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Zdeněk Svěrák

Writing Born Mar 28, 1936 Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 24 credits

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.

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Known for

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Úsměvy

as Host
Film

Ball Lightning

as Dr. Ječný

Bulman

1985

Full filmography

  • Úsměvy (1996) as Host
  • StarDance (2006) as Special Judge
  • Ball Lightning (1979) as Dr. Ječný
  • Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1983)
  • Kam zmizel ten starý song (2004) as Self
  • Kolya (1996) as František Louka
  • My Sweet Little Village (1985) as malíř
  • The Three Veterans (1984) as ministr
  • 30 Maidens and Pythagoras (1977) as profesor (uncredited)
  • Šaráda (1990)
  • Kouzelný kopec (2023) as Self
  • Nepřítelem osudu (2010) as Narrator
  • Zdeněk Svěrák 90 (2026)
  • Zpátky se Sobotou (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • Larks on a String (1990)
  • Cimrman sobě (1991)
  • Calamity (1982) as učitel
  • Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983) as Jára Cimrman
  • The Elementary School (1991) as Fan Souček, Eda's dad
  • Neviditeľný Jan Gogola (2026) as Self
  • Galasuperšou (1984)
  • Inzerát (1984)
  • Three Brothers (2014) as Vypravěč
  • Daddy (2004) as Self