Career
He founded several theater companies in Budapest and New York City including the Kassák Studió, the "appartement theatre", Squat Theater, Love Theater and Varosi Szinhaz. As an actor he appeared in Fat Manitoba and Little Boy (1989), Sunshine (1999), and The Breed among others In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance, which involved lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum.
He died a month after this, at the age of 62.
He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.