Karel Dobrý

Karel Dobrý in 2014 masked for Pictures from the Insects' Life play

Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the Dune 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel Children of Dune, and as Matthias in Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in the award-winning film The Girl of Your Dreams by Fernando Trueba.^[1]

Biography

He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian and English.

Filmography

• Cirkus Bukowsky (2013–14) (TV series) – Hartman, lawyer
• České století, episode "Den po Mnichovu" (2013) (TV) – Lev Prchala, general
• Missing (2012) (TV series) – Coffee Man
• Tigre v meste (2012) – Kužnikov
• L'olimpiade nascosta (2012) – Pavel Kubík
• Borgia (2011–14) (TV series) – Giovanni Colonna
• Znamení koně (2011) (TV series) – Karel Dejmek
• 4teens (2011) (TV series) – Láďa Kocman, lieutenant
• Vyprávěj (2010–12) (TV series) – Matěj Stránský
• Klub osamělých srdcí (2010) (TV) – Jagol
• Joséphine, ange gardien (2010) (TV series) – Lieutenant
• Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (2009) – Plavčík
• Jménem krále (2009) – Adalbert of Jestřebí
• We Shoot with Love (2009) – Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat")
• Ocas ještěrky (2009) – Čihák
• Strážce duší, episode "Propast věků" (2009) (TV) – Richard
• The Counterpart (2008) – Italian Captain
• Báthory (2008) – Royal Guard Commander
• Flammen & Citronen (2008) – Seibold
• Četnické humoresky, episode "Dědic" (2002) (TV) – Josef Kalousek
• Skeletoni (2007) – Pokálený pán
• Hui Bůh (2006) – Ritter Ottokar
• Krev zmizelého (2005)– Brand
• Der neunte Tag (2004) – Reporter Bertram
• NaPolA (2004) – SS-Arzt
• Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) (TV) – Korba
• Krysař (2003) – Devil & Destiny
• Tajemný svícen (2003) (TV) – Devil
• Nezvěstný (2003) (TV) – Hušner
• Doctor Zhivago (2002) (TV) – Mayakovsky
• Trosečníci (2002) (TV) – Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor")
• Černí andělé, episode "Červená karta" (2002) (TV) – Panenka
• Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen (2001) (TV) – Reporter
• The Mists of Avalon (2001) (TV) – Rhiannon
• Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV) – Commandment
• A Knight's Tale (2001) – Flanders King of Arms
• Kytice (2000) – King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat")
• Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) – Liet-Kynes
• Spring of Life - Der Lebensborn (2000) – Odillo
• Jabloňová panna (2000) (TV) – Prince
• Plunkett & Macleane (1999) – Lewd Young Man
• La niña de tus ojos (1998) – Leo
• Mission: Impossible (1996) – Matthias
• Let's Make an Opera (1996) (TV) – Burglar
• Jak si zasloužit princeznu (1995) – The Strongest
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995) (TV) – Göring
• Sacred Cargo (1995) – Barishvili
• UŽ (1995) – Butch
• La patience de Maigret (1994) (TV) – Serveur Tropical
• Elektro, má lásko (1991) (TV) – Orestes

Theatre

National Theatre (Prague)

• Tartuffe Impromptu (2014) – Tartuffe (musical performance)
• Strakonický dudák (2014) – Vocilka
• The Deafening Smell of White (2013) – Vincent van Gogh
• Troilus and Cressida (2012) – Odysseus

Divadlo Komedie (Prague)

• Kabaret Ivan Blatný (2007) – Man (musical performance)
• Solingen (Rána z milosti) (2004) – Horatio
• Třetí Řím (2004) – Saška
• Ukřižovaná (2004) – Doctor
• The Cannibals (2003) – Klaub, medicine student

Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague)

• JE SUiS (2001) – Pastor
• Terasa (2001) – Maurice
• Výnosné místo (2000) – Žadov
• Malý Říjen (1999) – Slovák Juraj Slovák
• Histrionics (1999) – Ferruccio, son
• Ivanov (1998) – Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
• Táňa, Táňa (1997) – Ivanov
• Cabaret (1997) – Rudolf Schultz (musical performance)
• The Seagull (1994) – Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
• Naši Naši furianti (1994) – Filip Dubský
• Pokojíček (1993) – Jiří

Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague)

• The Green Cockatoo (1992) – Baltasar
• Käthchen of Heilbronn (1992) – Bedřich Veter
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) – Christian & De Valvert

Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway)

• Mr. Bojangles (1992) – Joe

Other Stage Works

• Day of the Oprichnik (2013) – Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor
• The Church (L'Église) (2012) – Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor
• Richard III (2012) – Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
• Buzní kříž (2012) – Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague)
• Vánoční zázrak (2011) – Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance)
• Kudykam (2009) – Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance)
• Skočná (2009) – Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague)
• Muži malují (2009) – Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague)
• Horníci (Muži tmy) (2008) – (A Studio Rubín, Prague)
• Jeanne D'Arc (2007) – Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance)
• Na Fidela mi nesahej! (2007) – Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) – Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance)
• In the Penal Colony (2005) – The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass)
• Sud prachu (2003) – Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem)
• E.F.B. - Kladivo na divadlo (2004) – (Divadlo Archa, musical performance)
• King Lear (2002) – Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
• Dalibor (2001) – Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana)
• Summit Conference (1991) – Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)

References

External links

• Karel Dobrý unofficial website (in Czech)
• Karel Dobrý on IMDb
• Karel Dobrý at the Czechoslovak Film Database (in Czech)