Zdeněk Svěrák
Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28th March 1936 in Prague) is best known as a Czech actor and writer.[1] He is also a noted playwright and songwriter.[2] He is the holder of 3 Magnesia Litera awards and 3 Czech Leo awards. He studied at the Pedagogic University and was a teacher. After 4 years as a teacher, he started to work in Czechoslovak radio. There he met musician Jaroslav Uhlíř and since then he collaborated with him.
Zdeněk Svěrák | |
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 Zdeněk Svěrák | |
| Born | 28 March 1936 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968 – present |
Zdeněk Svěrák and Ladislav Smoljak are creators of czech most famous entertaining genious person Jára Cimrman. They have made 13 theatre plays about him and his life. As actor he appears in czech classic movies as: Na samotě u lesa, Marečku, podejte mi pero!, Trhák, Tři veteráni, Obecná škola or Vratné Láhve. He founded the Theater of Jara Cimrman in 1966.[1]
Zdeněk's son, Jan Svěrák (*1965), is czech film director and one of 4 Czechoslovakian/Czech men who won Oscar. In 1997, the Father and son team won an Oscar for their movie Kolja.[3] Zdeněk Svěrák starred in the movie. In 2014 he was awarded the President's Prize for lifetime achievements ad the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chris True. "Zdenek Sverák Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Zdeněk Svěrák". Databazeknih.cz. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Celebrating Zdeněk Svěrák´s 80th Birthday – The Elementary School". The Czech Centre. March 28, 2016. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Johnstone (October 7, 2014). "Zdeněk Svěrák awarded president's prize at Karlovy Vary festival". Radio Praha. Retrieved January 21, 2017.