Zdeněk Svěrák
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.
83 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 83
StarDance
2006
Úsměvy
1996
Kolya
1996
Kam zmizel ten starý song
2004
My Sweet Little Village
1985
The Three Veterans
1984
Secluded, Near Woods
1976
Největší Čech
2005
The Elementary School
1991
Empties
2007
Veselé příhody z natáčení
1988
Three Brothers
2014
Larks on a String
1969
Cimrman sobě
1991
Zpátky se Sobotou
2012
The Snowdrop Festival
1984
Accumulator 1
1994
As Good as Poison
1986
You Are a Widow, Sir
1971
Moderní byt
1971
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
1974
Barefoot
2017
Šaráda
1990
Kooky
2010
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
1979
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981
Chain
1981
Bethlehem Light
2022
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
1976
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
The Hit
1981
Crime in the Night Club
1968
Galasuperšou
1984
Ball Lightning
1979
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
1977
Calamity
1982
Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
1985
What's Up Doc?
1985
Lucie and the Miracles
1971
Minišou Karla Šípa
2021
An Uncertain Season
1988
Dissolved and Effused
1985
Like Rabbits
1982
Kouzelný kopec
2023
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
1983
The Ride
1994
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
2023
Brontosaurus
1980
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
2007
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
1997
Cimrmani
1997
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Anatomie gagu
2008
The Stand In
1997
The Conquest of the North Pole
2007
Silvestr 71
1971
Tvrdý chleba
1990
Pocta V+W
2005
Lijavec
1997
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998
Basically Normal
1982
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
1997
Pub in the Glade
1997
Daddy
2004
Cimrmani zblízka
2024
Inzerát
1984
Czech Heaven
2008
Africa
2002
The Nude
1998
Já a moji synové...
2002
Zdeněk Svěrák 90
2026
Chirurgie
1989
Cimrman in the World of Music
2006
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
2023
Operky
2016
Long, Broad and Nearsight
2007
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
2022
Stopa vede do Liptákova
1969
The Horns
1986
Psaní do nebe
2017
Narostl mu hřebínek
1987
Dobytí severního pólu
1991
