Zdeněk Svěrák

Czech actor

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Zdeněk Svěrák

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Acting[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ "The 59th Academy Awards | 1987".
2. ^ Prokopová, Alena (24 March 2016). ""It's Me and It Isn't" or Zdeněk Svěrák The Person". Filmovy prehled.
3. ^ Rudiš, Jaroslav (4 April 2004). "Ceny Magnesia Litera znají své držitele". Novinky.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Kubíčková, Klára (8 April 2014). "Magnesii Literu vyhrál průvodce protektorátem, cenu má i Zdeněk Svěrák". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
6. ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

## External links[edit]

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