Vlasta Vrana
Acting • Born 1950-01-01
Biography
Vlasta Vrana is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. His surname means "crow" in Czech. Vrana was born to Czech parents in Norway but moved to Canada at the age of four. He has appeared on many television shows and films such as The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead and The Blue Man. He was awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence by ACTRA Montreal, and the Richard Kind Award for best actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival. He also played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow. His work as a voice actor includes Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, as well as documentaries and thousands of radio and television commercials. He also narrated Canada Vignettes films and several other films for The National Film Board of Canada.
Filmography
171 credits
The Glass Castle
Movie • 2017
Mr. Lehocky
Where the Money Is
Movie • 2000
Jewelry Store Employee
Wicker Park
Movie • 2004
Jeweller
Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad
Movie • 1991
Narrator (voice)
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Movie • 1997
Bishop
Nowhere to Hide
Movie • 1987
Sonny Cambria
The Girl Next Door
Movie • 1999
Howard Poolin
Scanners II: The New Order
Movie • 1991
Lt. Gelson
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Movie • 1999
Mr. Van Tassle
Lava Storm
Movie • 2008
Mike Wilson
Edge of Ice
Movie • 1986
Narrator
Life on Ice
Movie • 1986
Narrator
Shivers
Movie • 1975
Kresimer Sviben
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 2008
Judge Shoehan
Brainscan
Movie • 1994
Frank
Grey Owl
Movie • 1999
Harry Champlin
Carny
Movie • 2009
Owen
Levity
Movie • 2003
Man on Parole Board
Revenge
Movie • 1999
Dan McCartney
Heavy Metal 2000
Movie • 2000
Street Vendor
A Matter of Cunning
Movie • 1983
Ted Haskell
Heritage Minutes: Jackie Robinson
Movie • 1997
Mr. Rickey
The Assignment
Movie • 1997
KGB Head Officer
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
Movie • 1988
Les six saisons des attikameks
Movie • 1983
Self
Candy the Stripper
Movie • 1983
Hard Feelings
Movie • 1982
Mr. Holland
Bad Apple
Movie • 2004
Fleisig
The Windsor Protocol
Movie • 1998
Hardy's Aide
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Movie • 1996
I Me Wed
Movie • 2007
Roy
Eternal Evil
Movie • 1985
Scott
Gotti
Movie • 1996
Romual Piecyk
Eye of the Wolf
Movie • 1994
Jacques
Secrets From Her Past
Movie • 2011
Mo Stefanokis
Ring of Deceit
Movie • 2009
Oscar Brown
Hawk's Vengeance
Movie • 1996
Duquesne
Believe
Movie • 2000
Mortimer Higgins
The Book of Eve
Movie • 2002
Steve Lock
Reaper
Movie • 2000
Sheriff Norris
Rabid
Movie • 1977
Cop at Clinic
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Movie • 2002
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Lifeforce Experiment
Movie • 1994
Dr. Robbie Allman
Requiem for Fanny
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Northpole: Open for Christmas
Movie • 2015
Salvation Army Santa
No Ordinary Baby
Movie • 2001
Dr Dennis Griffiths
Gleason
Movie • 2002
Toots Shor
Cause Of Death
Movie • 2001
Al Bailey
Twin Sisters
Movie • 1992
Reeves
Black Eyed Dog
Movie • 2006
Andreas
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards
Movie • 2005
Jack Richards
Canada Vignettes: Métis Coat
Movie • 1979
Narrator
Canada Vignettes: Indian Pipe
Movie • 1979
Narrator
The Audrey Hepburn Story
Movie • 2000
Uncle Willem
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story
Movie • 1996
Dr. Zimmerman
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
Movie • 1983
Murphy
Secret Window
Movie • 2004
Fire Chief Wickersham
The Phone Call
Movie • 1989
Ben
The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream
Movie • 2008
Official
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Movie • 1989
Frank
The Informant
Movie • 2013
Controller Nichols
Whispers
Movie • 1990
Sherrif Laurenski
Deadly Surveillance
Movie • 1991
Palatzo
Mother Night
Movie • 1996
August Krapptauer
Stranger in the House
Movie • 1997
Alex Alexander
Day One
Movie • 1989
Hans Bethe
L'Homme en colère
Movie • 1979
Club manager
Dreams of a Land
Movie • 1987
Narrator
WarGames: The Dead Code
Movie • 2008
Ivan Prokosh
Upside Down
Movie • 2012
Mr. Hunt
One Man
Movie • 1977
Gendron's colleague
Happy Birthday to Me
Movie • 1981
Bartender
End Game in Paris
Movie • 1982
Snake Treaty
Movie • 1989
Glory & Honor
Movie • 1998
Morris Jesup
The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice
Movie • 2010
Maitre D'
The Man Who Stole Dreams
Movie • 1987
(voice)
Manners of Dying
Movie • 2004
Doctor Lowe
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
Movie • 1990
King (voice)
The Real Story of Rain Rain Go Away
Movie • 1990
Boondoggle (voice)
Hey Babe!
