Rudolf Hrušínský

Biography

Rudolf Hrušínský was an acclaimed Czech actor during his country's era of communism.  He was born in Nová Včelnice to Hermina Červičková and Rudolf Hrušinský (original name Rudolf Böhm, also took the stage name Otomar Otovalský). He was born, literally, back stage during a showing of the play Taneček panny Marinky. Initially he travelled from place to place, wherever his father could find a gig, but eventually his family settled in Prague. He dropped out of law school to pursue acting. Initially he starred in minor plays, but managed to escalate to famous film roles, many of which won him fame abroad

Most Known For

Bakaláři

Capricious Summer

as Antonín Důra

Dedičstvo

Humoreska

as Josef Hupka

Favorit

Kasaři

as captain Smok

Kořist

Oasis

as Kaprál 'baron'

Ball Lightning

as Dr. Radosta

A Prague Underworld

Golden Eels

as Prošek

The Hope

as Lucin

Faust's House

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Konec cesty

Přepadení

Morové povětří

Jubileum

as Chirin

On the Road to Atlantis

as Rudolf II.

Český koncert

The Physician of a Dying Time

as Rudolf II.