Levente Molnár

Levente Molnár (born 10 March 1976), is a Hungarian-Romanian actor, most notable for playing Abraham in the Academy Award-winning film, Son of Saul. He is a Member of the European Film Academy (EFA).

In 1997, he acted at the Gheorgheni-based Figura Studio, and, from 1998 and 2002, was part of the Faculty of arts at the Babeș-Bolyai University, and studied acting at the Theatre Arts Department, in the class of András Hatházi.

After graduating, Molnár became a member of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj and started teaching acting at the Babeș-Bolyai University In addition to roles in theatre, he took part, in 2002 and 2003, movement theatre performances based on choreography by Melinda Jakab at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy. He regularly participates in various international dance, movement and theatre arts workshops.

He has had several film roles, including Grey Nobodies by István Kovács, Tabula Rasa by Sándor Csoma, Genezis by Árpád Bogdán, Tall Tales by Attila Szász, Captives by Kristóf Deák, Morgen by Marian Crisan and in the László Nemes-directed multiple award-winning film Son of Saul and Sunset.

Molnár speaks Hungarian and Romanian fluently, English at an advanced level, and German at an intermediate level.