Karol Machata

Biography

Karol Machata was born into a working-class family in Malacky. He started on the radio at the age of twelve and devoted himself to amateur theater. In the end, he preferred theater to economics. From 1948 to 1950 he studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and from 1952 to 1953 he worked at the Army Theater in Martin. Karol Machata is one of the most important representatives of Slovak acting of the post-war generation. He performed his first roles on theater boards in Martin. He appeared in the production of Sládkovičová Marina (1948), in The Assassination (the character of a member of the group of assassins on Heydrich, 1949), he played the character of Fortinbras in Shakespeare's Hamlet (1950). His title characters Geľa Sebechlebský (1952) and Jánošík (1953) enjoyed a penetrating success. For the next forty-five years he was a member of the Drama of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, where he worked from 1953 to 1998. He became a versatile actor. He was able to play heroic roles, but he also excelled in comedic or lyrical positions. He made his film debut as a Slovak aviator in the Czech film Vítezná křídla 1950 and has been one of the busiest film and television actors ever since. He has acted in dozens of Slovak films that belong to the golden fund of Slovak cinema: Zemianska honor, St. Peter's Umbrella, Interrupted Song, Song of the Gray Pigeon, Midnight Mass, Miss Bacilpýška's Crime, Sin of Katarína Padychová, Hidden Spring, Gold, Salt or Geľo Sebechlebský and many others. For significant merits in the field of theater, film and radio production, the President awarded him the Pribin Cross II in 2003. classes. In 2005 he received the Tatrabanka Award for Art and in 2008 he won the OTO Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Known For

Čisté ruky

Narrator (voice)

Janko mydlo a voda

Zemianska česť

Stíny horkého léta

agent Just alias Vilém Jonas

Labyrint srdce

Bludička

Pavilón číslo 6

Zdenek Soukup

Anděl na horách

Geľo Sebechlebský

Gottšalk

Kamaráti

Vdova

Oneskorené kvety

Ivan

Tvár v rose

Ondro's Father

Nebojsa

Pieseň o sivom holubovi

Jozef Haviar (voice)

Bratia

Vždy možno začať

Koniec a začiatok

Keď chybí trombón

Ivanov

Self - Narrator

Na počiatku bola pieseň

Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd

Szent Péter esernyője

Zojka a Valerija

King Pravoslav

Soľ nad zlato

pán Belan

Výlet po Dunaji

Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde

„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“

Dvaja

Dobrý skutok

Čierny gróf

Igor a výmyselníci

Narrator (voice)

Telefón Agafón

Narrator

Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi

Commentary (voice)

Národný umelec prof. Karol Plicka

Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky

Spomienky na lúčenie

Hľadači svetla

Páni sa zabávajú

(voice)

Koníček Hrbáčik

Crespino

Vejár

Doctor Caius

Veselé panie z Windsoru

Trofej neznámeho strelca

narrator

Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...

Neďaleko do neba

Narrator (voice)

Náš pán doktor

Gaspar Sedmík

Posledná bosorka

Narrator (voice)

Vyznavač snov

Vávra

Mariša

Narrator (voice)

Falošný princ

Pavo Sechnár

Drevená dedina

Ľahučký dych

Marián Kubis

Polnočná omša

Prípad pre obhajcu

Srdce na lane

Skrytý prameň

Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom

შეწყვეტილი სიმღერა

Peter Dobrík (45 years old)

Stretnutie

Koník z ebenu

Predjarie

Drotár

Cid

Horoucí srdce

Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou

Lorenzaccio

Slovak Aviator

Vítězná křídla

Najdúch

Hriech Kataríny Padychovej

Boj sa skončí zajtra

Dosť dobrí chlapi

Commentary (voice)

Dúha nad Slovenskom

Muž ktorý sa nevrátil

Jozef Rendko

Lazy sa pohly

Mladé srdcia

Pole neorané

starý Nádaský

Hody

Karol (voice)

Konečne bude mier!