series Kornél Jaksi
2006–2021 Hungary Jóban Rosszban (For Better or Worse)
S1.E345|E355|E506|E573|...|E3943|E3944|E3975|E4034
TV Series Róbert PajerPéter Soós | Péter Kubinszky | others
2020 Hungary Mintaapák (Ideal Fathers)
S2.E71
TV Series Dávid Spáh
2020 Hungary Doktor Balaton
S2.E33
TV Series Dávid Csicskár
2020 USA Hunters TV Series Wayne Yip
2019 Hungary Drága örökösök (Precious Heirs)
S1.E18|E34 S2.E21|E22
TV Series Barbara Hámori
2018 USA Homeland
S7.E12
TV Series Lesli Linka Glatter
2018 Hungary A rossz árnyék (Sinister Shadow) Film András Jeles
2018 Hungary Válótársak (Divorce Buddies)
S3.E8
TV Series Attila Herczeg
2018 USA The Spy Who Dumped Me Film Susanna Fogel
2018 Hungary Korhatáros szerelem (Family Love) TV Series Márk Radnai
2017 France The Man with the Iron Heart Film Cédric Jimenez
2017 Germany Honigfrauen (Honey Women)
S1.E3
TV Series Ben Verbong
2016 UK Maigret in Montmartre TV Series Thaddeus O'Sullivan
2016 USA Mars
S1.E3
TV Series Everardo Gout
2016 USA Tyrant TV Series Alrick Riley
2015 Hungary Born Again Film Tibor Czeily
2015 Canada X Company
S1.E8
TV Series Craig Viveiros
2015 Spain Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste
S1.E4|E5|E6
TV Series Salvador Calvo | Luis Oliveros
2014 USA Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Film Arthur Allan Seidelman
2013 Hungary Munkaügyek (The Office)
E2.S11
TV Series István Márton
2013 USA Houdini TV Series Uli Edel
2013 UK Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond TV Series Mat Whitecross
2013 USA The Borgias
S3.E10
TV Series Neil Jordan
2013 Hungary Munkaügyek (Work Matters) TV Series István Márton
2012 UK World Without End
S1.E6|E8
TV Series Michael Caton-Jones
2012 Hungary Marslakók (Martians) TV Series Ádám Rozgonyi
2010 France La rafle (The Round Up) Film Rose Bosch
2010 Hungary Diplomatavadász (Diplomat Hunter)
S1.E1-9
TV Series Gábor Forgács
2009 Norway Svik (Betrayal) Film Håkon Gundersen
2009 Hungary Született lúzer (Born Loser) Film Péter Bartos
2007 Iran Madare sefr darajeh (Zero Degree Turn) TV Series Hassan Fathi
2007 UK Adolf Eichmann Film Robert Young
2006 Hungary Indián nyár (Indian Summer) Film Pál Erdöss
2006 Hungary Barátok közt (Among Friends)
S1.E3609
TV Series Tamás Ardai
2003 Hungary Az úton végig kell menni (To Go the Whole Way) Film Ifj. Elek Ottó
2003 Hungary Limonádé (Lemonade)
S1.E1-23
TV Series Iván Kapitány
2001 Hungary Első generáció (First Generation)
S1.E1-10
TV Series Szilárd Szabó
2001 Hungary Csocsó, avagy éljen május elseje! (May Day Mayhem!) Film Róbert Koltai
2000 USA The Prince and the Pauper Film Giles Foster
1998–1999 Hungary Szomszédok (Neighbours)
S1.E300|E315
TV Series Ádám Horváth
1999 Hungary Hippolyt Film Barna Kabay
1998 USA A Knight in Camelot Film Roger Young
1997 USA Deathline Film Tibor Takács

Stage actor[edit]

Mesterházy has performed at Hungarian theatres mainly in Budapest and in Győr, but also elsewhere in Hungary and abroad in touring theatre.

