Biography
Ivan Mistrík (October 15, 1935, Bratislava – June 8, 1982, Bratislava) was a Slovak actor and the brother of actor Ján Mistrík. His first wife was Helena Kollátová (1932–1977), and his second wife was singer Mária Klesniaková. He had two sons from his first marriage.
Biography: From 1949 to 1951, he studied acting at the State Conservatory. In 1951, he worked as a cultural promotion officer at Slovnaft. Between 1951 and 1952, he was a member of the Village Theater in Bratislava. From 1952 to 1953, he performed in the drama department of the Jozef Gregor Tajovský Theater in Zvolen. Between 1953 and 1966, he was part of the drama ensemble of the New Stage, and from 1966 to 1982, he acted in the drama of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava.
Beginning in 1946, he performed with the Radio Acting Company, where he portrayed numerous boy characters. On stage, he often played sensitive protagonists facing a harsh world. His acting extended evenly into film, where from 1951 he appeared in numerous Slovak and Czech movies.
He began appearing on television in 1959, creating around 100 roles in productions such as The Ballad of Vojta Marina (1964), The Dead Don't Sing (1965), The Bloody Star of Canaris (1966), Seven Witnesses (1967), The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men (1968), Portrait of Dorian Gray (1969), Bastion (1969), Parisian Mohicans (1971), Vivat Beňovský (1975), Shipwreck of Danubia (1976), Escape from the Golden Land (1977), Table for Fourteen (1978), among others.
In 1977, he was honored with the title of Merited Artist.
