Norbert Növényi
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | light-heavyweight | |
Norbert Nottny Növényi (born May 15, 1957, in Budapest) is a Hungarian light heavyweight wrestling Olympic champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics, two times kick-boxing world champion and currently an actor in Hungary.
He appeared in a minor role in Hollywood film Red Heat together with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He played a Moscow thug smuggling cocaine in his artificial leg.
He played a longer but still short role in Péter Tímár Hungarian comedy film Zimmer Feri in 1997. He also attended a drama course of Mária Gór-Nagy.
His longest role was in a 1999 Hungarian film Az Alkimista és a Szűz (The Alchemist and the Virgin) by Zoltán Kamondi. He played the role of the title role virgin's boyfriend. The film had a great impact on Hungarian film making for its strong pictures and professionally presented actions for an Eastern-European movie.
Növényi also appeared in the award winning film Taxidermia by György Pálfi.
