Iván Kamarás

Ivan Kamaras (born 22 December 1972) is a Hungarian actor who became first known worldwide for his role as Agent Steel in the 2008 superhero fantasy thriller Hellboy II: The Golden Army, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Kamaras voices the title character in the 2018 Hungarian animated feature Ruben Brandt, Collector.

Personal life Kamarás was born and raised in Pécs, Hungary. His mother, Teodóra Uhrik, and his stepfather, Pál Lovas, were both ballet dancers, and much of his childhood was spent in theatres. When he was seven, the family acquired a recording of the 1980 BBC production of Hamlet starring Derek Jacobi as Hamlet and Patrick Stewart as Claudius. Kamarás fell in love with the role of Hamlet and within two or three years had learned Hamlet's monologues from the play by heart. He was in elementary school when he became a regular member of an amateur acting company and by the time he was in high school he played his first serious role in a performance of the Pecs Chamber Theater. From 1991 to 1995, he studied at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Budapest.

His hobbies include sports and fitness training. He likes to promote charitable causes. Since 2014 he has been an Ambassador for the "Keznyom" campaign of SOS Children's Villages in Hungary.

Career

Theatre From 1995 until 1997 he was a member of the Budapest Chamber Theatre, between 1997 and 2008 a member of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. He won widespread admiration for his first role playing Othello at the age of 23 in 1995. For the Budapest Chamber Theatre he has also starred as Horst in Martin Sherman’s Bent (1996), Treplyov in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull (1997), Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire in 1999 (a role he had previously played for the National Theatre of Győr in 1997), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1998), and James Tyrone Jr in A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill (2003).

For the Comedy Theatre of Budapest he has played Wayne in Ben Elton’s Popcorn (1998), Alyosha in an adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (1999), Edmund in King Lear (2001), Su Fu in Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan (2001), Raskolnikov in an adaptation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (2001), Eugenio in The Coffee House by Carlo Goldoni (2005), Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing (2007), and Trofimov and Pjotr Sergeyevich in The Cherry Orchard (2007).

He has also played Julien Sorel in an adaptation of The Red and the Black by Stendhal for Gyor National Theatre (1995), Brick in Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2000) for the Pest Theatre, Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (2002) for the Pest Theatre, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart (2006) for the Pest Theatre, Christian in Festen for the Pest Theatre (2006), Jamie in Jason Robert Brown’s one-act musical two-hander The Last Five Years for the Palace of the Arts (2007), a role he debuted in Hungary, and Ruy Blas in the Szeged National Theatre production of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (2009).

Film

Aside from his role as Agent Steel in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Kamarás has had an extensive career in Hungarian cinema. Notable roles have included the hit bedroom farce Out of Order (1997), in which he played a jealous boxer in pursuit of his errant girlfriend and her politician lover, the thriller Európa expressz (1999), in which he played Jimmy, a man who becomes caught up in events when the train he is in is hijacked by a Russian mafia boss, and more recently the cult comedy GlassTiger 3 (2010), in which he played Ferenc Csopkai, a rich lawyer who pursues the bumbling heroes after they steal his car and with it a huge sum in cash. In 2013 Kamarás starred in the film Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz.

Television In addition to Silent Witness – in which his character, detective Tibor Orban, helped to uncover a baby-farming racket in Budapest while trying to track down series regular, forensic pathologist Dr Harry Cunningham – Kamarás has played Pipin, the son of Charlemagne, in the miniseries Charlemagne (1993); Louis II, King of Hungary, in the costume drama Mohacs (1995); Ivan, a man who becomes obsessed on his wedding day with his newly met twin sister in Alice and the Seven Wolves (2009); and the machiavellian nightclub owner and antihero Evil in the 10-part drama First Generation (2001). In January 2011, he played a Hungarian detective, Tibor Orban, in Bloodlines, the fourth episode in the 14th series of the BBC crime drama Silent Witness. In 2014 he played the role of Rasputin in the two-part History Channel miniseries Houdini.

Music He has released two solo pop albums – Bombajó (2000), and Revelation (2005) – and been a contributor to two others, So We Sing (2003) and Actor Songs (2009).

