Zdeněk Svěrák

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Most Known For

Calamity

as učitel

Úsměvy

as Host

Lijavec

as Inspektor starobinců

Czech Heaven

as Jan Ámos Komenský

Inzerát

Kam zmizel ten starý song

as Self

Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

as Physician

StarDance

as Special Judge

Kouzelný kopec

as Self

Ball Lightning

as Dr. Ječný

Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

as Teacher

Three Brothers

as Vypravěč

Daddy

as Self

Kolya

as František Louka

My Sweet Little Village

as malíř

Galasuperšou

Kooky

as Hergot (voice)

The Elementary School

as Fan Souček, Eda's dad

Cimrman sobě

Šaráda