Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthdate
1936-03-28 (Age: 90)
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Zdeněk Svěrák
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 (73)
Zdeněk Svěrák 90
2026Cimrmani zblízka
2024Kouzelný kopec
2023Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
2023Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
2023
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
2022
Bethlehem Light
2022
Psaní do nebe
2017
Barefoot
2017Operky
2016
Three Brothers
2014The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
2012
Kooky
2010