Directing Kamarás has shot an experimental film on his mobile phone, Sigh, which was inspired by the Yukio Mishima drama Aoi no Ue and which screened at the Hungarian Film Festival in 2005 and the Moziünnep film festival in 2006. He undertook a course in directing at UCLA in 2009 and in the same year directed a production of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin at Keszthely Castle, Hungary.

Awards Szinikritikusok critics’ award (1996) for Othello, Andor Ajtay memorial award (2000), given annually to the best actor and actress in the Comedy Theatre of Budapest, Hegedűs Gyula award (2000) for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Súgó Csiga díj (2003) a prize for most popular actor voted for by audiences, Mari Jászai Award (2006) a state award given in recognition for acting excellence, is the premier award of national dramatic artists, VII. National Theatre Festival of Pécs (2007) for best male actor of the year award for Festen, Gold Medallion Award (2012) actor of the year audience award

Theatrical roles Number of his registered theatrical presentations in the Hungarian Theatre Database : 56. Date of the presentation Theatre Play (director) Role 26–29 December 2015 Syma Events Hall and Convention Center Toy-Maker (Pop-Musical Show with screened English-language subtitles, directed by György Bőhm)Hungarian title: Játékkészitő Keptén Kapitány the pirate captain January 2011 Katona József Theatre Presnyakov brothers: Playing the Victim (directed by Vilmos Vajdai)Hungarian title: Cserenadrág Verhuskin 30 January 2009 Szeged National Theatre Victor Hugo: Ruy Blas (directed by István Zamenák) Ruy Blas 5 December 2008 Budapest Moulin Rouge Gergely Zöldi: Bonnie and Clyde media gangster romance (directed by György Bőhm) Clyde 20 October 2008 Óbuda Social Club Guest at the west table (literary editor Zoltán Fráter) himself 5 April 2008 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Pierre Beaumarchais: The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness (directed by Enikő Eszenyi) Count Almaviva, governor of Andalusia 3 November 2007 Comedy Theatre of Budapest William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing (directed by Enikő Eszenyi) Benedetto 29 September 2007 Hero’s Square, Budapest The Birth of a Country (directed by Sándor Román)Original title: Szent István – Egy ország születése Szent László 4 July 2007 Károlyi Garden, Budapest Yvette Bozsik Company: Cabaret Berlin (directed by Yvette Bozsik) 18 March 2007 Comedy Theatre of Budapest A. P. Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (directed by Róbert Alföldi) Trofimov, Pjotr Sergeyevich 5 January 2007 Palace of Arts Budapest, Festival Theatre Jason Robert Brown: The Last Five Years (directed by György Bőhm) Jamie 7 October 2006 Pest Theatre Thomas Vinterberg – Mogens Rukov – Bo Hansen: Festen (directed by Enikő Eszenyi) Christian 30 April 2006 Home Theatre Emese Vasvári Yukio Mishima: Aoi (directed by Emese Vasvári) Hikaru 2006 TÁP Theatre Everything Is Bad Variety Show (directed by Vilmos Vajdai)Original title: Minden Rossz Varieté well-known celebrity, celeb 20 January 2006 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Maurice Maeterlinck: The Blue Bird (directed by Sándor Zsótér) The Fairy Bérylune, Light, The Oak, Neighbour Berlingot, Neighbour Berlingot’s little daughter 8 October 2006 Pest Theatre Friedrich Schiller: Mary Stuart (directed by Róbert Alföldi) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 5 July 2005 Gyula Castle Theatre Chaplet of Shakespeare - theatre, theatre, theatre (directed by Attila Vidnyánszky) participant 18 March 2005 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Carlo