Movie • 1983
Roy
The Child Prodigy
Movie • 2010
Hutcheson
Eye of the Beholder
Movie • 2000
Mr. Hugo Sr.
RED 2
Movie • 2013
General McKennon
Race
Movie • 2016
St. John
Breaking All the Rules
Movie • 1985
Detective
Hollow Point
Movie • 1996
FBI Agent in Charge
The Reagans
Movie • 2003
Ed Meese
The Slavers
Movie • 1984
A Cry in the Night
Movie • 1992
Captain Murphy
Arctic Blast
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
Night of the Demons III
Movie • 1997
Dewhurst
Stalked
Movie • 1994
Sanders
Relative Fear
Movie • 1994
Mr. Schulman
Heavy Metal
Movie • 1981
Barbarian Leader (voice)
Territories
Movie • 2010
Sheriff White
Natural Enemy
Movie • 1996
Stanley
The Surrogate
Movie • 1984
Bill
The Ultimate Weapon
Movie • 1998
'Top' Drummond
The Kiss
Movie • 1988
Bishop
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Movie • 2003
Ray Harding
The Human Stain
Movie • 2003
Solly Tabak
Crimes of Passion
Movie • 2005
Malcolm McBradden
Redeemer
Movie • 2002
Edward Chase
Protection
Movie • 2001
Shimanski
Keeping Track
Movie • 1987
Chuck
When Angels Come to Town
Movie • 2004
Franz
The Final Heist
Movie • 1991
Larivière
Hitting Home
Movie • 1988
Phil Grande
Falling Over Backwards
Movie • 1990
Drunk
Escape from Wildcat Canyon
Movie • 1998
Tully
Dracula: Live from Transylvania
Movie • 1989
Announcer
Timeline
Movie • 2003
Monk
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Movie • 1979
Radio Operator
A Life Interrupted
Movie • 2007
Committee Chairman
Within These Walls
Movie • 2020
Carl
The Emperor of Peru
Movie • 1982
Blackout
Movie • 1978
The Peacekeeper
Movie • 1997
General Douglas
French Exit
Movie • 2021
Borius Maurus (Ship's Doctor)
Secret Weapons
Movie • 1985
Ivan
A Safety Net
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Spookley and the Christmas Kittens
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Swept Up by Christmas
Movie • 2020
Alan Hawthorne
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Movie • 1994
Vorisek
Canada Vignettes: Under the Pole
Movie • 1980
Narrator
Hall
Movie • 2022
Peter
Canada Vignettes: Arctic Seascape
Movie • 1980
Narrator
Les Tisserands du pouvoir
Movie • 1988
Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte
Movie • 1988
Sweet as Maple Syrup
Movie • 2021
The Dean
Choices
Movie • 1986
Minister
Baby for Sale
Movie • 2004
Ron Grazer
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Varian's War
Movie • 2001
The Amateur
Movie • 1981
Guide
Canada Vignettes: The Horse
Movie • 1978
Narrator
The Rise and Fall of English Montreal
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
The Morning Man
Movie • 1989
Gates
Memories of Earth
Movie • 2002
Self - Narrator
Scent of Danger
Movie • 2002
Dr. York
Old Guys in Bed
Movie • 2025
The Cost of Heaven
Movie • 2025
Ben Novak
The Collectors
Movie • 1999
Sgt. Grander
The Zone
Movie • 2017
Stalker
Strangers at the Door
Movie • 1977
The List
Movie • 2000
Money
Movie • 1991
Mel Glatzman
The First Circle
Movie • 1992
Principal I. Gerasimovich
Angel Square
Movie • 1991
Shades of Love: Midnight Magic
Movie • 1988
Ryan Burr
Rouge Brésil
Movie • 2014
Pierre Richer
Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
Movie • 2001
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Jonathan Laporte
Ulysses 31
TV • 1981
(voice)
The Tournament
TV • 2005
Coach Jenkins
Counterstrike
TV • 1990
Lt. Samuelson
Urban Angel
TV • 1991
Lieutenant Drabeck
Being Human
TV • 2011
Douglas
The Worst Witch
TV • 1998
The Dragon Lord
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Rhys
The Disappearance
TV • 2017
Brother John
Killer Wave
TV • 2007
Heinz Litchner
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Boatman
Due South
TV • 1994
Henri Cloutier
Blood & Treasure
TV • 2019
Moshe Cohen
Transplant
TV • 2020
Walter Monroe
L'Or
TV • 2001
Vlad Kovak
Emily of New Moon
TV • 1998
Wendall MacKay
The New Avengers
TV • 1976
Karavitch
René Lévesque
TV • 2006
Michael Starr