Norbert Növényi

Norbert Növényi
Personal information
Born (1957-05-15) May 15, 1957 (age 67)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
CountryHungary
SportWrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts
Weight classLight heavyweight
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 90 kg

Norbert Nottny Növényi (born 15 May 1957)[1] is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kickboxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary. In January 2009, he became the oldest WFCA mixed martial arts world champion.

Acting career

He appeared in a minor role in the Hollywood film Red Heat, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug who was smuggling cocaine in his artificial leg. He played a longer role in Péter Tímár's satire Zimmer Feri in 1997. He also attended a drama course of Mária Gór-Nagy. His longest role was in Az Alkimista és a Szűz (The Alchemist and the Virgin, 1999) by Zoltán Kamondi. He played the role of the title virgin's boyfriend. He also appeared in the award-winning Taxidermia by György Pálfi.

Sport titles

References

  1. ^ Magyar ki kicsoda 1990: több mint 6000 élő magyar személy életrajza [Hungarian Who's Who 1990: biographies of more than 6,000 living Hungarian persons] (in Hungarian). Budapest: TEXOFT. 1990. p. 431. ISBN 978-963-7840-28-9. Növényi Norbert (Nottny) birkózó, karatézó. Bp., 1957. máj. 15.