Róbert Halák (born 4 September 1977 in Šaľa) is a Slovak theater and television actor and politician. Since 2020 he has served as a member of the National Council in the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party caucus.[1]
Róbert Halák | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1977 Šaľa, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Ordinary People and Independent Personalities |
Acting career
editHalák was born in Šala and grew up in the nearby small town of Vlčany. In 1997 he graduated from a conservatory in Bratislava. Already as a student, he was active as an actor at the New Scene theater. In 1997-2020 he played in various theatre and television productions, mainly soap operas.[2] In 2008, Halák received Literary Fund prize for playing Tony in the West Side Story musical.[3]
Political career
editIn 2020, he was elected to parliament on the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities list. In October 2022 he caused a disruption in parliamentary activity by destroying the parliament's computer and communication systems. The parliament session was suspected on 27 October as a result of ICT systems failure, which was originally blamed on a hacker attack. Nonetheless, in early October, the speaker, Boris Kollár announced the issue was caused by "incorrectly connected cables".[4] Halák was later revealed as a culprit, although he denied sabotaging the equipment on purpose, stating he does not even own a computer and connected the cables only as a spontaneous reaction to seeing loose cables in a meeting room in the parliament building.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Robert Halák - muzikálový herec, člen divadla Nová Scéna - www.sme.sk". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Róbert Halák". www.novascena.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Literary fund 2008 annual report" (PDF).
- ^ "EXKLUZÍVNE PRIZNANIE poslanca OĽaNO, ktorý hackol parlament: Prečo som POPREPÁJAL káble!". www1.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Káble zle poprepájal poslanec OĽANO: Už sa nikdy ničoho nedotknem". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-02.