Zdeněk Svěrák
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 (82 Appearances)
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Cimrmani zblízka
Kouzelný kopec
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
Bethlehem Light
Minišou Karla Šípa
Psaní do nebe
Barefoot
Operky
Three Brothers
Zpátky se Sobotou
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Kooky
Czech Heaven
Anatomie gagu
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Long, Broad and Nearsight
The Conquest of the North Pole
Empties
Cimrman in the World of Music
StarDance
Největší Čech
Pocta V+W
Daddy
Kam zmizel ten starý song
Africa
Já a moji synové...
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
The Nude
Cimrmani
The Stand In
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Pub in the Glade
Lijavec
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Kolya
Úsměvy
Accumulator 1
Cimrman sobě
The Elementary School
Dobytí severního pólu
Šaráda
Tvrdý chleba
Chirurgie
An Uncertain Season
Veselé příhody z natáčení
Narostl mu hřebínek
As Good as Poison
The Horns
My Sweet Little Village
What's Up Doc?
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
Dissolved and Effused
Bridal Tour to Jilji
The Three Veterans
Inzerát
The Snowdrop Festival
Galasuperšou
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Like Rabbits
Basically Normal
Calamity
Chain
The Hit
Run, Waiter, Run!
Brontosaurus
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Ball Lightning
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Secluded, Near Woods
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Silvestr 71
Lucie and the Miracles
You Are a Widow, Sir
Moderní byt
Stopa vede do Liptákova
Larks on a String
Crime in the Night Club