The above description is true for the actor Péter Trokán, also known from the cult series Neighbors, who celebrates his 77th birthday on this day, July 4. The Jászai Mari award-winning dramatist and worthy artist was born on July 4, 1946, in Újpest. He began his acting career in the studio of the National Theater in 1969, and over the decades he was a company member in many theaters in the capital and in the countryside. He gained national popularity as János Szelényi, whom he played in the aforementioned series Neighbors. Since 2020, he has been a member of the company of the Vörösmarty Theater in Székesfehérvár.
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With his wife Athina Papadimitriu their two daughters, Anna and Nóra they were never “raised” to be actors, yet life brought them such that both children found their talents on the stage and on the screen.
