---
name: "Sándor Zsótér"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandor-zsoter"
fi1m_id: "sandor-zsoter"
imdb_id: "nm0958192"
tmdb_id: 1093080
wikidata_id: "Q782927"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:54:28.469095+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."
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# Sándor Zsótér

## Identity

Sándor Zsótér

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sandor-zsoter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sandor-zsoter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0958192
- **TMDB ID:** 1093080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q782927
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Zs%C3%B3t%C3%A9r, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782927, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1093080

Actor. Born 20 June 1961 in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic [now Hungary].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1961, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic [now Hungary]
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Zs%C3%B3t%C3%A9r, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782927, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958192/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1093080

## Biography

Sándor Zsótér is a Hungarian actor. He was born on 20 June 1961 in Budapest and graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest in 1983.

Zsótér is known for his film roles including Dr. Miklós Nyiszli in *Son of Saul* (2015), Dániel in *White God* (2014), Doctor Herz in *Sunset* (2018) and Kata apja in *The Whiskey Bandit* (2017). He has also worked extensively in theatre as an actor, director and playwright, and serves as an associate professor at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. He is a recipient of the Kossuth Prize.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Son of Saul* (2015), Fi1m 87, as Dr. Miklós Nyiszli — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-saul.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mayflies* (2026), Actor
- *Orphan* (2025), as Ávós
- *Testamentum* (2025), as Maestro
- *Alder* (2023), as Endre
- *Another Nest* (2022), as Apa
- *Orlando* (2021), Actor
- *Sunset* (2018), as Doctor Herz
- *The Whiskey Bandit* (2017), as Kata apja
- *Son of Saul* (2015), as Dr. Miklós Nyiszli — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-saul.md)
- *White God* (2014), as Dániel
- *Heavenly Shift* (2013), as Vinnai
- *Fragment* (2007), Actor
- *Girls* (2007), Actor
- *The Eighth Day of the Week* (2006), as István - Hanna fia · Casting
- *A 78-as Szent Johannája* (2003), Writer
- *Pleasant Days* (2002), Writer
- *Chacho Rom* (2002), as The Prince
- *Rothschild's Violin* (1996), as Rothschild
- *Awakening* (1995), as Feri
- *Hanussen* (1988), Actor
- *Hótreál* (1988), as Ádám
- *Miss Arizona* (1988), as András
- *Daniel Takes a Train* (1985), as Gyuri Angeli
- *Heavenly Hosts* (1983), as Angyal
- *The Warehouse*, as Scientist

## Gallery

- ![Sándor Zsótér](https://film.one/media/person/122739/gallery-4a21e0f02fa7.jpg) Sándor Zsótér — Gáspár Stekovics, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Zs%C3%B3t%C3%A9r_S%C3%A1ndor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sándor Zsótér, Hungarian actor, theatre director (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/122739/gallery-7dbda55a8599.jpg) Sándor Zsótér, Hungarian actor, theatre director (2013) — Sióréti Gábor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Zs%C3%B3t%C3%A9r_S%C3%A1ndor_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2015: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *White God*
- Kossuth Prize 2006: Kossuth Prize (won)
- Nádasdy Kálmán Award 2004: Nádasdy Kálmán Award (won)
- Gundel Art Award 2001: Gundel Art Award (won)
- Jászai Mari Prize 1998: Jászai Mari Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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