Sándor Csányi is a Hungarian

Hungary

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Actor

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Csányi aimed to be an actor from an early age and was admitted into the Hungarian University of Theater and Film on his fourth attempt. In 2002, he became a member of the Radnóti Theatre in Budapest.

His earliest film role was lending his voice for the 1999 film Sitiprinc and he followed this up by starring in shorts Az Ember, akit kihagytak and uristen@menny.hu (god@heaven.hu) the following year. He then had small roles in a number of films until 2003 when he starred in Nimród Antal

Nimród Antal

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's critically acclaimed Kontroll

Kontroll

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. He has since become somewhat of a leading man in Hungarian cinema, starring in such films as Just Sex and Nothing Else, Rokonok and Children of Glory.

He was married to Hungarian actress Lia Pokorny who he has worked alongside on a number of films. They have one child, Mark (2003).

Filmography

• Sitiprinc (1999) ...Horváth Rudolf (voice)
• uristen@menny.hu (god@heaven.hu) (1999) ...Thief
• Jadviga párnája (2000) ...Rosza Pali
• This I Wish and Nothing More (2000)...Strici
• Pizzaman (2001) ...Portás 2
• Nexxt (2001) ...Balfék
• I Love Budapest (2001) ...Miki
• Citromfej (2001) ...Constructor
• Szent Iván napja (2003) ...Misi
• A Bus Came... (2003) ...Miklós
• Kontroll
  Kontroll
  Kontroll is a Hungarian comedy-thriller released to theatres in 2003. Shown internationally, mainly in art house theatres, the film is a darkly comic thriller set in a Hungarian Metro system....
  
  (2003) ...Bulcsú
• Magyar vándor (2004) ...Tartar messenger
• The Unburied Man (2004)
• Stop Mom Theresa (2004) ...David
• The Porcelian Doll (2005) ...Csurmándi
• A Fény ösvényei (2005) ...Alex
• Az Igazi Mikulás (2005) ...Dr. Lápossy
• Just Sex and Nothing Else (2005) ...Tamás
• Rokonok (2006) ...István Kopjáss
• Children of Glory (2006) ...Tibi Vámos
• Idegölő (2006) ...The gas-man
• S.O.S. Love! (2007) ...Péter
• Nosedive (2007) ...Cameo
• Kaméleon (2008) ...Márk

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