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Endre Hules
Born
Budapest, Hungary
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Known forThe Maiden Danced to Death

Endre Hules is an actor, director, writer, and acting teacher known for Apollo 13, The Maiden Danced to Death, For All Mankind, and FBI: International. The Maiden Danced to Death was presented at the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art[1] and entered into its collection and Hules was invited to festival juries and panels[2].

Early Life

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Hules was born and raised in Hungary, then moved subsequently to Paris, France, New York, Massachusetts and Los Angeles. He studied music and acting at the famous Cellar Theatre in Budapest, and started writing plays, composing and directing there at the age of 17. He frequently visited Jerzy Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre in Poland and attended Eugenio Barba's International School of Theatrical Anthropology in Germany. He earned an MFA from the prestigious University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest as a director. He was later a Producing Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Career

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Hules started acting, writing, and directing in the theatre. Among other places, he directed at the Cellar Theatre, the National Theatres of Pécs and Szeged[3], La Mama ETC[4][5] in New York, the Theatre Center in Los Angeles, where he was invited by the Shakespeare World Congress to direct Measure for Measure. His theater repertoire included many classical plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Goldoni, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht, as well as contemporary plays from Pinter, Orton, Stoppard and Ödön von Horvath, as well as musicals like The Cabaret and experimental projects. His work was reviewed by The New York Times[5][6], the Los Angeles Times[7][8][9], The Hollywood Reporter[10], Színház[11][12][13] and numerous other publications. He established an acting studio at the National Theatre in Szeged, then he was on the faculty of Espace Acteur, Paris, New York University, Smith College, Bard College[14][15], the University of Southern California and taught a number of workshops in Europe, North America and Japan. After moving to Los Angeles, Hules began acting in film and television productions. He worked repeatedly with directors Ron Howard and David Fincher[16]. He sold over a dozen screenplays, two of which he also directed and co-produced: Torn From the Flag and The Maiden Danced to Death. His films were invited to close to a hundred festivals and won numerous awards, among them three European Media and two Cine Golden Eagle Awards[17]. He is also the recipient of a SAG Award for acting and an Insight Award for directing.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes Distributor
1980 Life is a Dream director/adaptor TV adaptation Hungarian Television
1987 Instant Death writer/director/producer short IDS Prods
1991 Danielle writer/producer short American Film Inst.
Long Walk into Forever writer/producer short American Film Inst.
1995 Demons writer/director/producer short Leap of Faith Productions
2007 Torn from the Flag writer/director/producer Feature documentary Homage to 1956, LLC
2009 Prima, Primavera writer feature UK-Bulgarian-Dutch-Hungarian co-production
2011 The Maiden Danced to Death writer/director/producer feature Canadian-Hungarian-Slovenian coproduction

