Zdeněk Svěrák
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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
Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1983)
Actor
Ball Lightning (1979)
as Dr. Ječný
30 Maidens and Pythagoras (1977)
as profesor (uncredited)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
as malíř
Lijavec (1997)
as Inspektor starobinců
Kolya (1996)
as František Louka
Czech Heaven (2008)
as Jan Ámos Komenský
The Three Veterans (1984)
as ministr
Nepřítelem osudu (2010)
as Narrator
Stopa vede do Liptákova (1969)
Actor
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997)
as Physician
Daddy (2004)
as Self
The Ride (1994)
as Driver
The Snowdrop Festival (1984)
as řidič trabanta
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
as Jára Cimrman
Neviditeľný Jan Gogola (2026)
as Self
The Horns (1986)
Actor
The Conquest of the North Pole (2007)
as Teaching Assistant
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
as Šlajs
Kouzelný kopec (2023)
as Self
Kooky (2010)
as Hergot (voice)
Larks on a String (1990)
Actor
Inzerát (1984)
Actor
Three Brothers (2014)
as Vypravěč
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998)
as Teacher
Empties (2007)
as Josef Tkaloun
Zdeněk Svěrák 90 (2026)
Actor
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985)
Actor
Psaní do nebe (2017)
Actor
Dissolved and Effused (1985)
as Jelínek
Accumulator 1 (1994)
as Fišárek
The Stand In (1997)
as Vavroch
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth (1997)
as vypravěč
Run, Waiter, Run! (1981)
as Pařízek
Barefoot (2017)
as Headmaster
An Uncertain Season (1988)
Actor
Calamity (1982)
as učitel
The Hit (1981)
as scénárista Jíša
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
as Lavička
Long, Broad and Nearsight (2007)
as Clever-eyesighted
The Nude (1998)
as Dr. Turnovský
Africa (2002)
as Dr. Emil Žába
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig (2012)
as Self
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový (2022)
as Self
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka (2023)
as Self
Lucie and the Miracles (1971)
as Constable (voice)
Cimrman in the World of Music (2006)
as colonel "Colonel"
Narostl mu hřebínek (1987)
as Vypravěč
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
as podnikový psycholog Klásek
Chain (1981)
as Mikeš (voice)
Pub in the Glade (1997)
as Taverner
Silvestr 71 (1971)
as Self
The Elementary School (1991)
as Fan Souček, Eda's dad
Bethlehem Light (2022)
as Karel Šejnoha
As Good as Poison (1986)
as Pavel Hnyk
You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
as kritik v divadle
Já a moji synové... (2002)
as Self
Chirurgie (1989)
Actor
Basically Normal (1982)
Actor
Pocta V+W (2005)
as Self
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry (2007)
Actor
Like Rabbits (1982)
as otec Dusek
Anatomie gagu (2008)
Actor
Crime in the Night Club (1968)
as Prokurátor
Cimrmani zblízka (2024)
Actor
Moderní byt (1971)
Actor
Brontosaurus (1980)
as Bobr
What's Up Doc? (1985)
as Bohouš Burda
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem (2023)
as Self
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti (1979)
as Self
Bridal Tour to Jilji (1984)
as průvodčí
Tvrdý chleba (1990)
Actor
Cimrmani (1997)
as Self
Dobytí severního pólu (1991)
as Teaching Assistant / Lecturer
Operky (2016)
Actor