Péter Halász (actor)

Péter Halász ( August 20, 1943 in Budapest – March 9, 2006 in New York City) was a Hungarian actor and director. In 1993 he won the Hungarian Film Critics award for Best Actor. He founded several theater companies in Budapest and New York City including the Kassák Studió, the "appartement theatre", Squat Theater, Love Theater and Varosi Szinhaz. As an actor, he appeared in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), Sunshine (1999), and The Breed among others. In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance, which involved lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum. He died a month after this, at the age of 62. He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.