Zdeněk Svěrák
WritingAlso Known As
Zdenek Sverák
Biography
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.
Movies
(71 total)
Kolya
as František Louka
My Sweet Little Village
as malíř
Empties
as Josef Tkaloun
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Šlajs
The Elementary School
as Fan Souček, Eda's dad
Kooky
as Hergot (voice)
Run, Waiter, Run!
as Pařízek
Accumulator 1
as Fišárek
The Three Veterans
as ministr
Secluded, Near Woods
as Lavička
Barefoot
as Headmaster
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as podnikový psycholog Klásek
The Snowdrop Festival
as řidič trabanta
You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadle
Three Brothers
as Vypravěč
Ball Lightning
as Dr. Ječný
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as Jára Cimrman
Dissolved and Effused
as Jelínek
TV Shows
(10 total)
StarDance
as Special Judge
Zpátky se Sobotou
as Self (archive footage)