Plays and musicals
Year Theatre Company Playwright Play Title (Title in English)[37] Role Notes
2022 Franzol Management Vajk Szente Legénybucsú[38] (Bachelor Party) Priest staged in Târgu Mureș, Romania
2021–2022 Buda Art House[39] Composer: Pongrác Kacsóh
Libretto: Károly Bakonyi
Lyrics: Jenő Heltai
János vitéz[40] (John the Valiant) King of France Musical theatre based on the poem János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi; also director
2020–2022 Voice Theatre, Budapest[41] Various (see under Play Title) Finita la Commedia (After the Comedy) by László Borbély
Torta (Cake) by Bernát László Czető
Szakadatlan (Uniterrupted) by Bernát László Czető
Various
2021 Éless-Szín Sándor Márai Kassai polgárok[42] (The Citizens of Kassa) Bishop Stephen
2021 Éless-Szín Barry Creyton Valentin nap[9] (Valentine's Day) Lewis also director
2019 Éless-Szín János Vaszary Jó házból való úrilány jelentkezését várom![43] (I am looking for a lady from a good house!) Jánossy
2018 Éless-Szín Gábor Görgey Huzatos ház[44] (A Drafty House) János Goda
2017 Éless-Szín Lope de Vega A furfangos menyasszony[45] (The Cleverest Girl in Madrid) Fulminato
2016 Éless-Szín Jenő Heltai Az édes tehér[46] (The Sweet Burden) Tamás Kékes
2015 Éless-Szín Attila Orbók Nem válok el![47] (I won't Divorce) Henrik IV
2015 Éless-Szín Imre Harmath Bridge/A nagy játszma[48] (Bridge/The Big Match) Ádám Bors
2014 Éless-Szín Roland Topor Albérlet az asztal alatt[49] (Winter Under the Table) Gritzka
2014 Éless-Szín Peter Hacks and Anna Elisabeth Wiede under the pseudonym Saul O'Hara Leszek az özvegyed[50] (Risky Marriage) Lance Flecher
2011 Budapest Chamber Theatre Péter Müller A vihar kapujában[7] (Rashomon) Priest based on Rashōmon by the Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
2011 Thalia Theatre Dario Niccodemi Hajnalban, délben, este[8] (Morning, Noon and Night) Mario translated from the Italian, L' alba, Il Giorno, La Notte
2011 Budapest Chamber Theatre Attila Kristóf A sátán nyelve[51] (Satan's Toungue) Józsi
2010 Budapest Chamber Theatre Neil Simon Különterem (avagy vágytól asztalig)[6] (The Dinner Party) Claude Pischon
2010 Győr National Theatre Zoltán Egressy Kék, kék, kék[52] (Blue, blue, blue) Indigó
2009 Budapest Chamber Theatre Boris Vian Mindenkit megnyúzunk![53] (Knackery for All) American soldier translated from the French, L'Équarrissage pour tous
2009 Budapest Chamber Theatre Szilvia Dallos Utószinkron[54] (Post-Synchronisation) Russian actor
2009 Budapest Chamber Theatre Bengt Ahlfors Hamu és pálinka[55] (Ash and Aquavit) Fredrik Löfvegren translated from the Finnish, Tuhkaa ja teräviä
2009 Budapest Chamber Theatre István Verebes Remix[56] Malcolm Stampler
2008 Budapest Chamber Theatre Stephen King Dolores[5] Garett Thibodeau Dolores Claiborne adapted for stage by David Joss Buckley
