Péter Halász

In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance: lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum. He died a month after at the age of 62. He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.

• Name — Péter Halász • Born — 20 August 1943 • Birthplace — Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary • Died — 9 March 2006 • Place of death — Brooklyn, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actor and director • Years Active — Circa 1965–2006 • Known for — Squat Theatre co-founder, actor. Theatre actor, director. Movie actor Péter Halász (August 20, 1943 in Budapest – March 9, 2006 in New York City) was a Hungarian actor, director and playwright. In 1993 he won the Hungarian Film Critics Awards for Best Actor. He founded several theater companies in Budapest and New York City including the Kassák Haz Studió, the "appartement theatre", Squat Theatre, Love Theatre and Varosi Szinhaz. As a film actor he appeared Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), Sunshine (1999 film) (1999), and The Breed, among others. In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance: lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum. He died a month after at the age of 62. He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.

• 1972 The Puppet Theatre of Péter Halász • 1975 Guido and Tyrius, a play by Eva Buchmuller and Péter Halász. • 1975-79 Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov • 1977 Pig, Child, Fire!, a play in five parts. The first, a drama based on the confessions of Nikolai Stavrogin in Dostoyevsky's Demons. The second is inspired by 1940s American Gangster films. The third is a comic act. • 1978 Andy Warhol's Last Love, Ulrike Meinhof meets Andy Warhol in 3 acts: Aliens on the Second Floor, An Imperial Message and Interview With the Dead. • 1981 Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free, film and live show in a storefront, 1981. • 1981 The Battle of Sirolo. Open air version of Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. Premiere at Polverigi Festival (Inteatro Festival, Polverigi. • 1982 The Golden Age of Squat Theatre. A retrospective of three Squat Theatre plays: Pig, Child, Fire!, Andy Warhol's Last Love and Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. • 1987 Ambition. by Péter Halász.

Péter Halász is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as film director, writer, screenwriter, actor and theatre director.