Acting

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Year Film Role Notes
1989 This Ain't Bebop The Poet
China Beach Younger Male Dinner Guest Season 3, Episode 8: "China Men"
1990 Mancuso, FBI Alex Season 1, Episode 11: "Shall We Gdansk?"
Problem Child Additional Voices
1991 The Bold and the Beautiful Waiter Season 1, Episodes 764, 801, 822, 874, 875, 981
The Antagonists Professor Season 1, Episode 7: "Unnatural Acts"
1992 In Living Color Foreign Minister Season 3, Episode 17: "George Bush Meets Tommy Wu"
Beverly Hills, 90210 Cabbie Season 3, Episode 3: "Too Little, Too Late/Paris 75001"
1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Immigrant Season 1, Episode 3: "Law of the Land"
Wind in the Wire Lionel
Melrose Place Owner Season 2, Episode 7: "Flirting with Disaster"
The Waiter Stanislowski
1995 My Antonia Russian Peter
VR.5 Terrorist leader Season 1, Episode 8: "Simon's Choice"
Apollo 13 Guenter Wendt
Seven Cab Driver
MadTV Terrorist Season 1, Episode 4
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery Claus Immerding
1996 First Strike Russian General
The Craft Monsieur Thepot
1997 The Burning Zone Sailor Season 1, Episode 14: "The Last Endless Summer"
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Head of Marty
The Peacemaker Major
Diagnosis Murder Serge Otrasky Season 5, Episode 7: "Fatal Impact: Part 1"
Kick of Death Nicolai
1998 Dearly Devoted Host
Buddy Faro Photographer Season 1, Episode 1 Pilot
Caroline in the City Russian Man #2 Season 4, Episode 2: "Caroline and the Office"
Assignment Berlin Fred Meeks
Seven Days Trotsky Season 1, Episode 1 Pilot: Part 1
Houdini German Stage Manager
Acapulco H.E.A.T. Karl Season 1, Episode 9: "Code Name: Easy Green"
1999 Babylon 5: A Call to Arms General Yuri
The Seventh Sense Ivan Leszko
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Aziz Season 8, Episode 13: "Vision Quest"
The Extra Acting Teacher
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family Chernokov Season 1, Episode 3: "Domestic Terrorism"
The Others Pjotr Season 1, Episode 13: "Mora"
Arli$$ Sergey Season 5, Episode 11: "You Can Pick Your Friends…"
Devil in the Flesh 2 Host
2001 The Wild Thornberrys Newscaster (voice) Season 3, Episode 14: "All Work and No Play"
NYPD Blue Alexi Slakov Season 8, Episode 5: "Fools Russian"
The Song of the Lark[6] Andor Harsanyi
Zoolander German Designer
Time Lapse Rossovitch
2002 The Agency KGB Officer Season 1, Episode 14: "The Gauntlet"
Alias Mr. Vashko Season 2, Episode 3: "Cipher"
24 Serge Day 1, Episodes 22, 24
2003 Frasier Russian Crewman Season 10, Episode 18: "Roe to Perdition"
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs Additional Russia VO (voice)
The Flannerys Assassin
2004 Monk Captain Duprat Season 2, Episode 10: "Mr. Monk and the Paperboy"
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain Ivankov (voice) Security Guard Worker B (voice)
Helter Skelter Polish Man
The West Wing Maitre D’ Season 5, Episode 22: "Memorial Day"
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury Voice
House M.D. Sous Chef Season 1, Episode 7: "Fidelity"
Prodigy Teacher
2005 Gotham Cafe French Chef
Rainbow Six: Lockdown Voice
SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs Additional Morocco AO Voices (voice)
Age of Empires III Various (voice)
2006 SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault Voice
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 Voice
Gilmore Girls Man Season 7, Episode 7: "French Twist"
Domestic Import Nicolai
2007 24 Stovich Day 6, Episodes 12, 13
The Unit Terrorist Season 2, Episode 20: "In Loco Parentis"
World in Conflict Voice
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Billy Crystals Season 1, Episodes 4, 6
2008 The Bourne Conspiracy Voice
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Voice
Cold Case Leo Koslov '08 Season 6, Episode 8: "Triple Threat"
2009 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Billy Crystals Season 4, Episode 3
Angels & Demons CERN Scientist
The Saboteur Voice
2010 Singularity Voice
Footsteps Raymond
Call of Duty: Black Ops Voice
Chateau Belvedere Artur Masolowski
2011 The Maiden Danced to Death Steve Court
Battlefield 3 Amir Kaffarov (voice)
2012 Grimm Voice on Phone (voice) Season 1, Episode 10: "Organ Grinder"
The Big Bang Theory Russian Mission Control (voice) Season 5, Episode 24: "The Countdown Reflection"
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Russian Bodark, Additional Voices
Liz & Dick Swiss Doctor
2014 Intelligence Ambassador Serge Rudonov Season 1, Episode 11: "The Grey Hat"
inFamous: Second Son Russian Bully 3 (voice)
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Dr. Timofey Yeltin Season 1, Episode 19: "The Insider"
The Brink Yuri Subokov Season 1, Episode 10: "There Will Be Consequences"
2016 Castle Pavel Oborin Season 8, Episode 11: "Dead Red"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Prime Minister Olshenko Season 3, Episode 13: "Parting Shot"
South Park Sergei Shoigu (voice) Season 20, Episode 8: "Members Only"
2017 Behind Enemy Lines Father Timofei
2018 Strange Angel Professor Josef Breitner Season 1, Episode 4: "The Sage"
Skyscraper Russian Newscaster (uncredited)
2020 Painter Anatole Ludovic
2021 Shameless Pavel Season 11, Episode 5: "Slaughter"
For All Mankind Soviet Chief Engineer Season 2, Episodes 6, 7
FBI: International Gregor Varga Season 1, Episode 8: "Voice of the People"
2022 South Park Sergei Shoigu (voice) Season 25, Episode 4: "Back to the Cold War"
Loot Bartosz Season 1, Episode 1 Pilot
Reasonable Doubt Sergei Ivanov Season 1, Episode 5: "So Ambitious"
2023 The Killer The Target[18]
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Russian Grand Master Season 16, Episode 4: "Frank vs. Russia"

Theatre

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Year Playwright Title Role Venue
1973 Hules Our Most Audacious Dreams director/cowriter Cellar Theatre, Budapest
Hules Budapest director/cowriter Cellar Theatre, Budapest
Hules Great Madness co-writer Theatre 25, Budapest
1976 Ostrovski The Scoundrel director Odry Theatre, Budapest
Chekhov Jubilee director Odry Theatre, Budapest
Molière L'Etourdi director/transl Odry Theatre, Budapest
1977 Bennet A Chorus Line director Odry Theatre, Budapest
Kander Chicago director Odry Theatre, Budapest
Goldoni The Liar[12] director/adapt National Tour, Hungary
György Schwajda Miracle! director Odry TV Studio
1978 Drzic Dundo Maroje director/adapt National Theatre, Pecs
1979 Calderon Life is a Dream[3] director/adapt National Theatre, Szeged
Miller The Crucible director/translator National Theatre, Szeged
Hules The Whole Town is Theatre director Street Spectacle
1980 Kander Cabaret director National Theatre, Szeged
1981 Triana The Night of the Assassins[4][5] director La Mama ETC, NYC
Prevert Example of the Birds director/adapt Troupe Theatre, NYC
1982 Mrozek The Emigrants director Galaxy Stage, LA
Hules Sleeptalk director/writer NYU/ETW
1983 Molière The Imaginary Invalid director Theatre 13
1984 Kafka/Hules The Trial director/adapt Bard Theatre, NY
1985 Ostrovski The Scoundrel[19] director Bard Theatre, NY
Shakespeare Mischief in the Woods director/adapt Williamstown Festival
Stoppard Dogg's Hamlet director Williamstown Festival
Overmeyer In Perpetuity... director River Arts, NY
Brecht In the Jungle of Cities director Bard Theatre, NY
1986 Ibsen Hedda Gabler[20] director Bard Theatre, NY
Chekhov The Party director/adapt Williamstown Festival
Synge Playboy of the Western World director Bard Theatre, NY
Whiting No Why director Bard Theatre, NY
1987 Sanguinetti Dream Analysis[21] director/translator Theaters in L.A. & NY
Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream director Bard Theatre, NY
1992 Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida director PAC Theater Co.
1995 Shakespeare Measure for Measure director LATC World Shakespeare Congress
Horvath Tales from the Vienna Woods director Sexon Hall, Los Angeles
1996 Orton Loot director Little Theatre, Pasadena
2010 Dance Drama The Maiden Danced to Death writer National Dance Theater
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References

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