Zdeněk Svěrák
Birthday: 1936-03-28
Birthplace: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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.
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.
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2024-02-21 | Cimrmani zblízka | |
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2022-03-10 | Bethlehem Light | Karel Šejnoha |
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2017-10-04 | Psaní do nebe | |
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2017-08-17 | Barefoot | Headmaster |
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2016-03-18 | Operky | |
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2014-08-14 | Three Brothers | Vypravěč |
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2010-05-19 | Kooky | Hergot (voice) |
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2008-10-28 | Czech Heaven | Jan Ámos Komenský |
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2008-10-27 | Anatomie gagu | |
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2007-10-24 | 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry | |
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2007-05-28 | Long, Broad and Nearsight | Clever-eyesighted |
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2007-03-08 | Empties | Josef Tkaloun |
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2006-12-31 | Cimrman in the World of Music | colonel "Colonel" |
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2002-10-05 | Africa | Dr. Emil Žába |
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1998-12-31 | Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book | Teacher |
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1998-12-27 | The Nude | Dr. Turnovský |
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1997-11-12 | The Stand In | Vavroch |
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1997-09-11 | Ruffiano and Sweeteeth | vypravěč |
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1997-01-01 | Lijavec | Inspektor starobinců |
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1997-01-01 | Pub in the Glade | Taverner |
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1997-01-01 | Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan | Physician |
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1996-05-15 | Kolya | František Louka |
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1994-03-24 | Accumulator 1 | Fišárek |
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1991-08-02 | The Elementary School | Fan Souček, Eda's dad |
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1990-02-01 | Larks on a String | |
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1990-01-01 | Tvrdý chleba | |
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1988-04-01 | An Uncertain Season | |
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1987-01-01 | Narostl mu hřebínek | Vypravěč |
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1986-07-01 | As Good as Poison | Pavel Hnyk |
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1986-01-01 | The Horns | |
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1985-10-17 | The Conquest of the North Pole | Underground Teacher |
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1985-08-01 | My Sweet Little Village | Malíř |
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1985-07-01 | What's Up Doc? | Bohouš Burda |
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1985-04-01 | How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions | |
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1985-01-01 | Dissolved and Effused | Jelínek |
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1984-12-29 | Bridal Tour to Jilji | průvodčí |
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1984-07-01 | The Three Veterans | ministr |
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1984-04-22 | Inzerát | |
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1984-01-01 | The Snowdrop Festival | řidič trabanta |
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1983-10-01 | Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping | Jára Cimrman |
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1983-07-01 | Hearty Greetings from the Globe | |
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1982-09-24 | Like Rabbits | otec Dusek |
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1982-03-12 | V podstatě jsme normální | |
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1982-01-29 | Calamity | učitel |
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1981-11-20 | Chain | Mikeš (voice) |
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1981-03-13 | The Hit | scénárista Jíša |
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1981-01-09 | Run, Waiter, Run! | Pařízek |
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1980-08-22 | Brontosaurus | Bobr |
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1979-08-10 | Ball Lightning | Dr. Ječný |
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1977-09-16 | 30 Maidens and Pythagoras | profesor (uncredited) |
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1976-10-08 | Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! | Šlajs |
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1976-09-10 | Secluded, Near Woods | Lavička |
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1974-08-30 | Joachim, Put It in the Machine | podnikový psycholog Klásek |
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1971-06-18 | Lucie and the Miracles | Constable (voice) |
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1971-01-15 | You Are a Widow, Sir | kritik v divadle |
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1971-01-01 | Moderní byt | |
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1969-01-01 | Stopa vede do Liptákova | |
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1968-12-20 | Crime in the Night Club | Prokurátor |