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Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
March 28, 1936
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also Known As
- Zdenek Sverák
Zdeněk Svěrák
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
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Cimrmani zblízka
2024
0.0
🎬
Kouzelný kopec
as Self
2023
0.0
🎬
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
as Self
2023
0.0
🎬
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
as Self
2023
0.0
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
as Self
2022
0.0
Bethlehem Light
as Karel Šejnoha
2022
3.2
🎬
Minišou Karla Šípa
as Self
2021
0.0
Psaní do nebe
2017
7.0
Barefoot
as Headmaster
2017
5.3
🎬
Operky
2016
0.0
Three Brothers
as Vypravěč
2014
6.4
Zpátky se Sobotou
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
🎬
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
as Self
2012
0.0
Kooky
as Hergot (voice)
2010
6.7
Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2008
7.4
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Anatomie gagu
2008
0.0
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007
0.0
Long, Broad and Nearsight
as Clever-eyesighted
2007
8.7
The Conquest of the North Pole
as Teaching Assistant
2007
7.9
Empties
as Josef Tkaloun
2007
6.7
Cimrman in the World of Music
as colonel "Colonel"
2006
10.0
StarDance
as Special Judge
2006
7.0
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Největší Čech
as Zdeněk Svěrák
2005
0.0
Pocta V+W
as Self
2005
0.0
Daddy
as Self
2004
6.3
🎬
Kam zmizel ten starý song
as Self
2004
1.0
Africa
as Dr. Emil Žába
2002
8.5
🎬
Já a moji synové...
as Self
2002
0.0
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
as Teacher
1998
7.1
The Nude
as Dr. Turnovský
1998
7.5
🎬
Cimrmani
as Self
1997
0.0
The Stand In
as Vavroch
1997
10.0
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
as vypravěč
1997
6.9
Lijavec
as Inspektor starobinců
1997
7.3
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
as Physician
1997
7.0
Pub in the Glade
as Taverner
1997
6.4
Kolya
as František Louka
1996
7.3
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Úsměvy
as Host
1996
7.0
Accumulator 1
as Fišárek
1994
6.9
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Cimrman sobě
1991
0.0
The Elementary School
as Fan Souček, Eda's dad
1991
7.2
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Dobytí severního pólu
as Teaching Assistant / Lecturer
1991
0.0
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Šaráda
1990
7.0
Larks on a String
1990
6.8
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Tvrdý chleba
1990
0.0
🎬
Chirurgie
1989
0.0
An Uncertain Season
1988
7.8
🎬
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
0.0
🎬
Narostl mu hřebínek
as Vypravěč
1987
9.0
As Good as Poison
as Pavel Hnyk
1986
6.5
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The Horns
1986
10.0
My Sweet Little Village
as malíř
1985
7.2
What's Up Doc?
as Bohouš Burda
1985
5.7
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
1985
5.7
Dissolved and Effused
as Jelínek
1985
6.7
Bridal Tour to Jilji
as průvodčí
1984
7.7
The Three Veterans
as ministr
1984
7.8
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Inzerát
1984
0.0
The Snowdrop Festival
as řidič trabanta
1984
6.6
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Galasuperšou
1984
0.0
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as Jára Cimrman
1983
8.0
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
6.9
Like Rabbits
as otec Dusek
1982
3.7
Basically Normal
1982
3.5
Calamity
as učitel
1982
5.5
Chain
as Mikeš (voice)
1981
2.0
The Hit
as scénárista Jíša
1981
6.9
Run, Waiter, Run!
as Pařízek
1981
6.9
Brontosaurus
as Bobr
1980
5.8
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
as Self
1979
0.0
Ball Lightning
as Dr. Ječný
1979
6.9
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
as profesor (uncredited)
1977
3.9
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
as Šlajs
1976
7.7
Secluded, Near Woods
as Lavička
1976
7.2
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
as podnikový psycholog Klásek
1974
7.1
🎬
Silvestr 71
as Self
1971
0.0
Lucie and the Miracles
as Constable (voice)
1971
3.8
You Are a Widow, Sir
as kritik v divadle
1971
6.8
🎬
Moderní byt
1971
3.3
Stopa vede do Liptákova
1969
0.0
Crime in the Night Club
as Prokurátor
1968
5.9