Miklós Benedek (28 September 1946 – 9 January 2024) was a Hungarian actor and writer. He is most noted for his role of Mr. Fritz Teufel in the 1986 movie Cat City.[1]
Early life
Miklós Benedek was born on 28 September 1946.[2] His father Tibor Benedek was a Hungarian actor.[3] Shortly after his parents divorced, Benedek moved in with his mother. His father committed suicide in 1963 when Miklós was in second grade. When Benedek reached high school, he studied in the Russian sector of ELTE Radnóti Miklós School. In 1965, Benedek, along with Péter Valcz and Tibor Dévényi, won the Hungarian Who Knows What?parody category award. Shortly after, in 1969, Benedek graduated from the Hungarian University of Theater and Film in Budapest,[4] where he studied in the class of Miklós Szinetár.
Career
Benedek in 1972, acting in a play.
After graduating from university, Benedek signed a contract with National Theatre by Béla Both, where he played for 14 years between 1969 and 1983.[5] After he cut his contract with the National Theatre, he played for the Katona József Theater starting in 1983. Between 1991—1992 and 1993–1996, Benedek was the administrator of the Hungarian Chamber of Actors[6] and in 2003, he again cut contracts with Katona József Theater. Between 1997 and 2007, he became a teacher at The University of Film and Arts where he previously studied.[7] In 2003, Benedek began playing for the National Theater again. In 2009, he was fired along with 6 of his colleagues and started playing in shows around the world as a freelancer.[8] In 2017, he was included in Tibor Orlai's Orlais Produkciós Irodá.[9]
Benedek's character is often defined as having ironic sense of humor. He is one of the singers in Hungaroton's album, Budapesti Orfeum.[10]
Death
Benedek died on 9 January 2024, at the age of 77.[11]
