Zdeněk Svěrák

Biography

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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

Kolya
Kolya
Empties
Empties
Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning
The Three Veterans
The Three Veterans
Accumulator 1
Accumulator 1
Calamity
Calamity

Filmography

2024 Cimrmani zblízka
as
2023 Kouzelný kopec
as Self
2023 Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
as Self
2023 Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
as Self
2022 Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
as Self
2022 Bethlehem Light
as Karel Šejnoha
2021 Minišou Karla Šípa
as Self
2017 Psaní do nebe
as
2017 Barefoot
as Headmaster
2016 Operky
as
2014 Three Brothers
as Vypravěč
2012 Zpátky se Sobotou
as Self (archive footage)
2012 The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
as Self
2010 Kooky
as Hergot (voice)
2008 Czech Heaven
as Jan Ámos Komenský
2008 Anatomie gagu
as
2007 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
as
2007 Long, Broad and Nearsight
as Clever-eyesighted
2007 Empties
as Josef Tkaloun
2006 Cimrman in the World of Music
as colonel "Colonel"