Goldoni: The Coffee House (directed by Péter Valló) Eugenio 8 October 2004 Sándor Hevesi Theatre, Zalaegerszeg Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man (directed by József Ruszt) Lucifer 8 April 2004 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Nikolai Gogol: The Inspector (directed by Péter Valló) Ivan Aleksandrovich Hlestakov, inspector from Saint Petersburg 17 January 2004 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Gyula Krúdy: The Crimson Coach (directed by Géza Tordy) Kázmér Rezeda 7 March 2003 Tivoli, Budapest Chamber Theatre Eugene O'Neill: A Moon for the Misbegotten (directed by Géza Tordy) James Tyrone Jr. 30 December 2002 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Mihály Eisemann – Imre Egri-Halász – István Békeffy: A Kiss and Nothing More (directed by Géza Hegedűs D.) Sándor 13 April 2002 Pest Theatre William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra (directed by Enikő Eszenyi) Antony 21 December 2001 Comedy Theatre of Budapest William Shakespeare: King Lear (directed by Gábor Tompa) Edmund, natural Son to Gloucester 6 October 2001 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Bertolt Brecht: The Good Person of Szechwan (directed by Sándor Zsótér) Su Fu, barber 20 April 2001 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment (directed by Géza Tordy) Raskolnikov 13 October 2000 Tivoli, Budapest Chamber Theatre Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman (directed by Pál Sándor) Biff 19 February 2000 Pest Theatre Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (directed by Gábor Máté) Brick 2 December 1999(role taken over in March 2004) Tivoli, Budapest Chamber Theatre Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (directed by Géza Tordy) Stanley 16 October 1999 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Fyodor Dostojevsky: The Brothers Karamazov (directed by János Szikora) Ilyusha 1999 Szeged Open-Air Theatre Tibor Déry: An Imaginary Report on an American Pop Festival (directed by Balázs Kovalik) József 7 May 1999 Pest Theatre Attila Réthly: Dead or Alive (directed by Attila Réthly) Günter 27 February 1999 Pest Theatre Here There Over There (directed by István Horvai):Chekhov: The WeddingBertolt Brecht: A Respectable WeddingIlf and Petrov: Sensual Passion BabelmandebskiyHansChulanov 1998 Comedy Theatre of Budapest Ben Elton: Popcorn (directed by László Marton) Wayne 1998 Tivoli, Budapest Chamber Theatre William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (directed by József Ruszt) Romeo 30 November 1997 Pest Theatre Róbert Alföldi: The Phaedra Story (directed by Róbert Alföldi) Hippolutos 15 February 1997 Budapest Chamber Theatre – Ericsson Studio A.P. Chekhov: The Sea-Gull (directed by Róbert Alföldi) Treplyov 1997 Győr National Theatre Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire (directed by Csaba Kiss) Stanley 1996 Budapest Chamber Theatre Martin Sherman: Bent (directed by Róbert Alföldi) Horst 1996 Budapest Chamber Theatre József Katona: Bánk Bán (directed by József Ruszt) Ottó 28 January 1996 Pest Theatre László Dés – Péter Geszti – Pál Békés: The Jungle Book (directed by Géza Hegedûs D.) Shere Khan 1995 Budapest Chamber Theatre Pedro Calderón de la Barca: The Constant Prince Muley 1995 Győr National Theatre Stendhal: The Red and the Black (directed by György Bőhm) Julien Sorel 28 October 1995 Budapest Chamber Theatre William Shakespeare: Othello (directed by József Ruszt) Othello His first widely acclaimed performance both by professionals and audiences.

Theatre Directing 9 marc 2009, Keszthely, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (opera) (directed by: Ivan Kamaras)

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Stationary Short 1996 Ezüstnitrát -- 1996 Bolse vita Árva 1996 A bűvész Short 1997 A miniszter félrelép Marosi Róbert 1998 Európa expressz Jimmy 1999 A Morel fiú Géza Short 2000 Fehér alsó 2001 A csodálatos mandarin Tramp Short 2001 Vademberek István 2002 Szerelem utolsó vérig Dandy 2002 Szent Iván napja Székely Iván 2002 Somlói galuska short 2003 Libiomfi színész a válogatáson 2005 Sóhajok iPhonefilm 50 min Actor, Director, Cinematographer, Producer 2005 Le a fejjel! Kozár, a bérgyilkos 2006 Semleges hely Man short 2008 Para Viktor 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Agent Steel 2009 Team Building Sanyi 2010 Igazából apa Bálint 2010 Sudden Death! Thug 2010 Üvegtigris 3. Dr. Csopkai Ferenc 2010 A tüke fenomén Himself documentary 2011 A Love Affair of Sorts Boris 2012 Blood and High Heels Ivan Milkov short 2012 Aglaja Milo 2012 Rabbi vagy miazisten Tibi Short 2012 The Mark Phillyp Turk 2013 The Mark: Redemption Phillyp Turk 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard G-Wagon Driver 2013 100 Degrees Below Zero Dr. Goldschein 2013 The Developer the Jumpsuit Guy Short 2013 World War Z Gambling Soldier 2014 Üzenet Nyurga Short 2013 Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz Fyodor 2014 Dumapárbaj Kész átverés show műsorvezető 2014 Megdönteni Hajnal Tímeát Róbert 2014 Apám megmutatja Miklós Short 2014 A győztes Kovács István (in 1980) short 2015 Spy Club Emcee 2015 Lámpagyújtogatók Himself 2016 Cop Mortem John Holdon 2017 High & Outside - a baseball noir Hans 2017 Dead End The Hungarian 2018 The Big Shot (A Nagy Dobás) Misi short

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Charlemagne, le prince à cheval(Episodes: L'empereur, Le roi) Prince Pippin Mini-Series 1996 Othello Othello theater TV coverage (Budapest Chamber Theatre) 1996 Mohács Louis II of Hungary The TV film won the Hungarian Film Critics Award 1996 ″Best TV Feature″ prize 1996 Egy csésze fekete (A cup of black...) Mini-Series (from the most interesting crimes of the XXth century, 3 parts) 1998 Hölgyválasz (Episode: Career) Himself Series 1999 Családi album Series 1999 Esti showder Himself TV show 2001 Első generáció Evil Series 2001 Mikor síel az oroszlán? The man in Semmering 2003 Szeret, nem szeret Himself Series short 2006 Köszönet a szabadság hőseinek Miklós (in 1956) (A film from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956) 2007 Szent István - Egy Ország Születése Ladislaus I of Hungary (Historical Rock Musical 2007, Hero Square (Exclusive Open Air Stage), Budapest ) 2009 MobilVers Himself Idea from Iván Kamarás, Cinematographer (a series of poetry) 2009 Beugró Himself TV show 2009 Alíz és a hét farkas Iván 2009 Hús vétkek 2009 Találd ki magad! 2011 Silent Witness (Episodes: Bloodlines Part 1-2) Tibor Orban Series 2011 Feljegyzések az egérlyukból Zverkov (adaptation) 2012 Százbólegy Strange Man Series 2013 Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste Fiore Series 2013 Strike Back Skander HBO-Series 2013 Dracula Auctioneer Series 2014 Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond German Officer - Von Ostheim Mini-Series 2014 Houdini (Part1: Rasputin) Rasputin Mini-Series 2015 Kossuthkifli Péntek Kajetán Series 2016 Tömény történelem Dracula / Koppány / story-teller Mini-Series 2017 Korhatáros szerelem Viktor Series 2018 Csak színház és más semmi (3. Series) Tomi Series

Video games

Sync Selection from the Hungarian Online Sync Database Title Role Actor/Actress Notes The Wire Russell ’Stringer’ Bell Idris Elba Nigel Boswell Agent006 Clive Owen Valiant Gixer Ricky Gervais Superman: Doomsday Clark Kent (Superman) Adam Baldwin The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox Sam Rockwell The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian Cornell John The Reaping Doug Blackwell David Morrissey The Lookout Gary Spargo Matthew Goode Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita) Mr. Csapó Dan Castellaneta Snitch John Matthews Dwayne Johnson A Single Shot John Moon Sam Rockwell The Nut Job Grayson Brendan Fraser Ruben Brandt, Collector Ruben Brandt Iván Kamarás Ηungarian Feature on Art and Animation The Demolisher of the World and the Restorers (Világzabáló és a visszacsinálók) English narration Károly Rékasi Ferenc Cakó adapted sand animation tale