Povilas Budrys (born August 12, 1962 in Čiulai, Molėtai) is a Lithuanian theatre and film actor and artist. [1] [2]
He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under Jonas Vaitkus in 1981. [3] Early roles include Saulinus ( Saul) in Juozas Glinskis's Kingas (Kings) in 1980, Mankurtas in Čingizas Aitmatovas's Ilga kaip šimtmečiai diena in 1983 and Scipio in Albers Camus's Kaligula, also in 1983. [4] In 1984-1988 he was with the Kaunas State Drama Theatre. [5] He played Vyras - Paukštis under Sigitas Geda and Bronius Kutavičius in their production of Strazdas - žalias paukštis in 1985 (later adapted into a film in 1990), [6] and later played Avdijus in Čingizas Aitmatovas's Golgota, Jonelis Ivanovas in Saulius Šaltenis's Duokiškis and worked with Virginia Kelme- lyte performing the leading roles in its production of " The Green Thrush" in 1987. [7] From 1989-1999 (with a break in 1994) with the Vilnius State Youth Theatre. He played Alkanasis in Knudas Hamsunas's production of Badas in 1989/1990, considerably acclaimed, which was shown at the Baltic spring exhibition of "Riga 1990". [3] He appeared in Eimuntas Nekrošius's performance of Song of Songs at the youth theatre, controversial for its use of crucifixes. [8] He also worked with Viktorija Kuodyte in Wasted Land and played the character of Treplevas in The Seagull in 1991, a play by Anton Chekhov. [9]
In the 1991/1992 season he was elected Best Actor by the Lithuanian Theatre Union. [3] In 2007 he won the Golden Stage Cross Award for his work in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's " Faust". [3]
In 1991 he appeared in the film Sala (The Island) and in 2005 starred in Stiklo salis.
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- ^ a b c d "Povilas Budrys". Menofortas. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Aničas, Jonas (2001). Petras Vileišis, 1851-1926. Alma littera. p. 533. ISBN 978-9986-02-958-8. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Pleskačiauskienė, Rūta; akademija), Lietuvių kalbos ir literatūros institutas (Lietuvos TSR Mokslų; Vasiliauskas, Pranas (1988). Lietuvių literatūros mokslas ir kritika, 1983-1985: bibliografinė rodyklė. Vaga. ISBN 978-5-415-00016-6. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "1990 / Strazdas - žalias paukštis (1)Straz". Lithuanian Film Centre. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Soviet Union. 1985. p. 39. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Theatre Communications Group (1 January 2007). American theatre. Theatre Communications Group. p. 57. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Jeff (2007). The new theatre of the Baltics: from Soviet to Western influence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. McFarland & Co. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7864-2992-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
