Jiří Lábus

Jiří Lábus (b. January 26, 1950, Prague) is a Czech actor. ^[1]

In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains employed to this day. He also appeared several times as guest actor in other theatres (National Theatre, Theatre Viola, Theatre Ungelt).

He performed several roles in both television and film. He gained popularity in Germany for his role of evil wizard Rumburak in the TV series Arabela.^[2] In the 1980s, he gave his voice to a stuffed moderator called Jů in the popular children's TV show Studio Kamarád. He also gave his voice to Marge Simpson in the Czech adaptation of The Simpsons, to the narrator of TV series M.A.S.H., and to ground sloth Sid in Ice Age.

Together with Oldřich Kaiser, he performed as a comedy duo "Kaiser a Lábus",^[3] which, in particular, took part in the TV comedy shows Ruská ruleta (Russian Roulette, 1994), Možná přijde i kouzelník ("Perhaps a Magician Will Come Too", 1982^[4]), etc.

Selected performances

2005 – The referee in Ivánek, my friend (Ivánku, kamaráde. Based on wiretrapped phone calls, revealing bribery in Czech soccer)
2003 – Edgar in Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Divadlo Ungelt, winner of an unofficial poll organized by portal i-divadlo
1996 – Antoine Boneau in Tete de Meduse by Boris Vian, received Thálie Award
1991 – Casanova in Mozart in Prague
Kecal in The Bartered Bride
Celestin in Mam'zelle Nitouche

Selected filmography

2006 – I Served the King of England
1996 – Forgotten Light (Zapomenuté světlo)
1994 – Amerika, received Czech Lion Award as best supporting actor
1993 – Arabela se vrací ("Arabela Returns")
1984 – Rumburak
1979 – Arabela (TV series)
1977 - Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea

References

^ Jiří Lábus at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Arabela - Postavy I. série: Rumburak" (in Czech). Czech Television. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/arabela/postavy/rumburak.html. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ Kaiser a Lábus webpage
^ Možná přijde i kouzelník

Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actor

Jiří Lábus (1994) • Marián Labuda (1995) • Andrey Khalimon (1996) • Jiří Kodet (1997) • Miroslav Donutil (1998) • Jiří Bartoška (1999) • Jiří Macháček (2000) • Stanislav Zindulka (2001) • Ivan Trojan (2002) • Ivan Trojan (2003) • Jan Budař (2004) • Miroslav Krobot (2005) • Martin Huba (2006) • Jan Budař (2007) • Vladimír Dlouhý (2008) • Ladislav Chudík (2009) • Vladimír Dlouhý (2010)

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Name	Labus, Jiri
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Date of birth	January 26, 1950
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