Slovak actor and politician

Milan Kňažko (born 28 August 1945) is a Slovak actor and politician. He was one of the leading personalities of the Public against Violence movement in November 1989 and one of the most popular faces of the Velvet Revolution in Slovakia.

Acting

Kňažko starred in Devět kruhů pekla, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

He had a key supporting role in the 2007 horror film Hostel: Part II, where he portrayed Sasha, the leader and manager of the Elite Hunting Club.

From 2016–2019 he starred in a Czech translation of the play Shylock by Canadian playwright Mark Leiren-Young at Divadlo Na Jezerce in Prague. The play was filmed and shown as a television special on Czech TV.

References

Ministers

• Roman Hofbauer
• Július Tóth
• Ľudovít Černák / Jaroslav Kubečka / Ján Ducký
• Roman Kováč
• Dušan Slobodník
• Milan Kňažko / Jozef Moravčík
• Imrich Andrejčák
• Peter Baco
• Oľga Keltošová
• Katarína Tóthová
• Ľubomír Dolgoš
• Matúš Kučera / Jaroslav Paška
• Jozef Tuchyňa
• Viliam Soboňa / Irena Belohorská
• Jozef Zlocha