
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