2008 Győr National Theatre William Shakespeare Szentivánéji álom[57] (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Francis Flute (a bellows-mender), Thisbe
2007 The Workshop Company G. Attila Pintér Originál ungaris, avagy szabad a csók![58] (Original Hungarian or It's Okay to Kiss) Smirnoff
2007 Budapest Chamber Theatre György Spiró Árpádház (The House of Árpád) Folkus, Márk, Mr. Magyari
2007 Budapest Chamber Theatre Miklós Hubay, György Ránki, István Vas Egy szerelem három éjszakája[59] (One Love, Three Nights) Menyhért
2006 Budapest Chamber Theatre Henrik Ibsen Patkányiszony[60] (Little Eyolf) Borgheim translated from the Norwegian, Lille Eyolf
2006 Budapest Chamber Theatre William Shakespeare Hamlet[61] Fortinbras
2006 Győr National Theatre Arthur Miller Pillantás a hídról[4] (A View from the Bridge) Rodolfo
2005 Győr National Theatre William Shakespeare Lear király[62] (King Lear) King of France
2005 Győr National Theatre George Bernard Shaw Szent Johanna[63] (Saint Joan) Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard)
2004 Győr National Theatre Károly Szakonyi Adáshiba[64] (Transmission Error) Imrus
2004 Győr National Theatre Henrik Ibsen Dr. Stockmann (A nép ellensége)[65] (An Enemy of the People) Billing translated from the Norwegian, En folkefiende
2003 Győr National Theatre William Shakespeare Rómeó és Júlia[2] (Romeo and Juliet) Romeo
2003 Győr National Theatre Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock Hegedűs a háztetőn[3] (Fiddler on the Roof) Fyedka
2003 Győr National Theatre Géza Bereményi Az arany ára[66] (The Price of Gold) Imi
2003 Győr National Theatre Ferenc Molnár Egy, kettő, három…[67] (One, Two, Three…) Krisztián
2002 Győr National Theatre György Korcsmáros, Márta Tömöry Csizmás Kandúr[68] (Puss in Boots) The Smallest based on the tale Puss in Boots from the Italian writers Giovanni Francesco Straparola and Giambattista Basile, and the French writer Charles Perrault
2002 Győr National Theatre Gergely Csiky Mákvirágok[69] (Poppies) Darvas Károly
2001 Győr National Theatre Lajos Bartha Szerelem[70] (Love) Pista
2001 József Attila Theatre Dezső Kellér, László Szilágyi 3:1 a szerelem javára[71] (3:1 in Favour of Love) Lali
2001 Győr National Theatre Anton Chekhov Három nővér (Three Sisters) Aleksej Petrovich Fedotik
2000 József Attila Theatre Zsigmond Móricz Légy jó mindhalálig[72] (Be Faithful Unto Death) Policeman Be Faithful Unto Death adapted for stage by Tibor Kocsák and Tibor Miklós
1999 József Attila Theatre Anton Chekhov Leánykérés (A Marriage Proposal) Lomov
1999 József Attila Theatre Ferenc Molnár Liliom[73] (Liliom) 2nd detective
1998 József Attila Theatre Arthur Schnitzler Körbe-körbe ( La Ronde) Count

