Zdeněk Svěrák
Zdeněk Svěrák | |
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![]() Zdeněk Svěrák | |
Born | (1936-03-28) 28 March 1936 (age 88) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1968 – present |
Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and scriptwriter, and one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities. Since 1968 he has appeared in 32 films.
Career
In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature from the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. His work consists of more than 300 musical texts and plays, and he has appeared in 32 feature films. Among his film scripts are the Academy Award-winning Kolya and The Elementary School, both directed by his son Jan Svěrák as well as My Sweet Little Village.[1] With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak and their radio colleague Jiří Šebánek, he created the fictional polymath Jára Cimrman for the radio programme Vinárna U pavouka in 1966.[2] Cimrman was voted The Greatest Czech in 2005, but barred from winning because of being a fictional character. Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization, Paraple, which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Svěrák has won three Magnesia Litera awards for his writing. In 2004 he won the Readers' Choice award for his book Jaké je to asi v čudu.[3] He went on to win the same award in 2012 for the book Nové povídky.[4] His third Readers' Choice award came in 2014 for Po strništi bos.[5] In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[6]
Filmography
Acting
Year | Title | Role | English title |
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2017 | Po strništi bos | The headmaster | Barefoot |
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 | 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 | Waiter, Scarper! | |
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
- ^ "The 59th Academy Awards | 1987".
- ^ Prokopová, Alena (24 March 2016). ""It's Me and It Isn't" or Zdeněk Svěrák The Person". Filmovy prehled.
- ^ Rudiš, Jaroslav (4 April 2004). "Ceny Magnesia Litera znají své držitele". Novinky.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Peňás, Jiří (4 April 2012). "Magnesia Litera: Ajvaz, autor knihy roku, je dobrá volba". Lidovky.cz. Lidové noviny. ISSN 1213-1385. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Kubíčková, Klára (8 April 2014). "Magnesii Literu vyhrál průvodce protektorátem, cenu má i Zdeněk Svěrák". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
External links
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- Zdeněk Svěrák at IMDb
- overview of Zdeněk Svěrák comedies
- CRo-Tatinek