Zdeněk Svěrák

Zdeněk Svěrák

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: Writing

Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic], 1936-03-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Crime in the Night Club	Prokurátor	59
2	1969	Stopa vede do Liptákova		0
3	1971	Moderní byt		40
4	1971	You Are a Widow, Sir	kritik v divadle	70
5	1971	Lucie and the Miracles	Constable (voice)	47
6	1971	Silvestr 71	Self	0
7	1974	Joachim, Put It in the Machine	podnikový psycholog Klásek	72
8	1976	Secluded, Near Woods	Lavička	74
9	1976	Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!	Šlajs	77
10	1977	30 Maidens and Pythagoras	profesor (uncredited)	43
11	1979	Ball Lightning	Dr. Ječný	69
12	1979	Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti	Self	0
13	1980	Brontosaurus	Bobr	58
14	1981	Run, Waiter, Run!	Pařízek	71
15	1981	The Hit	scénárista Jíša	74
16	1981	Chain	Mikeš (voice)	20
17	1982	Calamity	učitel	55
18	1982	Basically Normal		40
19	1982	Like Rabbits	otec Dusek	50
20	1983	Hearty Greetings from the Globe		69
21	1983	Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping	Jára Cimrman	80
22	1984	The Snowdrop Festival	řidič trabanta	65
23	1984	Inzerát		0
24	1984	The Three Veterans	ministr	78
25	1984	Bridal Tour to Jilji	průvodčí	77
26	1985	Dissolved and Effused	Jelínek	69
27	1985	How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions		60
28	1985	What's Up Doc?	Bohouš Burda	60
29	1985	My Sweet Little Village	Malíř	73
30	1985	The Conquest of the North Pole	Underground Teacher	78
31	1986	The Horns		100
32	1986	As Good as Poison	Pavel Hnyk	65
33	1987	Narostl mu hřebínek	Vypravěč	90
34	1988	An Uncertain Season		78
35	1989	Chirurgie		0
36	1990	Tvrdý chleba		0
37	1990	Larks on a String		69
38	1991	The Elementary School	Fan Souček, Eda's dad	73
39	1994	Accumulator 1	Fišárek	70
40	1996	Kolya	František Louka	73
41	1997	Lijavec	Inspektor starobinců	73
42	1997	Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan	Physician	70
43	1997	Pub in the Glade	Taverner	64
44	1997	Ruffiano and Sweeteeth	vypravěč	69
45	1997	The Stand In	Vavroch	100
46	1997	Cimrmani	Self	0
47	1998	The Nude	Dr. Turnovský	75
48	1998	Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book	Teacher	71
49	2002	Já a moji synové...	Self	0
50	2002	Africa	Dr. Emil Žába	85
51	2004	Daddy	Self	63
52	2005	Pocta V+W	Self	0
53	2006	Cimrman in the World of Music	colonel "Colonel"	100
54	2007	Empties	Josef Tkaloun	69
55	2007	Long, Broad and Nearsight	Clever-eyesighted	87
56	2007	40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry		0
57	2008	Anatomie gagu		0
58	2008	Czech Heaven	Jan Ámos Komenský	74
59	2010	Kooky	Hergot (voice)	67
60	2012	The Presence of Arnošt Lustig	Self	0
61	2014	Three Brothers	Vypravěč	63
62	2016	Operky		0
63	2017	Barefoot	Headmaster	55
64	2017	Psaní do nebe		70
65	2022	Bethlehem Light	Karel Šejnoha	40
66	2022	Chinaski: Každej ví kulový	Self	0
67	2023	Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem	Self	0
68	2023	Perspektiva Ivana Mládka	Self	0
69	2023	Kouzelný kopec	Self	0
70	2024	Cimrmani zblízka		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Galasuperšou		0
2	1988	Veselé příhody z natáčení		0
3	1991	Cimrman sobě		0
4	1996	Úsměvy	Host	70
5	2004	Kam zmizel ten starý song	Self	10
6	2005	Největší Čech	Zdeněk Svěrák	0
7	2006	StarDance	Special Judge	70
8	2012	Zpátky se Sobotou	Self (archive footage)	0
9	2021	Minišou Karla Šípa	Self	0

Zdeněk Svěrák

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