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

StarDance

Special Judge

Kolya

František Louka

Zpátky se Sobotou

Self (archive footage)

Daddy

Self

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Minišou Karla Šípa	Self
2012	Zpátky se Sobotou	Self (archive footage)
2006	StarDance	Special Judge
2005	Největší Čech	Zdeněk Svěrák
2004	Kam zmizel ten starý song	Self
1996	Úsměvy	Host
1991	Cimrman sobě
1988	Veselé příhody z natáčení
1984	Galasuperšou