Zdeněk Svěrák
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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.
Known for
Crime in the Night Club
Prokurátor
Kolya
František Louka
StarDance
Special Judge
Daddy
Self
Three Brothers
Vypravěč
Kooky
Hergot (voice)
Accumulator 1
Fišárek
Barefoot
Headmaster
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Šlajs
An Uncertain Season
Run, Waiter, Run!
Pařízek
The Elementary School
Fan Souček, Eda's dad
My Sweet Little Village
Malíř
Empties
Josef Tkaloun
Kam zmizel ten starý song
Self
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
podnikový psycholog Klásek
Zpátky se Sobotou
Self (archive footage)
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
vypravěč
What's Up Doc?
Bohouš Burda
The Snowdrop Festival
řidič trabanta
Ball Lightning
Dr. Ječný
Larks on a String
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Jára Cimrman
Úsměvy
Host
The Hit
scénárista Jíša
Secluded, Near Woods
Lavička
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Self
Největší Čech
Zdeněk Svěrák
The Conquest of the North Pole
Underground Teacher
You Are a Widow, Sir
kritik v divadle
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Teacher
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Cimrman in the World of Music
colonel "Colonel"
The Three Veterans
ministr
Calamity
učitel
Galasuperšou
Brontosaurus
Bobr
Bridal Tour to Jilji
průvodčí
Cimrmani zblízka
The Nude
Dr. Turnovský
Like Rabbits
otec Dusek
The Horns
Lijavec
Inspektor starobinců
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
Moderní byt
Psaní do nebe
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
profesor (uncredited)
Operky
As Good as Poison
Pavel Hnyk
Pocta V+W
Self
Dissolved and Effused
Jelínek
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Physician
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Self
Lucie and the Miracles
Constable (voice)
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
Self
The Stand In
Vavroch
Bethlehem Light
Karel Šejnoha
Africa
Dr. Emil Žába
Kouzelný kopec
Self
Inzerát
Cimrmani
Self
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Clever-eyesighted
Chain
Mikeš (voice)
Czech Heaven
Jan Ámos Komenský
Narostl mu hřebínek
Vypravěč
Cimrman sobě
Pub in the Glade
Taverner
Basically Normal
Stopa vede do Liptákova
Já a moji synové...
Self
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Self
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
Self
Silvestr 71
Self
Tvrdý chleba
Anatomie gagu
Chirurgie
Veselé příhody z natáčení
Minišou Karla Šípa
Self