Zdeněk Svěrák

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-03-28 (89 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Kam zmizel ten starý song

    Kam zmizel ten starý song

  • StarDance

    StarDance

  • Larks on a String

    Larks on a String

  • Moderní byt

    Moderní byt

  • Cimrman in the World of Music

    Cimrman in the World of Music

  • The Stand In

    The Stand In

  • 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

    40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

  • Dissolved and Effused

    Dissolved and Effused

  • Úsměvy

    Úsměvy

  • Silvestr 71

    Silvestr 71

  • As Good as Poison

    As Good as Poison

  • Secluded, Near Woods

    Secluded, Near Woods

  • Cimrmani zblízka

    Cimrmani zblízka

  • Empties

    Empties

  • The Snowdrop Festival

    The Snowdrop Festival

  • Accumulator 1

    Accumulator 1

  • Like Rabbits

    Like Rabbits

  • Ball Lightning

    Ball Lightning

  • Cimrmani

    Cimrmani

  • The Conquest of the North Pole

    The Conquest of the North Pole

  • Africa

    Africa

  • Kooky

    Kooky

  • Three Brothers

    Three Brothers

  • Kolya

    Kolya

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • The Hit

    The Hit

  • Psaní do nebe

    Psaní do nebe

  • Tvrdý chleba

    Tvrdý chleba

  • What's Up Doc?

    What's Up Doc?

  • Pocta V+W

    Pocta V+W

  • My Sweet Little Village

    My Sweet Little Village

  • Czech Heaven

    Czech Heaven

  • Operky

    Operky

  • Anatomie gagu

    Anatomie gagu

  • 30 Maidens and Pythagoras

    30 Maidens and Pythagoras

  • Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

    Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

  • The Three Veterans

    The Three Veterans

  • An Uncertain Season

    An Uncertain Season

  • Calamity

    Calamity

  • Chain

    Chain

  • Lijavec

    Lijavec

  • Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti

    Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti

  • Brontosaurus

    Brontosaurus

  • Run, Waiter, Run!

    Run, Waiter, Run!

  • Zpátky se Sobotou

    Zpátky se Sobotou

  • Basically Normal

    Basically Normal

  • Lucie and the Miracles

    Lucie and the Miracles

  • Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

    Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book

  • Barefoot

    Barefoot

  • The Nude

    The Nude

  • Největší Čech

    Největší Čech

  • Joachim, Put It in the Machine

    Joachim, Put It in the Machine

  • Veselé příhody z natáčení

    Veselé příhody z natáčení

  • Cimrman sobě

    Cimrman sobě

  • Crime in the Night Club

    Crime in the Night Club

  • Pub in the Glade

    Pub in the Glade

  • Hearty Greetings from the Globe

    Hearty Greetings from the Globe

  • You Are a Widow, Sir

    You Are a Widow, Sir

  • Bridal Tour to Jilji

    Bridal Tour to Jilji

  • The Elementary School

    The Elementary School

  • Galasuperšou

    Galasuperšou

  • Long, Broad and Nearsight

    Long, Broad and Nearsight

  • Kouzelný kopec

    Kouzelný kopec

  • Inzerát

    Inzerát

  • How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

    How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

  • Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

    Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan

  • Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

    Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

  • Minišou Karla Šípa

    Minišou Karla Šípa

  • Stopa vede do Liptákova

    Stopa vede do Liptákova

  • Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

    Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem

  • The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

    The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

  • Perspektiva Ivana Mládka

    Perspektiva Ivana Mládka

  • The Horns

    The Horns

  • Chinaski: Každej ví kulový

    Chinaski: Každej ví kulový

  • Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

    Ruffiano and Sweeteeth

  • Já a moji synové...

    Já a moji synové...

  • Narostl mu hřebínek

    Narostl mu hřebínek

  • Bethlehem Light

    Bethlehem Light

  • Chirurgie

    Chirurgie