Zdeněk Svěrák
Actor
Biography
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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.
As Director
Filmography
Kolya
as František Louka 1996
My Sweet Little Village
as malíř 1985
Empties
as Josef Tkaloun 2007
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Šlajs 1976
The Elementary School
as Fan Souček, Eda's dad 1991
Run, Waiter, Run!
as Pařízek 1981
Larks on a String
1990
Kooky
as Hergot (voice) 2010
Accumulator 1
as Fišárek 1994
The Three Veterans
as ministr 1984
Secluded, Near Woods
as Lavička 1976
Barefoot
as Headmaster 2017
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as podnikový psycholog Klásek 1974
The Snowdrop Festival
as řidič trabanta 1984
You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadle 1971
Three Brothers
as Vypravěč 2014
Ball Lightning
as Dr. Ječný 1979