Petr Čepek

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 16, 1940 (54 years old)
Died
September 20, 1994
Place of Birth
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy History
Career Span
1963 – 1994

Petr Čepek

18 nominations
93 credits

Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965.  After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector).   Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994.  Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 16, 1940
From
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Known For
Acting
Career
1963 – 1994

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Faust
Morgiana
The Elementary School
My Sweet Little Village
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