Karol Machata was born into a working-class family in Malacky. He started on the radio at the age of twelve and devoted himself to amateur theater. In the end, he preferred theater to economics. From 1948 to 1950 he studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and from 1952 to 1953 he worked at the Army Theater in Martin. Karol Machata is one of the most important representatives of Slovak acting of the post-war generation. He performed his first roles on theater boards in Martin. He appeared in the production of Sládkovičová Marina (1948), in The Assassination (the character of a member of the group of assassins on Heydrich, 1949), he played the character of Fortinbras in Shakespeare's Hamlet (1950). His title characters Geľa Sebechlebský (1952) and Jánošík (1953) enjoyed a penetrating success. For the next forty-five years he was a member of the Drama of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, where he worked from 1953 to 1998. He became a versatile actor. He was able to play heroic roles, but he also excelled in comedic or lyrical positions. He made his film debut as a Slovak aviator in the Czech film Vítezná křídla 1950 and has been one of the busiest film and television actors ever since. He has acted in dozens of Slovak films that belong to the golden fund of Slovak cinema: Zemianska honor, St. Peter's Umbrella, Interrupted Song, Song of the Gray Pigeon, Midnight Mass, Miss Bacilpýška's Crime, Sin of Katarína Padychová, Hidden Spring, Gold, Salt or Geľo Sebechlebský and many others. For significant merits in the field of theater, film and radio production, the President awarded him the Pribin Cross II in 2003. classes. In 2005 he received the Tatrabanka Award for Art and in 2008 he won the OTO Award and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Čisté ruky
Janko mydlo a voda
(Narrator (voice))
Zemianska česť
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Labyrint srdce
(agent Just alias Vilém Jonas)
Bludička
Pavilón číslo 6
Angel in the Mountains
(Zdenek Soukup)
Geľo Sebechlebský
Gottšalk
Kamaráti
Vdova
Oneskorené kvety
Ivan
Tvár v rose
Don't Be Afraid
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
Brothers
(Jozef Haviar (voice))
Vždy možno začať
Koniec a začiatok
Keď chybí trombón
Ivanov
Na počiatku bola pieseň
(Self - Narrator)
St. Peter's Umbrella
(Wibra Gyuri, ügyvéd)
Zojka a Valerija
Salt & Gold
(King Pravoslav)
Trip on the Danube
(pán Belan)
Pomsta starej dámy alebo Na každého raz dôjde
„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“
Dvaja
Dobrý skutok
Čierny gróf
Igor a výmyselníci
Telefón Agafón
(Narrator (voice))
Pieseň o bardejovskom Egídiovi
(Narrator)
National Artist Professor Karol Plicka
(Commentary (voice))
Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky
Spomienky na lúčenie
Hľadači svetla
Páni sa zabávajú
Koníček Hrbáčik
((voice))
Vejár
(Crespino)
Veselé panie z Windsoru
(Doctor Caius)
Trofej neznámeho strelca
Dobrá novina, šťastná hodina...
(narrator)
Neďaleko do neba
Náš pán doktor
(Narrator (voice))
The Last Witch
(Gaspar Sedmík)
Vyznavač snov
(narrator)
Mariša
(Vávra)
The False Prince
(Narrator (voice))
The Wooden Village
(Pavo Sechnár)
Ľahučký dych
Midnight Mass
(Marián Kubis)
Prípad pre obhajcu
Srdce na lane
Skrytý prameň
Tri poviedky s Karolom Machatom
Interrupted Song
Stretnutie
(Peter Dobrík (45 years old))
Koník z ebenu
Predjarie
Drotár
Cid
Horoucí srdce
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
Lorenzaccio
Victorious Wings
(Slovak actor)
Najdúch
Hriech Kataríny Padychovej
The Struggle Will End Tomorrow
Dosť dobrí chlapi
Dúha nad Slovenskom
(Commentary (voice))
Muž ktorý sa nevrátil
Lazy sa pohly
(Jozef Rendko)
Mladé srdcia
Pole neorané
Hody
(starý Nádaský)
Pltník Paľko a vodník Venček
(Venček (voice))
Snehuľkovia
Portrét Doriana Graya
Prípad jasnovidca Hanussena
Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa
Red Wine
Sám vojak v poli
Naši synovia
Vivat Beňovský!
(Du Ternay)
Anička Jurkovičová
(Samuel Jurkovič)
Bratislavské rozprávky
Povstalecká história
(Alfréd Schram)
Frankenstein's Aunt
(Vypravěč)