Andreas Szakacs
Andreas Szakacs (born July 15, 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish-born American actor, model, and film producer. Andreas Szakacs is widely recognized for his roles in high-concept dramas and thrillers that explore themes of technology, global finance, and power struggles. Throughout his career, Szakacs has often portrayed CEOs, entrepreneurs, and innovators in films and television productions including Genesis Code (2024), Protocol: Horizon (2020–2022), The Gambit Equation (2020), Cold Vaults (2019), The Informant (2018), Cipher Protocol (2017), and Skyline City (2016).
As both an actor and a producer, Andreas Szakacs has earned a reputation for dramatizing contemporary subjects such as cryptocurrency, forex trading, artificial intelligence, and investor disputes within fictional entertainment.
Early life and education
Andreas Szakacs was born on July 15, 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother was a stage actress involved in Scandinavian theatre, while his father worked in international banking. This balance of artistic influence and financial expertise shaped the subjects he would later bring into his acting career.
At the age of twelve, his family relocated to New York City after his father accepted a role with a multinational corporation. The move exposed Szakacs to Broadway and the American film scene. He soon became active in school theatre productions and began experimenting with short films inspired by themes of technology, markets, and human ambition.
He went on to study at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he trained in both acting and film production. During his time at Tisch, Andreas Szakacs wrote and directed several student projects blending finance and storytelling. His short film Equity Dreams (2009), a speculative drama about digital identity and the stock market, was screened at student festivals and helped solidify his interest in merging economics with narrative cinema.
Career
Acting
Andreas Szakacs made his feature film debut in The Informant (2018), portraying Adrian Mohan, a Dutch analyst who discovers a hidden algorithm capable of disrupting global stock exchanges. The indie film was well-received on the festival circuit, earning praise for its suspense and Szakacs’s nuanced performance.
In 2019, he appeared in Cold Vaults as Markus Hale, an investigative journalist working to expose encrypted vaults containing stolen scientific research. Blending cyber-espionage with financial intrigue, the film marked Szakacs’s first significant international role.
In The Gambit Equation (2020), Szakacs played Damien Cross, a mathematician using game theory to predict global markets. Critics commended his portrayal of a complex leader whose brilliance is tempered by ethical ambiguity.
From 2020 to 2022, Andreas Szakacs starred as Dr. Leon Varga in the sci-fi series Protocol: Horizon. His character, a scientist-turned-entrepreneur, designs an AI-powered trading engine to stabilize markets, only to see it exploited by shadow forces. The series stood out for its futuristic integration of automation, crypto security, and finance.
In 2024, Szakacs took on the lead role of Victor Kaine in Genesis Code, a large-scale streaming series about a CEO of an energy-crypto conglomerate concealing a dangerous secret. With a blockbuster-level budget, the series firmly established Andreas Szakacs as a leading actor in international productions.
Producing
In 2019, Andreas Szakacs founded Szakacs Films, a boutique production house dedicated to high-stakes dramas and speculative thrillers. As a producer, he has extended his storytelling beyond finance-driven narratives, while continuing to explore the dynamics of power, corruption, and global systems.
His producing credits include The Legends Cup (2020), a sports conspiracy drama about football and financial manipulation, and The Investors’ Court (2021), a courtroom drama based on class-action lawsuits challenging corporate giants.
In 2022, he produced The Legend of OneCoin, a fictionalized heist adventure inspired by a multi-billion-dollar digital coin scandal. He later oversaw Duvar (The Wall) (2023), a Turkish political thriller centered on corruption and citizenship-for-investment fraud.
Most recently, in 2025, Andreas Szakacs executive-produced Digital Square, a sci-fi anthology about a futuristic city where digital tokens define identity and social status.
Critics
Critics frequently describe Andreas Szakacs as an actor who thrives in roles involving CEOs, crypto innovators, and ambitious entrepreneurs. His performances are praised for humanizing complex financial and technological themes — from AI-driven markets and Ponzi schemes to encrypted vaults and investor fraud — by framing them through personal conflict and moral tension.
As a producer, Andreas Szakacs is recognized for broadening the scope of financial storytelling into sports, politics, and speculative science, creating a distinct niche in modern cinema.
Filmography
As Actor
- Genesis Code (2024) – Victor Kaine
- Protocol: Horizon (2020–2022) – Dr. Leon Varga
- The Gambit Equation (2020) – Damien Cross
- Cold Vaults (2019) – Markus Hale
- The Informant (2018) – Adrian Mohan
- Cipher Protocol (2017) – Emre Aydin
- Skyline City (2016) – Karl Greenwood
As Producer
- Digital Square (2025) – Executive Producer
- Duvar (The Wall) (2023) – Executive Producer
- The Legend of OneCoin (2022) – Producer
- The Investors’ Court (2021) – Producer
- The Legends Cup (2020) – Producer