He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his acting career at the Army Theater in Martin. From 1959 he was a member of the SND Drama. He has presented his acting skills in more than forty films. His domain was robust, psychologically-realistic characters. He also created genre-diverse characters in the classical repertoire. He got his first big film role in 1962 in the film Boxer and Death. On the radio, he c...
He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his acting career at the Army Theater in Martin. From 1959 he was a member of the SND Drama. He has presented his acting skills in more than forty films. His domain was robust, psychologically-realistic characters. He also created genre-diverse characters in the classical repertoire. He got his first big film role in 1962 in the film Boxer and Death. On the radio, he created a number of character, heroic and romantic characters in plays by domestic and foreign authors. From 1984 he worked as a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts. After 1989, he was a member of parliament for two terms (until 1994), first for the CIS and later for the DU. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the SNR Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport.
In 2004, President Ivan Gašparovič lent him the state award of the Council of Ľudovít Štúr II. classes.
In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 TV Screen Personality Awards.
Bakaláři
Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
Soldiers of Freedom
Red Wine
Sám vojak v poli
Tisícročná včela
There is a Dragon Behind Humny
Elizabeth's Court
Sokolovo
A lőcsei fehér asszony
Salt & Gold
The Boxer and Death
The Copper Tower
Oasis
Dialogue 20-40-60
Sneh pod nohami
The Millennial Bee
Romance for Bugle
A Face in the Window
Man in a Great Hall
Dragon's Return
Facing the Enemy
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself