Juraj Kukura

Juraj Kukura (born 15 March 1947, in Prešov) is a Slovak actor.

Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). In 1985, when he emigrated to West Germany, his films were banned in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until Communist rule ended during the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Thanks to his charismatic personality he usually portrayed strong, leading characters. In 2004, he received DOSKY Award for performing Martin in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee. In 2003 he became managing director of Arena Theatre.

Recognition In October 2017, Kukura was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Czech president Miloš Zeman.

In 2020 he won a Crystal Wing Awards in the 'Theater and Audiovisual Arts' category.

In January 2025, Kukura was awarded Pribina Cross, 1st class for extraordinary contributions to development of culture in Slovakia by the president of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini.

Personal life Kukura has two children. His son Philipp Kukura is a professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford.

Filmography Film

Zbehovia a pútnici (1968) – Dominika – hrebenár Eden and After (1970) – Boris Zlozor (1971) – Slávo N. a pris les dés... (1971) Letokruhy (1973) Javor a Juliana (1973) – Musician Den slnovratu (1974) – Pavol Jurek Trofej neznámeho strelca (1974) – Salo Do zbrane kuruci! (1974) – Hamzík One Silver Piece (1976) – Pitonák Koncert pre pozostalých (1977) – Peter Korta Krutá lúbost (1978) Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978) – Ondrej Baran The Ninth Heart (1979) – Aldobrandini The Divine Emma (1979) – Victor Postaveni mimo hru (1979) – Jindrich Vacula The Hit (1981) – Lensky Clny proti prudu (1981) Sarâb (1982) – Statkár Tusenie (1983) – Fero Usiak Salt & Gold (1983) – král Norbert The Roaring Fifties (1983) – Jakob Fuhrmann Sojky v hlave (1984) – Vojto Otto – Der Liebesfilm (1992) – Dr. Beierle It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (1992) – Robert Jak chutná smrt (1995) – Karel Kainar Workaholic (1996) – Cedrik Tábor padlych zien (1997) – Doctor Zigmund Thomas and the Falcon King (2000) – Balador Fragmenty z malomesta (2000) Apokalypse 99 – Anatomie eines Amokläufers (2000) Das Sams (2001) – Oberkellner Atina & Herakles (2006) – August The Last Train (2006) – Dr. Friedlich Máj (2008) – Schiffner Hotel Lux (2011) – Wassili Ulrich Sarajevo (2014) – Stojan Jeftanovic Láska hory prenásí (2022) – Juraj Kukura

Television Via Mala (1985) – Andreas von Richenau Traffik (1989) – Karl Rosshalde Inspektor Max (2018) – Zoltán Max