Hules, Endre

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HULES, Endre

(Endres Hules)

PERSONAL

Original name, Endre Tamas Simon; born in Budapest, Hungary. Education: National Academy for Theater and Film Arts, Budapest, Hungary, M.A. (directing); studied at Conservatoire Nationale Dramatique, Paris, and International School for Theatrical Anthropology, Bonn, Germany; also trained at Grotowski Laboratory Theater, Wroclaw, Poland, and Cellar Theatre, Budapest; producing fellow, American Film Institute.

Addresses: Agent— Joel Kleinman, Baier/Kleinman International, 3575 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90068; (commercials) Sutton, Barth & Vennari, 145 South Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career: Actor, writer, director, producer, and educator. Voice performer for films and television programs; appeared in commercials. Jozsef Attila University, Budapest, Hungary, lecturer, 1976–80; National Theatre Conservatory, Szeged, Hungary, founder and director, 1978–80; Espace Acteur, Paris, faculty member, 1980–81; Bard College, Annandale–on–Hudson, NY, assistant professor of theatre, 1983–87; University of Southern California, teacher of script writing, 1988–89; also master teacher and workshop instructor at institutions in Japan, Canada, the United States, and Europe; guest director at New York University, 1982, Smith College, 1983, Professional Actors' Conservatory, 1990–91, and Pasadena City College, 1994–96. Certified Esperanto interpreter; also translator of English and Hungarian subtitles for more than fifty films.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Acting teacher, The Waiter, Vance/Fellows Productions, 1993.

Cab driver, Se7en (also known as Seven ), New Line Cinema, 1995.

Gunther Wendt, Apollo 13, MCA/Universal, 1995, released as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience, IMAX, 2002.

Monsieur Thepot, The Craft, Columbia/TriStar, 1996.

Voice of first Russian general for dubbed version, Jing cha gu shi IV: Jian dan ren wu (also known as First Strike, Jackie Chan's First Strike, Police Story 4, Police Story 4: First Strike, Police Story 4: Piece of Cake, Police Story 4: Story of the CIA, and Story of the CIA ), New Line Cinema, 1996.

Head of Marty, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Orion, 1997.

Older major, The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997.

Acting teacher, The Extra (short film), Spectra Entertainment, 2000.

The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (also known as Klumps, The Klumps, Nutty Professor II, and Nutty II: The Klumps ), DreamWorks, 2000.

German designer, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001.

View from the Top (also known as A View from the Top ), Miramax, 2003.

Film Additional Voices and Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) Voices:

Dances with Wolves, Orion, 1990.

Problem Child, Universal, 1990.

Dracula (also known as Bram Stoker's Dracula ), Columbia, 1992.

The Usual Suspects (also known as Die Ueblichen Verdaechtigen ), Gramercy Pictures, 1995.

Stigmata (also known as Toby's Story ), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1999.

I Spy (also known as I–Spy ), Columbia, 2002.

The In–Laws (also known as Till Death Do Us Part and Ein Ungleiches Paar ), Warner Bros., 2003.

The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou ), Warner Bros., 2003.

X2 (also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, and X2: X–Men United ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Eurotrip (also known as The Ugly Americans ), Dream-Works, 2004.

Other voice work for 15 Minutes and 13 Days. Director or producer of short films, including Danielle, American Film Institute, Instant Death, IDS Productions, and Long Walk into Forever, American Film Institute.

Television Appearances; Series:

Chernokov, Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (also known as Cover Me ), USA Network, 2000–2001.

Also appeared in recurring roles in The Bold and the Beautiful (also known as Belleza y poder ), CBS; and General Hospital, ABC.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Russian Peter, My Antonia, USA Network, 1995.

Franz, Houdini, TNT, 1998.

Host, Devil in the Flesh (also known as Dearly Devoted ), HBO, 1998.

Ivan Leszko, The Seventh Sense, Showtime, 1999.

Yuri, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (also known as A Call to Arms ), TNT, 1999.

Andor Harsanyi, "The Song of the Lark," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2000.

Teacher's Pet (also known as Devil in the Flesh 2 and La chair et le diable ), Showtime, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"This Ain't Bebop," Imagining America, PBS, 1989.

Wind in the Wire, ABC, 1993.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Younger male dinner guest, "China Men," China Beach, ABC, 1989.

Alex, "Shall We Gdansk?," Mancuso F.B.I., NBC, 1990.

"Conspiracy," Mancuso F.B.I., NBC, 1990.

The Antagonists, CBS, 1991.

(As Endres Hules) Cab driver, "Too Little, Too Late/Paris 75001," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

Immigrant, "Law of the Land," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1993.

Owner, "Flirting with Disaster," Melrose Place, Fox, 1993.

