Milan Kňažko
Milan Kňažko | |
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| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| Preceded by | Ivan Hudec |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Chmel |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 June 1992 – 19 March 1993 | |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Jozef Moravčík |
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| Born | 28 August 1945 Horné Plachtince, ČSR |
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Milan Kňažko (born 28 August 1945) is a Slovak actor and politician. He was one of the leading personalities of the Public against Violence movement in November 1989 and one of the most popular faces of the Velvet Revolution in Slovakia.
On 19 November 2024, Knazko was awarded the 24th Hanno R Ellenbogen Citizenship Award at the Palffy Palace, Bratislava, at a ceremony also honoring Cardinal Dominik Duka (25th), Yevgeniya Chirkova (23rd) and Barbara Day by the Prague Society for International Cooperation and Global Panel Foundation as part of the 35th Commemoration of the Velvet Revolution and 25th Hanno R Ellenbogen Citizenship Award Ceremony.
Acting
[edit]Kňažko starred in Devět kruhů pekla, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
He had a key supporting role in the 2007 horror film Hostel: Part II, where he portrayed Sasha, the leader and manager of the Elite Hunting Club.
From 2016–2019 he starred in a Czech translation of the play Shylock by Canadian playwright Mark Leiren-Young at Divadlo Na Jezerce in Prague.[2] The play was filmed and shown as a television special on Czech TV.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Zánik samoty Berhof (1983)
- Dobří holubi se vracejí (1987)
- Devět kruhů pekla (1988)
- The Last Butterfly (1990)
- Hostel: Part II (2007)
- Normal (2009)
- Jan Hus (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Devet kruhu pekla". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ "Shylock - Divadlo Na Jezerce". www.divadlonajezerce.cz.
- ^ "Kňažkovho Shylocka netreba premeškať". Pravda.sk. 17 December 2018.
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Foreign ministers of Slovakia
- People from Veľký Krtíš District
- Public Against Violence politicians
- People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia politicians
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians
- Slovak male film actors
- Deputy prime ministers of Slovakia
- Culture ministers of Slovakia
- Government ministers of Slovakia
- Candidates for President of Slovakia
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992–1994
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998
- Recipients of the Thalia Award