Géza Röhrig
Géza Röhrig (Röhrig Géza, pron; born 11 May 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Géza Röhrig

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- Born
- 11 May 1967
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Education
- Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest Géza Röhrig (Röhrig Géza, pron; born 11 May 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet.
- Nationality
- Hungary · United States
- Fields
- acting · poetry
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize
- Languages
- Hungarian · English · Polish
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Géza Röhrig (Röhrig Géza, pron; born 11 May 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Biography
Biography
Géza Röhrig studied at Eötvös Loránd University and University of Theatre and Film Arts. The recorded working language is Hungarian, English and Polish. The field of work recorded is acting and poetry. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are thriller and drama fiction. Distinctions recorded are Kossuth Prize.

Röhrig Géza. Taken on the 10th of June, 2016. Vörösmarty tér, Downtown Budapest. 87. Ünnepi Könyvhét.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 11 May 1967 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic • Occupation — * Actor • poet • Education — Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest Géza Röhrig (Röhrig Géza, pron; born 11 May 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Life and career
Life and career
• Illustration — Röhrig in 2015 Géza Röhrig was born in Budapest, Hungary. His mother left the family after he was born, and his father died when he was four, and Röhrig spent his childhood in foster care. From the age of 12 he was raised by a Jewish family. In the 1980s, he was the frontman of an underground music band called Huckleberry (also known as HuckRebelly), whose concerts were often interrupted by the communist authorities. At university he studied Hungarian and Polish, and after a visit to Auschwitz during a study tour in Poland, he decided to become an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn, United States. He portrayed poet Attila József in a film by József Madaras. He studied filmmaking under István Szabó. He published two collections of poems on the theme of the Shoah, Hamvasztókönyv ("Book of Incineration", 1995) and Fogság ("Captivity", 1997). He graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest with a degree in filmmaking. Since 2000, he has lived in The Bronx borough of New York City, where he received a degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and has been a kindergarten teacher at Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn. He is married, and has four children. He has published many collections of poetry.
Prose
Prose
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Poetry
Poetry
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Television
Television
• 1989: Közjáték, episode Mrożek: Levélkék (director) • 1989: Eszmélet by József Madaras, episodes 1 and 2: Attila József • 1990: Armelle by Jacek Lenczowski: Piotr
Identity
Identity
Géza Röhrig is recorded with the occupation television actor. Classed in the genre drama fiction. Classed in the genre thriller. Recorded as poet, actor, singer and writer. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Röhrig Géza. His recorded languages were Hungarian, English, Polish and Hebrew.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1967
Géza Röhrig was born on 11 May 1967.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — Son of Saul — Saul • 2018 — To Dust — Shmuel • The Chaperone — Joseph • 2019 — Muse — Luca • Bad Art — Gene • 2020 — Resistance — Georges Loinger • Undergods — Z • 2023 — Five and a Half Love Stories in a Vilnius Apartment — Philip • 2025 — Desert Warrior — Al Hamerz • Marty Supreme — Bela Kletzki • TBA — The Way of the Wind — Jesus Christ — Post-production • Yeti — Filming
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Awards and nominations
• Award — Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Reference • Actor Awards — 2026 — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture — Marty Supreme
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- 1.Culture - Saul's inferno: Searing Holocaust drama stuns Cannes festival. France 24. May 15, 2015.
- 2.orokbe.hu. Híres örökbefogadottak: Röhrig Géza. 2016-02-29.
- 3.Magyar Hírlap. Röhrig Géza - Úgy éreztem, udvari bolonddá kezdek válni. jbsz.hu. 1991-04-12.
- 4.Brugós Bernadette. Röhrig Géza, a Saul fia sztárja: halottmosdatással foglalkozik New Yorkban. femcafe.hu. 2016-02-29.
- 5.Magyar Narancs - Film - "Csak ezt az egy regényt kell megírnom" (Röhrig Géza költő). magyarnarancs.hu. May 25, 2015.
- 6.Szemere Katalin. Kultúra: Élesztő és irodalom - NOL.hu. NOL.hu. February 13, 2013.
- 7.Antony Lane, "Deep and Dark," The New Yorker, December 21, 2015: 227
- 8.Davidzon, Vladislav. The Kindergarten Teacher Who Won Cannes. Tablet. May 29, 2015.
- 9.Múlt és Jövő Kiadó - Törvény - All Categories - Publishing House. multesjovo.hu.
- 10.To Dust 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca.
- 11.McNary, Dave. Haley Lu Richardson Joins Elizabeth McGovern's PBS Movie 'The Chaperone'. Variety. August 1, 2017.
- 12.Ed Harris, Edgar Ramirez, Cléménce Poesy, More Join Jesse Eisenberg In Marcel Marceau WWII Story 'Resistance' — AFM. Deadline Hollywood. October 30, 2018.
- 13.Chris Pine Faces the Alps’ Most Terrifying Predator in Yeti
- 14.filmhu - naptár - kategória - klub - FMS Filmfesztivál. magyar.film.hu.
- 15.Géza Röhring. IMDb.
- 16.Eszmélet. PORT.hu. November 20, 1989.
- 17.Lewis, Hilary. Actor Awards, Formerly SAG Awards, Nominations: 'One Battle After Another' Leads Film Nods With 7 as 'The Studio' Tops TV With 5. The Hollywood Reporter. 7 January 2026.
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