Zdeněk Svěrák
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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- Born:
- Mar 28, 1936 In Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 59
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Crime in the Night Club 1968-12-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Kouzelný kopec 2023-09-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Perspektiva Ivana Mládka | Self | 2023-03-22 |
| Movie | Kouzelný kopec | Self | 2023-09-09 |
| Movie | Bethlehem Light | Karel Šejnoha | 2022-03-10 |
| Movie | Psaní do nebe | 2017-10-04 | |
| Movie | Barefoot | Headmaster | 2017-08-17 |
| Movie | Three Brothers | Vypravěč | 2014-08-14 |
| Movie | Kooky | Hergot (voice) | 2010-05-19 |
| Movie | Czech Heaven | Jan Ámos Komenský | 2008-10-28 |
| Movie | Empties | Josef Tkaloun | 2007-03-08 |
| Movie | Long, Broad and Nearsight | Clever-eyesighted | 2007-05-28 |
| Movie | 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry | 2007-10-24 | |
| Movie | Cimrman in the World of Music | colonel "Colonel" | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | Daddy | Self | 2004-09-30 |
| Movie | Africa | Dr. Emil Žába | 2002-10-05 |
| Movie | Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book | Teacher | 1998-12-31 |
| Movie | The Nude | Dr. Turnovský | 1998-12-27 |
| Movie | Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan | Physician | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Lijavec | Inspektor starobinců | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Pub in the Glade | Taverner | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Ruffiano and Sweeteeth | vypravěč | 1997-09-11 |
| Movie | The Stand In | Vavroch | 1997-11-12 |
| Movie | Kolya | František Louka | 1996-05-15 |
| Movie | Accumulator 1 | Fišárek | 1994-03-24 |
| Movie | The Elementary School | Fan Souček, Eda's dad | 1991-08-08 |
| Movie | Larks on a String | 1990-02-01 | |
| Movie | Tvrdý chleba | 1990-01-01 | |
| Series | Veselé příhody z natáčení | 1988-01-01 | |
| Movie | An Uncertain Season | 1988-04-01 | |
| Movie | The Horns | 1986-01-01 | |
| Movie | As Good as Poison | Pavel Hnyk | 1986-07-01 |
| Movie | Dissolved and Effused | Jelínek | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions | 1985-04-01 | |
| Movie | What's Up Doc? | Bohouš Burda | 1985-07-01 |
| Movie | The Conquest of the North Pole | Underground Teacher | 1985-10-17 |
| Movie | My Sweet Little Village | Malíř | 1985-08-01 |
| Movie | The Snowdrop Festival | řidič trabanta | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Three Veterans | ministr | 1984-07-01 |
| Movie | Bridal Tour to Jilji | průvodčí | 1984-12-29 |
| Movie | Hearty Greetings from the Globe | 1983-07-01 | |
| Movie | Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping | Jára Cimrman | 1983-10-01 |
| Movie | Calamity | učitel | 1982-01-29 |
| Movie | Like Rabbits | otec Dusek | 1982-09-24 |
| Movie | Basically Normal | 1982-03-12 | |
| Movie | Run, Waiter, Run! | Pařízek | 1981-01-09 |
| Movie | Chain | Mikeš (voice) | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | The Hit | scénárista Jíša | 1981-03-13 |
| Movie | Brontosaurus | Bobr | 1980-08-22 |
| Movie | Ball Lightning | Dr. Ječný | 1979-08-10 |
| Movie | Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti | Self | 1979-12-31 |
| Movie | 30 Maidens and Pythagoras | profesor (uncredited) | 1977-09-16 |
| Movie | Secluded, Near Woods | Lavička | 1976-09-10 |
| Movie | Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! | Šlajs | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | Joachim, Put It in the Machine | podnikový psycholog Klásek | 1974-08-30 |
| Movie | You Are a Widow, Sir | kritik v divadle | 1971-01-15 |
| Movie | Moderní byt | 1971-01-01 | |
| Movie | Lucie and the Miracles | Constable (voice) | 1971-06-18 |
| Movie | Silvestr 71 | Self | 1971-12-31 |
| Movie | Stopa vede do Liptákova | 1969-01-01 | |
| Movie | Crime in the Night Club | Prokurátor | 1968-12-20 |