Spy chief, "Simon's Choice," VR.5, Fox, 1995.

Sailor, "The Last Endless Summer," The Burning Zone, UPN, 1997.

Serge Otrasky, "Fatal Impact: Part 1," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997.

Playboy photographer, Buddy Faro, CBS, 1998.

Second Russian man, "Caroline and the Office," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline ), NBC, 1998.

"Code Name: Easy Green," Acapulco H.E.A.T., syndicated, 1998.

Pjotr, "Mora," The Others, NBC, 2000.

Sirhan Aziz, "Vision Quest," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 2000.

Alexi Slakov, "Fools Russian," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

Voice of newscaster, "All Work and No Play," The Wild Thornberrys (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001.

KGB officer, "The Gauntlet," The Agency, CBS, 2002.

Mr. Vashko, "Cipher," Alias, ABC, 2002.

Serge, "9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2002.

Serge, "11:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m." (also known as "11:00 p.m.–12:00 Midnight"), 24, Fox, 2002.

Russian crew member, "Roe to Perdition," Frasier, NBC, 2003.

Captain Dupres, "Mr. Monk and the Paperboy," Monk, USA Network, 2004.

Also appeared in episodes of Arli$$ (also known as The Art of a Sports Agent ), HBO; The Flannerys; In Living Color, Fox; Mad TV, Fox; Robbery Homicide Division (also known as R.H.D./LA ), CBS; and The Young and the Restless (also known as Y & R ), CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Trotsky, Seven Days, UPN, 1998.

Television Work:

Voice work, Sniper 2, 2002.

Voice work, Gisela Perl (also known as Outofthe Ashes ), Showtime, 2003.

Director or producer of dramas for Hungarian television, including Life Is a Dream and Miracle!

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in productions of Hamlet and Julius Caesar, both Cellar Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; The Crucible and Life Is a Dream, both National Theatre, Hungary; The Emigrants, Galaxy Stage, Los Angeles; My Wife, HBO Workspace Theatre; and Dream Analysis, Los Angeles productions.

Major Tours:

Appeared in a national tour of The Liar, Hungarian cities.

Stage Work:

Guest director, Sleeptalk, New York University, New York City, 1982.

Guest director, The Imaginary Invalid, Smith College, 1983.

Director or producer of numerous stage productions in the United States, including Hedda Gabler, In the Jungle of Cities, A Midsummer Night's Dream, No Why, Playboy of the Western World, The Scoundrel, and The Trial, all Bard Theatre, Annandale–on–Hudson, NY; Dogg's Hamlet, Mischief in the Woods, and The Party, all Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA; Dream Analysis, Los Angeles productions; The Emigrants, Galaxy Stage, Los Angeles; The Example of the Birds, The Troupe Theatre, New York City; In Perpetuity, River Arts, NY; Loot, Little Theatre, Pasadena, CA; Measure for Measure, World Shakespeare Congress, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles; The Night of the Assassins, La MaMa Etc., New York City; Tales from the Vienna Woods, Sexton Hall, Pasadena, CA; and Troilus and Cressida, PAC Theatre Company, Los Angeles. Director or producer of numerous stage productions overseas, including Cabaret, The Carnival of Parasites, The Crucible, and Life Is a Dream, all National Theatre, Hungary; Chicago, A Chorus Line, Jubilee, L'etourdi, and The Scoundrel, all Odry Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; Budapest and Even Our Most Audacious Dreams..., both Cellar Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; C.S.O.K.O.L.O.M., Biennale de Paris, Paris; Panopticum, Theatre 25, Budapest, Hungary; The Whole Town Is Theatre; and the national tour of The Liar, Hungarian cities.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Claus Immerding, Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, Sierra Online, 1996.

Voice of Russian, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALS, Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2003.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Author of scripts for Quarantine, Britalion; and for the short films Danielle, American Film Institute, Instant Death, IDS Productions, and Long Walk into Forever, American Film Institute. Translator of scripts from Hungarian into English, including The Loves of Elisabeth Bathory, Atlantic Media; and The Sicilian Wedding, Tivoli Films.

Teleplays:

Writer for the Hungarian television series Eugenio Barba and the Third Theatre.

Stage Plays:

Translator and adaptor, Sleeptalk, New York University, New York City, 1982.

Translator and adaptor of plays, including Budapest and Even Our Most Audacious Dreams..., both Cellar Theatre, Budapest, Hungary; Great Madness, Theatre 25, Budapest; and The Trial, Bard Theatre, Annandale–on–Hudson, NY. Translator of other plays into French and Hungarian and from other languages into English.

Other:

Translator of novels from Hungarian into English, including Sicilian Wedding, Pro Litera; Sons of Abraham, Pro Litera; and Woman on the Frontline, Abamedia. Author of novels and short stories. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals.