Zdeněk Svěrák profile
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Zdeněk Svěrák

28th March 1936 Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] Writing

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.

57 Movies 4 TV Shows 85 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Kooky poster
Kooky 19th May 2010 as Hergot (voice)
Empties poster
Empties 8th March 2007 as Josef Tkaloun
Daddy poster
Daddy 30th September 2004 as Self
Africa poster
Africa 5th October 2002 as Dr. Emil Žába
The Nude poster
The Nude 27th December 1998 as Dr. Turnovský
Lijavec poster
Lijavec 1st January 1997 as Inspektor starobinců
Kolya poster
Kolya 15th May 1996 as František Louka
Chain poster
Chain 20th November 1981 as Mikeš (voice)
The Hit poster
The Hit 13th March 1981 as scénárista Jíša