Zdeněk Svěrák
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Zdeněk Svěrák (born March 28, 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. He was a member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1961 to 1969, which he discussed in interview for Czech magazine Reflex [1].
Born in Prague, he studied Pedagogy at Charles University of Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his most famous film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award). With his close friend, Ladislav Smoljak, they created the popular fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning).
His son Jan Svěrák is a film director.
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| Year | Title | Role | English title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Vratné lahve | Josef Tkaloun | Empties |
| 1996 | Kolja | Frantisek Louka | Kolya |
| 1994 | Akumulátor 1 | Fisarek: a natural healer | Accumulator 1 |
| 1991 | Obecná škola | Fanous Soucek, Eda's father | The Elementary School |
| 1990 | Skrivánci na niti (as Václav Sverák) | Delegate URO | Larks on a String |
| 1988 | Nejistá sezóna | Kydal | An Uncertain Season |
| 1986 | Rohy | Narrator | The Horns |
| 1985 | Jak básníci pricházejí o iluze | Doc. Zajíc | How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions |
| Jako jed | Pavel Hnyk | As Good as Poison | |
| Vesnicko má stredisková | Ryba | My Sweet Little Village | |
| 1984 | Tri veteráni | ministr/Minister | Three Veterans |
| Co je vám, doktore? | Bohous Burda | What's Up Doc? | |
| Rozpustený a vypustený | Jelinek | Dissolved and Effused | |
| Slavnosti snezenek | Trabi Driver | The Snowdrop Festival | |
| 1983 | Jára Cimrman lezící, spící (as Zdenek Sverák and Collective) | Jára da Cimrman | Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping |
| 1982 | Jako zajici | Dusek | Like Rabbits |
| Srdecny pozdrav ze zemekoule | |||
| 1981 | Kalamita | Teacher | Calamity |
| V podstate jsme normální | |||
| 1980 | Brontosaurus | Bobr | |
| Trhák | Screenwriter Jísa | The Hit | |
| Vrchní, prchni! | Parizek | Run Waiter Run | |
| 1979 | Kam nikdo nesmi | ||
| 1978 | Kulový blesk | Dr. Jecny | Ball Lightning |
| 1977 | 30 panen a Pythagoras | Teacher | |
| 1976 | Marecku, podejte mi pero! | Slajs | Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! |
| Na samote u lesa | Oldrich Lavicka | Seclusion Near a Forest | |
| 1974 | Jáchyme, hod ho do stroje! | Klasek | Joachim, Put It in the Machine |
| 1970 | Lucie a zazraky | Lucie and the Miracles | |
| Pane, vy jste vdova! | Critic | You Are a Widow, Sir | |
| 1968 | Zlocin v santánu | Procurator | Crime in a Music Hall |
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