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Miklós Károly Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006), was an Hungarian-American [1] actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe. Born in Budapest, Hargitay moved to the United States in 1947 and eventually became a U.S. citizen. [2] He was married to actress Jayne Mansfield and is the father of actress Mariska Hargitay.
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay [1] (/ m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ k ə ˈ h ɑːr ɡ ɪ t eɪ /; [2] born January 23, 1964) [3] [4] is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character in the longest-running American primetime drama. [5]
While appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hermann met lead actress Mariska Hargitay, whom he married on August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California. [16] [17] [18] They have a son, August, who was born in 2006. [19]
Hargitay's mom, the actor Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident when she was a toddler, leaving her father, actor and former Mr. Universe bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, to raise her.
Mariska Hargitay posted a Father's Day message for her husband, Peter Hermann, and shared a picture of their three kids: August, Amaya and Andrew.
Hargitay, 60, has a special admiration for high-level athletes considering her late father, Mickey Hargitay, was not only an actor but a renowned bodybuilder in the 1950s.
Mansfield with Hargitay and children in London in 1959. Mansfield met her second husband, Mickey Hargitay, at the Latin Quarter nightclub in New York City on May 13, 1956, where he was performing as a member of the chorus line in Mae West's show. [65] Hargitay was an actor and bodybuilder who had won the Mr. Universe competition in 1955. [200]
After becoming a father to three, Peter Scanavino and his longtime friend and costar Mariska Hargitay were able to find something new to bond over — parenthood. Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of Law ...