Zdeněk Svěrák
| Zdeněk Svěrák | |
|---|---|
 Zdeněk Svěrák | |
| Born |
28 March 1936 Prague |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968 – present |
Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in 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 film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the 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). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Filmography
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | English title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kuky se vrací | Captain von Hergot (voice) | Kooky |
| 2007 | Vratné lahve | Josef Tkaloun | Empties |
| 1996 | Kolja | František Louka | Kolya |
| 1994 | Akumulátor 1 | Fišárek: a natural healer | Accumulator 1 |
| 1991 | Obecná škola | Fanouš Souček, Eda's father | The Elementary School |
| 1988 | Nejistá sezóna | Rybník | An Uncertain Season |
| 1986 | Rohy | Narrator | The Horns |
| 1985 | Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze | Doc. Zajíc | How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions |
| Jako jed | Pavel Hnyk | As Good as Poison | |
| Vesničko má středisková | Ryba | My Sweet Little Village | |
| 1984 | Tři veteráni | ministr/Minister | Three Veterans |
| Co je vám, doktore? | Bohouš Burda | What's Up Doc? | |
| Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný | Jelinek | Dissolved and Effused | |
| Slavnosti sněženek | Trabi Driver | The Snowdrop Festival | |
| 1983 | Jára Cimrman ležící, spící (as Zdeněk Svěrák and Collective) | Jára da Cimrman | Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping |
| 1982 | Jako zajíci | Dušek | Like Rabbits |
| Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule | scientist who looks for prof. Cimrman | Hearty greetings from Earth | |
| 1981 | Kalamita | Teacher | Calamity |
| V podstatě jsme normální | |||
| 1980 | Brontosaurus | Bobr | |
| Trhák | Screenwriter Jíša | The Hit | |
| Vrchní, prchni! | Pařízek | Run Waiter Run | |
| 1979 | Kam nikdo nesmí | Where nobody can enter | |
| 1978 | Kulový blesk | Dr. Ječný | Ball Lightning |
| 1977 | 30 panen a Pythagoras | Teacher | Thirty maidens and Pythagoras |
| 1976 | Marečku, podejte mi pero! | Šlajs | Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! |
| Na samotě u lesa | Oldřich Lavička | Seclusion Near a Forest | |
| 1974 | Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! | Klasek | Joachim, Put It in the Machine |
| 1970 | Lucie a zázraky | Lucie and the Miracles | |
| Pane, vy jste vdova! | Critic | You Are a Widow, Sir | |
| 1969 | Skřivánci na niti (as Václav Svěrák) | Delegate URO | Larks on a String |
| 1968 | Zločin v šantánu | Procurator | Crime in a Music Hall |
References
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1989 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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