Štefan Kvietik

Biography

He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his acting career at the Army Theater in Martin. From 1959 he was a member of the SND Drama. He has presented his acting skills in more than forty films. His domain was robust, psychologically-realistic characters. He also created genre-diverse characters in the classical repertoire. He got his first big film role in 1962 in the film Boxer and Death. On the radio, he created a number of character, heroic and romantic characters in plays by domestic and foreign authors. From 1984 he worked as a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts. After 1989, he was a member of parliament for two terms (until 1994), first for the CIS and later for the DU. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the SNR Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport. In 2004, President Ivan Gašparovič lent him the state award of the Council of Ľudovít Štúr II. classes. In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 TV Screen Personality Awards.

Most Known For

Bakaláři

Thirty Cases of Major Zema

as Horňák

Sokolovo

as Spígl

Tereza

Prefíkaná vdova

as Don Alvaro de Castilia

Ujo Váňa

The Copper Tower

as Pirin

The Millennial Bee

as Samo

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

as Judge Bonnet

Soldiers of Freedom

as Miloš

Oasis

as Serzant

Jankove hračky

Slnko v sieti

Don Carlos

Barbora Rösselová

as Vavro Rössel

Horská služba

Bašta

Povstalecká história

as Peter Valentík

Rozprávky pätnástich sestier

V službách zákona