Juraj Kukura (born 15 March 1947, in Prešov) is a Slovak actor. Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). In 1985, when he emigrated to West Germany, his films were banned in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until Communist rule ended during the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Thanks to his charismatic personality he usually portrayed strong, leading characters. In 2004, he received DOSKY Award for performing Martin in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee. In 2003 he became managing director of Arena Theatre. Filmography Film Zbehovia a pútnici (1968) - Dominika - hrebenár Eden and After (1970) - Boris Zlozor (1971) - Slávo N. a pris les dés... (1971) Letokruhy (1973) Javor a Juliana (1973) - Musician Den slnovratu (1974) - Pavol Jurek Trofej neznámeho strelca (1974) - Salo Do zbrane kuruci! (1974) - Hamzík One Silver Piece (1976) - Pitonák Koncert pre pozostalých (1977) - Peter Korta Krutá lúbost (1978) Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978) - Ondrej Baran The Ninth Heart (1979) - Aldobrandini The Divine Emma (1979) - Victor Postaveni mimo hru (1979) - Jindrich Vacula The Hit (1981) - Lensky Clny proti prudu (1981) Sarâb (1982) - Statkár Tusenie (1983) - Fero Usiak Salt & Gold (1983) - král Norbert The Roaring Fifties (1983) - Jakob Fuhrmann Sojky v hlave (1984) - Vojto Otto – Der Liebesfilm (1992) - Dr. Beierle It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (1992) - Robert Jak chutná smrt (1995) - Karel Kainar Workaholic (1996) - Cedrik Tábor padlych zien (1997) - Doctor Zigmund Thomas and the Falcon King (2000) - Balador Fragmenty z malomesta (2000) Apokalypse 99 - Anatomie eines Amokläufers (2000) Das Sams (2001) - Oberkellner Atina & Herakles (2006) - August The Last Train (2006) - Dr. Friedlich Máj (2008) - Schiffner Hotel Lux (2011) - Wassili Ulrich Sarajevo (2014) - Stojan Jeftanovic Television Via Mala (1985) - Andreas von Richenau Traffik (1989) - Karl Rosshalde References External links 1947 births Living people Slovak actors People from Prešov Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)