Márk Radnai
Márk Radnai | |
|---|---|
Official campaign portrait, 2026 | |
| Vice-President of the Tisza Party | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2024[1] Serving with Zoltán Tarr and Ágnes Forsthoffer | |
| President | Péter Magyar |
| Preceded by | Péter Magyar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1988 |
| Party | Tisza Party |
Márk Radnai (born 26 March 1988[2]) is a Hungarian politician, actor, theater director, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in the Hungarian theatre scene as the founder of the experimental 011 Creative Group and later gained recognition as a television director. Since 2024, he has served as vice president and chief operating officer of the political party TISZA, overseeing events and media content.[3][4]
Career
Radnai was born in Budapest, Hungary, and raised in Piliscsaba. His father, László Radnai, worked in advertising and previously served as the communications director for the Jobbik party. His mother was a real estate developer.[5][6]
He attended the Temesvári Pelbárt Franciscan High School in Esztergom between 2000 and 2006. After graduation, he was admitted to the Keleti István Art School. He initially applied to the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) in Budapest as a directing student, but was accepted into the acting program instead. He graduated in 2012 in the class of Gábor Máté. In 2010, he was also accepted into the theatre directing program, led by Gábor Székely and Viktor Bodó, although he did not complete the program.[7]
In 2011, he founded the 011 Creative Group (011 Alkotócsoport), who began performing progressive, film-like theater that was unusual in Hungarian theater and specifically aimed at young people.[8] In response to a review in 2015, he threatened Tamás Koltai, a critic for Élet és Irodalom, that he would break his fingers; after the incident received widespread media coverage, Radnai left the theater.[9][10]
In the same year, he was asked to direct the then-new series Holnap Tali! , of which he directed 240 episodes. In 2018, he directed the second season of Korhatáros szerelem , then became the main director of Drága örökösök , which was watched by more than a million people every day on television.
In 2020, he founded a platform called SzínházTV, which broadcast theater performances.[11] The site ceased operations in 2023.
Political career
Since 2024, he has been the vice president and chief operating officer of the Tisza Party, responsible for events and video content.[12]
References
- ^ Aradi, Hanga Zsófia (22 July 2024). "Magyar Pétert választották a Tisza Párt elnökévé, Radnai Márk és Tarr Zoltán lettek az alelnökei". Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Radnai Márk". Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Radnai Márk felfedte, hogyan működik a Tisza Párt gépezete: app méri, ki lesz a vezető". index.hu (in Hungarian). 28 May 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Sándor, Czinkóczi (3 February 2025). "Sodrásban: már nem Radnai Márk irányítja a Tisza Párt operatív működését". 444 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Magyar Péter alelnökének apja már a kommunistáknak és az SZDSZ-nek is dolgozott". Mandiner (in Hungarian). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Toroczkai szerint ő áll "valójában" Magyar Péter mögött – vendégünk Radnai László | Válasz Online" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Tisza Párt alelnöke: A ferences gimi nyíltan szélsőjobboldali közeg volt". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Hernádi-Bozi, Eszter (1 November 2015). "Radnai Márk: "Nem szoktam helyezkedni"". Fidelio.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Matalin, Dóra (1 August 2024). "Radnai Márk, a Tisza Párt alelnöke: Magyar Péter képes lesz utcai harcosból miniszterelnökké fejlődni". Heti Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Czenkli, Dorka (15 June 2015). "Nem csak Koltai Tamást fenyegette meg a fiatal színházi rendező". Magyar Narancs (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Kocsmáros, Felícia (16 February 2021). "Ez mentheti meg a magyar kultúrát". Index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Nagy, Attila Károly (21 July 2024). "Színházi balhéiról hírhedt rendezőt válaszott maga mellé alelnöknek Magyar Péter". RTL.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.