Ivan Trojan

Ivan Trojan

Ivan Trojan (born June 30, 1964, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor.

He graduated from the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1988 and Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého (RDZN) in Prague-Smíchov. In 1992 he moved to Divadlo na Vinohradech (DNV). In 1997 he decided to move to a newly established Dejvické divadlo (DD).

He is son of actor Ladislav Trojan and brother of producer and director Ondřej Trojan. He is married to actress Klára Pollertová-Trojanová with four sons - František (*1999), Josef (*2001), Antonín (*2009) and Václav (*2012).

At the International TV Festival in Monte Carlo 2013, Ivan Trojan was awarded the prize of Golden Nymph for the Best Actor in a mini-series Burning Bush.

Theatre

Dejvice Theatre

Ivan Trojan in the title role of the play Teremin by Petr Zelenka
from left: Martin Myšička, Ivan Trojan, Jiří Bábek, David Novotný
Photo: Hynek Glos

• Teremin (2005) .... Léon Theremin, nominated for Alfréd Radok Award
• A Streetcar Named Desire (2003) .... Stanley
• Sic (2003) .... Theo (by Melissa James Gibson)
• Three Sisters (2002) .... Aleksander Ignayevitch Vershinin
• Tales of Common Insanity (2001) .... Petr
• Oblomov (2000) .... The Title Role - received Thalia Award, nominated for Alfréd Radok Award
• The Brothers Karamazov (2000) .... Father Karamazov - Devil
• The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother (1999) .... Red Indian
• The Government Inspector (1998) .... Anton Antonovitch Skvoznik - Duchanovskij, hetman
• Utišující metoda (1997) .... Professor Maillard (by Edgar Allan Poe), nominated for Thalia Award

Vinohrady Theatre

• The Brothers Karamazov (1997) .... Ivan
• A Flea in Her Ear (1996) .... Kamil Champsboisy (by Georges Feydeau
• Jacobowski and the Colonel (1995) .... Head of Policemen (by Franz Werfel)
• Fathers and Sons (1995) .... Eugen Bazarov
• Clown (August August August) (1994) .... August jr. (by Pavel Kohout
• Le baruffe chiozzotte (1994) .... Commissioner (by Carlo Goldoni)
• Romeo and Juliet (1992) .... Romeo
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990) .... Demetrius, Summer Shakespeare Festival
• Merlin oder das wüste Land (1988) .... Parsifal (by Tankred Dorst, RDZN)

Another Stage Works

• Nesles Tower (1996) .... Night of Orgies (by Pierre Henri Cami), Divadlo Viola

Selected filmography

• 2012 – Hořící keř (2012) .... Major Jireš
• 2012 – In the Shadows
• 2008 – The Karamazovs (father)
• 2007 – Václav (Václav Vingl)
• 2007 – Medvídek (Ivan)
• 2005 – Anděl páně (Petronel)
• 2005 – Wrong Side Up (Petr Hanek)
• 2003 – One Hand Can't Clap (Zdenek), received Czech Lion Award for best actor, also co-writer of the screenplay
• 2003 – Želary (Richard)
• 2002 – Seducer (Karel)
• 2002 – The Brats (Marek Sir (father)), received Czech Lion Award
• 2000 – Loners (Ondřej), nominated for Czech Lion Award
• 2000 – Četnické humoresky (Bedřich Jarý)

External links

• Ivan Trojan at the Internet Movie Database
• Ivan Trojan at CFN.cz