Pavol Mikulík

The Slovak actor and director, Pavol Mikulík, was born on March 2, 1944 in Prešov. From an early age, he devoted himself to art. Together with his brother Peter (a prominent director), they began attending a children's radio party in Bratislava. He was only seven years old when he played the first great figure. Here he met a later friend and classmate Stan Dančiak.

Ľubo Roman, Stano Dančiak and Marián Labuda were his classmates at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, which he graduated from in 1965. He later taught at this school himself and in 1990 he was even vice-rector. After school, he immediately took the first stage to the SND in Bratislava, where he was until 1968. He went to the Korzo Theater and after its abolition moved to the New Stage, where he was the artistic director of the ensemble from 1977 to 1980. He later returned to the SND, where he was until 1994.

Pavol Mikulík has starred in about 500 films and productions. He starred in the film as early as 1954, in the film by Andrej Lettrich, Drevená dedina. In the work of the same director, he played as a student (The Dead Don't Cry, 1965). He has starred in many television works, such as Safari, Elizabeth's Court and the famous Mario and the Magician, who won the Monte Carlo MTF award.