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Mihaly Szabados
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Mihaly “Mishy” Szabados

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Mihaly Szabados is a rainbow-spirited actor-director and filmmaker. Mihaly hails from Hungary, where he worked extensively in film and stage. Mihaly spent three years in LA at Sal Rome’s Artists Studio, Maria Gobetti’s Acting Studio of Victory Theatre. Since moving to Toronto in 2012, he graduated from Second City Conservatory. He has performed a principal role in Murdoch Mysteries, co-wrote, directed and performed in 'Unexpectedly Trans’ (Halifax Fringe 2017), and directed and performed (Bob) in ‘Bubble Trans Pride' (Rhubarb Festival 2019 and Halifax Fringe 2018). With over 100 credits on IMDB, Mihaly’s first Canadian short film The Legend of Iza won an honorable mention at the 2015 Canadian and International Short Film Festival. Mihaly has directed and co-created the following short films with Hanlon McGregor as part of the Under The Bus collective including; Hamlet Moment, Holding Hands with the Awkward, & The Change (music video for Rich Aucoin). Recently Mihaly created two one-man shows ‘C for Cyrano’ and ‘M for Misanthrope.’ He toured both shows. Mihaly also visited New York City where he acted in two short films now in post-production: One Night Only and Bitter Pill.

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Mihaly Szabados (“Mishy” ) first started acting in a Hungarian stage adaptation of the Dostoyevsky classic, The Brothers Karamazov. Soon after, he established himself as a budding young talent in the Hungarian film industry, highlighted by starring roles in “We never die” a film by festival mainstay and Silver Bear winner, Robert Koltai, and “Romani Kris,” winner of the Montréal First Film Prize at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival. Before heeding the call of Hollywood, he acted in the HBO film Citizen X. Mishy spent three years in Los Angeles at Sal Rome’s Artists Studio and at Maria Gobetti’s Acting Studio of Victory Theater, learning directing and new theatrical approaches. Highlights of his stay in the city of angels include a the starring role of Gabor in short film “The Guest.” After returning to Hungary he co-founded the Sandor Weores Theater in Szombathely, Hungary. There, he created his own theatrical group, Kamikaze Action Theater, where he put in practice what he learned in LA by dusting off old Hungarian plays such as “Mandragora”, “Dreams of Gellert-Hill”, and “Woyzeck,” modernizing them with his own unique twist. Before once again feeling the call of the North American scene, he acted in, among others, Sci-Fi series “Painkiller Jane” and Tamas Domotor’s Screen adaptation of “Czukor Show” After a brief stopover in Vancouver, where he starred in “The Redemption of Jackson Gaines”, Mishy left for Toronto, Canada’s film and television hub. Since moving to Toronto, he has performed in several short films such as “Take it to the Go” as well as a role in upcoming CBC tv show “24hr Rental.” Always intent on improving his acting talents, Mishy is currently enrolled in the famed Second City Conservatory. Mishy resides in Toronto from 2012, with his wife and young daughter.

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Filmography
  • Re:Gen(d)eration

    film/video, 2023

    Director, Writer/Screenwriter/Story, Producer, Editor