Károly Gesztesi
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Károly Gesztesi | |
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Born | Károly Tóth 16 April 1963 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | 4 January 2020 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 56)
Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1988-2020 |
Spouse(s) | Claudia Liptai
(m. 2006; div. 2009) |
Children | 5 |
Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth; 16 April 1963 – 4 January 2020) was a Hungarian actor and voice actor. His ex-wife is . He was best known for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek from the movie of the same name.
Life and career[]
He graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest and, until 1990, he was a member of the Thalia Theater company. He then traveled to Holland for a few months. He acted in multiple theatres throughout the 1990s, including the National Theatre of Miskolc, the Attila József Theatre, and the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. Since 1998, he was a freelance actor. He was also a member of a band. Gesztesi was best known as a Hungarian voice actor. He voiced the protagonist Shrek in the Hungarian dubs of the Shrek films. He was divorced and the father of five children. His eldest son is actor .
On 4 January 2020, Gesztesi died from a heart attack in Budapest.[1]
Theatre roles[]
- Dezső Kosztolányi: Anna Édes - Kéményseprő
- György Szomor--Atilla Valla: Diótörő és Egérkirály - Egérkiràly
- Elton John - Tim Rice: Aida - Zoser
- Bram Stoker: Dracula - Lelkész
- Shakespeare: Othello - Othello
- April De Angelis: Garrick - Macklin
- Shakespeare: Richard III - Richard
- Tim Rice - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- - Péter Geszti: A dzsungel könyve: Balu
- Ray Cooney - John Chapman: Kölcsönlakás....Henry Lodge
- Neil Simon - Marvin Hamlisch - C.B. Singer - Tibor Miklós: Mámor
- Woody Allen: New York- comedian
- Henrik Ibsen: Peer Gynt
- Arthur Miller: Marco
- Ben Elton: Popcorn Bruce Delamitri, film rendition
- Arthur Miller: Danforth
- Martin McDonagh: Valene Connor
- Daniel Keyes: Virágot Algernonnak
Filmography[]
Dubbing roles[]
Film | Role | Syncing |
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Baywatch | Garner Ellerbee | Gregory Alan Williams |
Central Park West | Mark Merrill | Tom Verica |
Renegade | Bobby Sixkiller | Branscombe Richmond |
Richard Stiles | Christopher Judge | |
The A Team | Bosco Albert "B.A." Baracus | Mr. T |
Highlander | Duncan 'Mac/Highlander' MacLeod | Adrian Paul |
Kórház a pálmák alatt |
Clemant | Charles M. Huber |
Das Boot | Werner | Herbert Grönemeyer |
Inspector Rex | Peter Höllerer | Wolf Bachofner |
Spin City | Paul Lassiter | Richard Kind |
Robin Hood | Little John | Richard Ashton |
Baywatch Nights | Garner Ellerbee | Gregory Alan Williams |
Nash Bridges | Joe Dominguez | Cheech Marin |
The Enforcer | Mr. Chapel | Michael Madsen |
Players | Isaac 'Ice' Gregory | Ice-T |
Footballers' Wives | Jason Turner | Cristian Solimeno |
The Wire | William 'Bunk' Moreland | Wendell Pierce |
Game of Thrones | Robert Baratheon | Mark Addy |
Film dub roles[]
Film | Year | Character | Syncing |
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Lock Up | 1989 | Frank Leone | Sylvester Stallone |
Puss in Boots | 1999 | Óriás | Kevin Dorsey |
Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | Kenneth | Ving Rhames |
Pet Sematary II | 1992 | Sheriff Gus Gilbert | Clancy Brown |
Star Wars | 1995 | Lando Calrissian | Billy Dee Williams |
Monsters Inc. | 2001 | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | John Goodman |
Monsters University | 2013 | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | John Goodman |
Jingle All The Way | 1996 | Sinbad | Myron Larabee |
Cars | 2006 | Mater | Larry the Cable Guy |
Cars 2. | 2011 | Mater | Larry the Cable Guy |
Shrek | 2001 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
Shrek 2. | 2004 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
Shrek the Third | 2007 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
Shrek Forever After | 2010 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
Shrek the Halls | 2007 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
Scared Shrekless | 2010 | Shrek | Mike Myers |
The Princess and the Frog | 2009 | Louie | Michael-Leon Wooley |
Awards[]
- Miskolc város nívódíja (1990)[2]
- Filmszemle Legjobb Férfi Epizódalakítás Díja (1997)[2]
- VOXCar-díj (2002)[3]
- Lions-díj (2006)
- Story Ötcsillag-díj (2006, 2009)
References[]
- ^ "Meghalt Gesztesi Károly". Index.hu. January 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Weblap Gesztesi Károlyról - Egyéb". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ A legjobb szinkron: Shrek
Sources[]
- Gesztesi Károly
- Magyar színházművészeti lexikon. Főszerk. Székely György. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1994. ISBN 963-05-6635-4Online elérés
- Szinkron[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- 1963 births
- 2020 deaths
- Hungarian male stage actors
- Hungarian male film actors
- Hungarian male voice actors
- Hungarian male television actors
- 20th-century Hungarian male actors
- 21st-century Hungarian male actors
- Male actors from Budapest