Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 6, 1920
Place of Birth:
Volyně, Czechoslovakia
Social Media
Jan Rubeš
Biography
Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Pope John Paul |
| 2004 | Daniel and the Superdogs | The Colonel |
| 2002 | The Burial Society | Marvin Telekunsky |
| 2001 | Anthrax | Arthur Kowalski |
| 2000 | The Christmas Secret | Andree |
| 2000 | Believe | Jason Stiles |
| 1999 | What Katy Did | Dr. Reinhart |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Ole Jurgensen |
| 1999 | Nightmare Man | Evan Hannibal |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Louis Klammer |
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples | Hendrick de Vries |
| 1998 | The White Raven | Markus Strand |
| 1997 | Sarabande | Dr. Kassovitz |
| 1997 | Flood: A River's Rampage | Jacob Gunderson |
| 1996 | Never Too Late | Joseph |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Far |
| 1995 | Roommates | Bolek Krupa |
| 1994 | The Birds II: Land's End | Karl |
| 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | Jan |
| 1994 | Mesmer | Professor Stoerk |
| 1994 | Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio | Phantom |
| 1993 | On My Own | The Colonel |
| 1992 | Devlin | Vittorio Di Fabrizi |
| 1992 | The Witches of Eastwick | Fidel |
| 1991 | Class Action | Pavel |
| 1991 | Deceived | Tomasz |
| 1990 | The Amityville Curse | The Priest |
| 1990 | Divided Loyalties | |
| 1990 | Descending Angel | Bishop Dancu |
| 1990 | Courage Mountain | Grandfather |
| 1989 | The Experts | Illyich |
| 1989 | Cold Front | Zoubov |
| 1989 | Blind Fear | Lasky |
| 1988 | The Kiss | Gordon Tobin |
| 1988 | Blood Relations | Andreas |
| 1988 | Something About Love | |
| 1988 | No Blame | |
| 1988 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | Augustus Glick |
| 1987 | Dead of Winter | Dr. Joseph Lewis |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | Max Ehrlich |
| 1985 | Witness | Eli Lapp |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Santa Claus |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Charlie Grant's War | Jacob |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Gregory Denarenko |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Kaplan |
| 1981 | Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid | Psychiatrist |
| 1981 | Mr. Patman | Vrakettas |
| 1977 | Deadly Harvest | Swenson |
| 1975 | Lions for Breakfast | Ivan |
| 1963 | The Incredible Journey | Carl Nurmi |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tilt | Frank Modeste |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Nicholas Ballard |
| 1997 | The Third Twin | Mr. Oliver |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher |
| 1994 | Due South | Dr. Mort Gustafson |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Duzak |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Vassily Peskow (uncredited) |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Vassily Peskow |
| 1992 | By Way of the Stars | Hausierer Nathan |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Dr. Von Deer |
| 1986 | Kay O'Brien | |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel | The Polish Consul |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last |