
He graduated from DAMU, after which he played for three seasons at the Vinohrady Theatre (then the Czechoslovak Army Theatre). He then anchored at the Drama Club until 1992, where his performances won him critical acclaim. He briefly performed at the National Theatre, but left the theatre permanently in August 1994.
He became popular with the public mainly thanks to his appearances in film and television. His first major film role was given to him in 1962 by director Brynych in the film Transport from Paradise (1962). This was followed by the roles of the expectant father in The Scream (1963) and the writer Hašek, whom he played in The Great Journey (1963). In the film Man Against Destruction (1989) he played the main role of the writer Karel Čapek. From 1990 to 1995 he performed in accompanying programmes at exhibitions (Herbert Masaryk, T. G. Masaryk - Man and Art) organised by the Masaryk Democratic Movement.
In 2006 he was nominated for the Czech Lion in the category of supporting actor.
After an eight-year relationship with Nadia Urbánková, he was married to actress Libuša Šafránková from 1976 (until her death in June 2021). They have a son Josef (* 1977), who has 4 children - two sons with his first wife Denisa Grimmová, a director, sons Josef (* 2006) and Antonín (* 2009) and a daughter Laura and a son Benjamin with his second wife Ludmila.
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Priest (voice)
Mára (voice)
Karel (voice)
Parrot Trader
JUDr. Smutný, prokurátor
Knotek
Eddie
Faust
Jaroslav Hašek
Učitel Janda
Evuen Benes
divadelní vědec
Vaněk
Profesor Žalud
Bernard Mulligan alias Bertík
(segment "Chlebové střevíčky")
král lesního palouku
Friend of Kafka
Rudi Lorenz
Honza (voice)
Evzen
Hotel Manager Brandejs
Slávek
Peter
Jakub Jan Ryba
Petr
Prince Alexej
Čaroděj Kruciatus
Count Boleslaw Barański
Baron
Engineer
Vilém Rieger
Marek
Zdeněk (voice)
král Dobromil
inspicient
Narrator in Radio (voice)
Josef Hrabě
Macheath
Jaroslav Hilbert
José
Král Ferdinand
D.E. Huppert
Eisenstein
král
Robert
Pepik
Václav David
Danda Jr.
Capt. Havránek (segment "Kapsář")
Kruml
Václav Novotný
Borek
pyrotechnik Jaroslav Ticháček
Leutnant Seuter
Vitalij (voice)
Icharev
Commentary (voice)
Martin Hardy
Fotios
MUDr. Vojtěch Albert
Milan
Prokop
Dalibor Vrána
Jakub Silberstein
Aksál
Šipučin
Tomáš Růžička, přítel Evy
witness Jirka Ruml
Ptáček
Saint Joseph
Kamil
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Poručík Rudi Macháček
soused Lupínek
Edgar
Father
Dirigent
Lt. Lukás (voice)
Brandejs
Court Physician
Kája Micka (voice)
Jingle
Himself
Capitano
Steve Carella
MUDr Rendl
Karel Čapek
Falsacappa
Jack Worthing
Narrator (voice)
Tomáš Krchňák
Pacovský (voice)
král Filip I.
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) / Ivan Dmitrič Gromov (voice) (uncredited)
otec Kašík
Doctor
Himself