Zdeněk Svěrák
Writing • Born 1936-03-28
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.
Filmography
81 credits
Kolya
Movie • 1996
František Louka
Empties
Movie • 2007
Josef Tkaloun
My Sweet Little Village
Movie • 1985
malíř
Pocta V+W
Movie • 2005
Self
Ball Lightning
Movie • 1979
Dr. Ječný
The Three Veterans
Movie • 1984
ministr
Accumulator 1
Movie • 1994
Fišárek
Moderní byt
Movie • 1971
Inzerát
Movie • 1984
Calamity
Movie • 1982
učitel
Dissolved and Effused
Movie • 1985
Jelínek
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Movie • 1998
Teacher
Lijavec
Movie • 1997
Inspektor starobinců
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Movie • 1976
Šlajs
Secluded, Near Woods
Movie • 1976
Lavička
An Uncertain Season
Movie • 1988
The Hit
Movie • 1981
scénárista Jíša
Africa
Movie • 2002
Dr. Emil Žába
Basically Normal
Movie • 1982
Chain
Movie • 1981
Mikeš (voice)
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Movie • 1983
Czech Heaven
Movie • 2008
Jan Ámos Komenský
Pub in the Glade
Movie • 1997
Taverner
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Movie • 1997
Physician
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Movie • 2007
Clever-eyesighted
The Conquest of the North Pole
Movie • 2007
Teaching Assistant
The Stand In
Movie • 1997
Vavroch
The Nude
Movie • 1998
Dr. Turnovský
Cimrman in the World of Music
Movie • 2006
colonel "Colonel"
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Movie • 1983
Jára Cimrman
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Movie • 1974
podnikový psycholog Klásek
Larks on a String
Movie • 1969
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Movie • 2007
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
Movie • 2022
Self
What's Up Doc?
Movie • 1985
Bohouš Burda
Kooky
Movie • 2010
Hergot (voice)
The Elementary School
Movie • 1991
Fan Souček, Eda's dad
Lucie and the Miracles
Movie • 1971
Constable (voice)
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Movie • 2023
Self
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
Movie • 2023
Self
Three Brothers
Movie • 2014
Vypravěč
Daddy
Movie • 2004
Self
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Movie • 2012
Self
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Movie • 1979
Self
Silvestr 71
Movie • 1971
Self
Kouzelný kopec
Movie • 2023
Self
As Good as Poison
Movie • 1986
Pavel Hnyk
Run, Waiter, Run!
Movie • 1981
Pařízek
Bridal Tour to Jilji
Movie • 1984
průvodčí
Cimrmani zblízka
Movie • 2024
The Horns
Movie • 1986
Like Rabbits
Movie • 1982
otec Dusek
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
Movie • 1985
Anatomie gagu
Movie • 2008
Brontosaurus
Movie • 1980
Bobr
Stopa vede do Liptákova
Movie • 1969
Barefoot
Movie • 2017
Headmaster
Psaní do nebe
Movie • 2017
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Movie • 1997
vypravěč
Crime in the Night Club
Movie • 1968
Prokurátor
You Are a Widow, Sir
Movie • 1971
kritik v divadle
The Snowdrop Festival
Movie • 1984
řidič trabanta
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Movie • 1977
profesor (uncredited)
Operky
Movie • 2016
Narostl mu hřebínek
Movie • 1987
Vypravěč
Bethlehem Light
Movie • 2022
Karel Šejnoha
Cimrmani
Movie • 1997
Self
Tvrdý chleba
Movie • 1990
Já a moji synové...
Movie • 2002
Self
Chirurgie
Movie • 1989
Dobytí severního pólu
Movie • 1991
Teaching Assistant / Lecturer
Minišou Karla Šípa
TV • 2021
Self
Cimrman sobě
TV • 1991
Úsměvy
TV • 1996
Host
Veselé příhody z natáčení
TV • 1988
Největší Čech
TV • 2005
Zdeněk Svěrák
Galasuperšou
TV • 1984
StarDance
TV • 2006
Special Judge
Zpátky se Sobotou
TV • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Kam zmizel ten starý song
TV • 2004
Self
Šaráda
TV • 1990