He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He began his acting career at the Army Theater in Martin. From 1959 he was a member of the SND Drama. He has presented his acting skills in more than forty films. His domain was robust, psychologically-realistic characters. He also created genre-diverse characters in the classical repertoire. He got his first big film role in 1962 in the film Boxer and Death. On the radio, he created a number of character, heroic and romantic characters in plays by domestic and foreign authors. From 1984 he worked as a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts. After 1989, he was a member of parliament for two terms (until 1994), first for the CIS and later for the DU. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the SNR Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport.
In 2004, President Ivan Gašparovič lent him the state award of the Council of Ľudovít Štúr II. classes.
In 2010, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 TV Screen Personality Awards.
Horňák
Miloš
soudce Bonnet
Vavro Rössel
Peter Valentík
Alfred de Liess
King Norbert (voice)
Samo Pichanda
Kornet
Jan Komínek
Viktor
Adam Hlavaj
Samo
MUDr. Stropko
Poručík SNB
narrator
Spígl
Karl Hallermund
Josef Antoš
Karel Mareš
Richardus
Garaj
Palo
Patočka
Concreter (voice)
Magician (voice)
Kučera
Štefan Zúber
Dragon (voice)
Pirin
Serzant
Zachar Matta (voice)
Andrássy István
Narrator (voice)
(voice)
Matúš Siroň
Ivan Kuník (voice)
velitel tábora
Róbert
Dr. Werner
Peter Hamar
Don Alvaro de Castilia