Organiser, producer and presenter[edit]

This is a list of Mesterházy's significant work as producer and presenter.

Concerts and TV Programmes
Year Event Type Description
2019 Plácido Domingo Concert Concert & TV Programme on M5 Concert by Plácido Domingo to celebrate the opening of the Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged
2018 Gustavo Santaolalla in Hungary Concert & TV Programme on M5 Concert in Pécs by the Grammy Award winning musician
2017 La traviata Concert Opera in Pécs with Marina Rebeka )[74]
2012–2020 The Voices! Concert & TV Programme Concert each year by young opera stars including those from Plácido Domingo's Operalia competition
2010 Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture TV documentary on M1 Presenter of a TV documentary about Pécs as European City of Culture 2010[75]. Programme draws on classical music connections with Pécs: José Carreras's Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pécs in 2007; and Plácido Domingo's Operalia held there in 2009
2010 Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture TV Magazine Programme (Kikötő) on Duna TV Review of the Pécs 2010 project
Domingo in June 2019
Domingo in June 2019

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Gyula Mesterházy: Biography
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rómeó és Júlia on 22 November 2003 at Győr National Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hegedűs a háztetőn on 20 December 2003 at Győr National Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  4. 4.0 4.1 Pillantás a hídról on 17 March 2006 at Győr National Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dolores on 27 April 2008 at Budapest Chambre Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  6. 6.0 6.1 A különterem on 26 November 2010 at Budapest Chamber Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  7. 7.0 7.1 A vihar kapujában on 10 Decemebr 2011 at Budapest Chamber Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  8. 8.0 8.1 Hajnalban, délben, este on 17 November 2011 at Thalia Theatre on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  9. 9.0 9.1 Valentin nap on 17 Septemebr 2021 with Éless-Szín on port.hu in Hungarian
  10. For Better or Worse on imdb.com
  11. Válótársak on imdb.com
  12. Drága örökösök on imdb.com
  13. Godmother on imdb.com
  14. A mi kis falunk on imdb.com
  15. Zero Degrees Turn on imdb.com
  16. Fleming on imdb.com
  17. Maigret on imdb.com
  18. Houdini on imdb.com
  19. Homeland on imdb.com
  20. Hunters on imdb.com
  21. Eichmann on imdb.com
  22. The Spy Who Dumped Me on imdb.com
  23. Dhaakad on imdb.com
  24. Robotics & Automation: The future of printing on youtube.com
  25. Mesterházy on iszdb.hu in Hungarian
  26. Get Ready to Bounce (1997) on youtube.com
  27. PÉCS2010 on youtube.com in Hungarian
  28. Founder & Managing Director, GuliAnd Ltd
  29. Founder & Managing Director, PD CLASSICS Nonprofit Kft
  30. The Liverpool Opera – Four Seasons makes its debut on cultureliverpool.co.uk
  31. The Voices! on facebook.com
  32. Traviata, Pécs 2017 on izaszinhazbanjart.hu in Hungarian
  33. Gustavo Santaolalla in Hungary on youtube.com
  34. Plácido Domingo at the opening of the Saint Gellért Forum on placidodomingo.eu
  35. Method Acting College School in London
  36. Mesterházy on imdb.com
  37. Résumé on Mesterházy's website
  38. Legénybucsú on facebook.com events in Hungarian
  39. Budai Művészház (Buda Art House) in Hungarian
  40. János vitéz on lmk.hu in Hungarian
  41. Hangszínház, Budapest (Voice Theatre, Budapest) on facebook.com in Hungarian
  42. Kassai polgárok on port.jegy.hu in Hungarian
  43. Jó házból való úrilány jelentkezését várom! on port.hu in Hungarian
  44. Huzatos ház on port.hu in Hungarian
  45. A furfangos menyasszony on port.hu in Hungarian
  46. Az édes tehér on port.hu in Hungarian
  47. Nem válok el! on port.hu in Hungarian
  48. Bridge/A nagy játszma on port.hu in Hungarian
  49. Albérlet az asztal alatt on port.hu in Hungarian
  50. Leszek az özveged on port.hu in Hungarian
  51. A sátán nyelve on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  52. Kék, kék, kék on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  53. Mindenkit megnyúzunk! on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  54. Utószinkron on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  55. Hamu és pálinka on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  56. Remix on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  57. Szentivánéji álom on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  58. Originál ungaris on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  59. Egy szerelem három éjszakája on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  60. Patkányiszony on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  61. Résumé on Mesterházy's website
  62. Lear király on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  63. Szent Johanna on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  64. Adáshiba on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  65. Dr. Stockmann (A nép ellensége) on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  66. Az arany ára on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  67. Egy, kettő, három… on port.hu in Hungarian
  68. Csizmás Kandúr on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  69. Mákvirágok on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  70. Szerelem on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  71. 3:1 a szerelem javára on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  72. Légy jó mindhalálig on PORT.hu in Hungarian
  73. Liliom on port.hu in Hungarian
  74. Traviata, Pécs 2017 on izaszinhazbanjart.hu in Hungarian
  75. PÉCS2010 on youtube.com in Hungarian

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