--- name: "József Madaras" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jozsef-madaras" fi1m_id: "jozsef-madaras" imdb_id: "nm0534508" tmdb_id: 70499 wikidata_id: "Q281797" roles: ["Actor"] born: "16 August 1937" died: "24 April 2007" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T17:19:03.421231+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # József Madaras ## Identity József Madaras - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jozsef-madaras - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jozsef-madaras - **IMDb ID:** nm0534508 - **TMDB ID:** 70499 - **Wikidata ID:** Q281797 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Madaras, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70499 Actor. Born 16 August 1937 in Rigmani, Romania. Died 24 April 2007. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 16 August 1937, Rigmani, Romania - **Died:** 24 April 2007 - **Active:** 1967–1972 - **Also known as:** Madaras József, Joszef Madaras - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Madaras, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70499 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Red and the White*](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography József Madaras was a Hungarian actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1958 and 2006. He was born on 16 August 1937 in Rigmani, Romania, and died on 24 April 2007 in Máriahalom, Hungary. Madaras was frequently cast in the films of director Miklós Jancsó, including *The Round-Up* (1966), *The Red and the White* (1967) as the Hungarian Commander, *Silence and Cry* (1968) and *Red Psalm* (1972) as Hegedüs Bálint. He also played Sgt Csupati in the television series *Kántor* (1976). He worked in several Hungarian theatres and received the Kossuth Prize in 1996. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Red and the White* (1967), Fi1m 78, as Hungarian Commander — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md) ## Complete filmography (75) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rokonok* (2006), Actor - *Film...* (2000), as Madár úr - *The Triumph of the Concern for the Other Man* (2000), as Férfi - *Három boltoskisasszony* (1993), as Kuszák - *The Blue Danube Waltz* (1992), Actor - *Ruthless Times* (1992), as Bíró - *God Walks Backwards* (1991), as Habókos Márton, Marci nagybátyja - *Zsarumeló* (1989), series, as Karvaly Bálint zászlós - *Howling V: The Rebirth* (1989), as Peter - *Season of Monsters* (1987), as Kamondi - *Tolerance* (1986), as Végh István - *The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary* (1981), as Károly - *Incident ​at Vichy* (1981), as Professzor - *We're Getting Along* (1981), as B. József - *The Istambul Train* (1980), series, as Grülich - *Allegro Barbaro* (1979), as Baksa András / ifj. Baksa András - *Hungarian Rhapsody* (1979), as Baksa András - *The Fortress* (1979), as Murketa - *80 Hussars* (1978), as András Korsós - *The Stud Farm* (1978), as Jani Busó - *Rumbling Silence* (1978), as Gazsi - *A csillagszemű* (1977), as Ambrus püspök - *Budapest Tales* (1977), as Kopaszodós - *My Father's Happy Years* (1977), Actor - *The Accent* (1977), Actor - *A lőcsei fehér asszony* (1976), as Korponay János - *Kántor* (1976), series, as Tóti Tibor (Csupati) őrmester/törzsőrmester - *Spider Football* (1976), as Igazgató - *Nobody's Daughter* (1976), as Kadaros István - *Michael Strogoff* (1975), series, as Feofar Khan - *Pikemen* (1975), Actor - *Epidemic* (1975), Actor - *Identification* (1975), as Csató Mihály - *When Time Began* (1975), Actor - *Az utolsó tánctanár* (1975), Actor - *Unruly Heyducks* (1974), Actor - *Electra, My Love* (1974), as Aegisztosz - *Dashing Girls* (1974), as Daka Géza - *Blindfold* (1974), Actor - *Cobweb* (1974), Actor - *Wait a Sec!* (1973), Actor - *The Last Chance* (1973), as Csinger - *Beyond Time* (1973), as Veréb, közbüntényes - *The Black City* (1972), Actor - *Romanticism* (1972), as Zsibó Simon - *Fekete macska* (1972), as Szabó Jenő "Bunkó" - *The Technique and the Rite* (1972), as Attila - *Red Psalm* (1972), as Hegedüs Bálint, socialist - *Agnus Dei* (1971), as Vargha páter - *Horizont* (1971), Actor - *Hi, Junior!* (1971), as Kikiáltó - *The Pacifist* (1970), Actor - *A Galant Story* (1970), Actor - *The Face* (1970), as A zászlós - *A Mad Night* (1970), as Gyula - *Winter Wind* (1969), as Markovics - *The Lion is Ready to Jump* (1969), as Godó - *The Upthrown Stone* (1969), Actor - *The Confrontation* (1969), as Kellér atya - *7 kérdés a szerelemről (és 3 alkérdés)* (1969), Actor - *A vigyori* (1968), as Vigyori - *Silence and Cry* (1968), as Károly - *The Fake "Isabella"* (1968), as nyomozó 3 - *The Red and the White* (1967), as Hungarian Commander — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-and-the-white.md) - *Father* (1966), Actor - *Cold Days* (1966), as Golyószórós - *Deadlock* (1966), Actor - *The Round-Up* (1966), as Magyardolmányos - *Othello in the Province* (1966), Actor - *My Way Home* (1965), as Hadifogoly - *Germinal* (1963), as (uncredited) - *Tales of a Long Journey* (1962), as Gugis - *The Land of Angels* (1962), as Charles - blackmailer - *On the Roofs of Budapest* (1961), as Vizes - *The Bells Have Gone to Rome* (1958), as Jóska ## Gallery - ![József Madaras](https://film.one/media/person/3913140/gallery-a768f9f9b59e.jpg) József Madaras — FOTO:Fortepan — ID 147845: Adományozó/Donor: Zoltán Szalay., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Madaras_J%C3%B3zsef_fortepan_147845.jpg/1280px-Madaras_J%C3%B3zsef_fortepan_147845.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Madaras József színművész. (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/3913140/gallery-a4f39fc621ae.jpg) Madaras József színművész. (1973) — FOTO:Fortepan — ID 14135: Adományozó/Donor: Berta József., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Madaras_J%C3%B3zsef_sz%C3%ADnm%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz._Fortepan_14135.jpg/1280px-Madaras_J%C3%B3zsef_sz%C3%ADnm%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz._Fortepan_14135.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![József Madaras](https://film.one/media/person/3913140/gallery-9cb55a7663be.jpg) József Madaras — Image via TMDB - ![József Madaras](https://film.one/media/person/3913140/gallery-3751b8447e7f.jpg) József Madaras — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 5 won - Kossuth Prize 1996: Kossuth Prize (won) - Meritorius Artist of Hungary 1978: Meritorius Artist of Hungary (won) - Locarno International Film Festival Best Actor Award 1977: Locarno International Film Festival Best Actor Award (won) - SZOT prize 1977: SZOT prize (won) - Béla Balázs Award 1976: Béla Balázs Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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