Biography
Ivan Krivosudský (born March 1, 1927, Bratislava – died December 4, 2010, Trnava) was a Slovak actor.
He was born and raised in Bratislava, where as a child he often performed for friends and classmates, foreshadowing his future in acting. He attended Janko Kráľ Grammar School in Nové Zámky, where he actively pursued his passion for acting. He created a student opera for his classmates, inventing a story and adapting well-known songs with new lyrics. During his youth, he also participated in amateur theater and wrote lyrics. After finishing high school, he initially studied law at Comenius University but left early in 1948 to focus on acting. In 1951, he enrolled in the State Conservatory in Bratislava to study acting.
Starting in 1949, he was a member of the New Stage theater and began his film career in 1951. Throughout his life, he portrayed many roles, mostly minor or supporting, often comedic or tragicomic. Despite this, his performances were memorable, marked by his natural optimism. Theater audiences might remember him as Lapihuba in *Revízor*, Voňavka in *Geľa Sebechlebský*, Padron Toni in *Klebetnice*, or Dr. The Twist in *When the Jubilant Cries*. His film roles included Ďuro Sršeň in *Lazy sa pohli* (1951), storekeeper Cyril Kvasnička in *The Devil Does Not Sleep* (1956), Gabriel in *Master Cat* (1966), Hanuliak in *Sin of Katarína Padychová* (1973), magician Bellini in *Leto s Katka* (1975), postman Nehreš in *Red Wine* (1976), a gardener in *Salt over Gold* (1982), innkeeper in *Don't Be Afraid* (1988), and Grandpa Vendelín in *Ghosts* (1997). Besides theater and film, he frequently appeared on television in entertainment shows and worked in dubbing.
In his personal life, despite his optimistic nature, Krivosudský faced many hardships. His first wife, Jaroslava, died of cancer; they had two sons, Dušan and Petr. In 2005, he was involved in a fatal accident where he struck a pedestrian in Svätý Jur. In 2008, his eldest son Dušan passed away, and in the same year, his daughter-in-law (Peter's wife) died after a serious illness. A year later, he divorced his second wife Anna, whom he had married at age 69 and with whom he had a son, Miško, later in life. After their divorce, custody of Miško was granted to Ivan’s sister-in-law, as Anna was mentally unwell and Ivan was unable to care for the child due to his age. Following these events, he retreated to his cottage near Pezinská Baba, where family and friends visited him regularly. However, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer shortly after and passed away six months later after treatment.
