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Zdeněk Svěrák

Czech actor (born 1936)

Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and screenwriter. He is one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities.²

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Born Mar 28, 1936.¹

About

Since 1968 he has appeared in 32 films.

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Companies

CinemArtBoard member 1992 to 2013²¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedFaculty of Education, Charles University³

Career

Occupation: film actor, actor, stage actor, singer, songwriter, writer, playwright, children's writer.⁵

1992 to 2013Board member, CinemArt⁴

In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature from the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. His work consists of more than 300 musical texts and plays, and he has appeared in 32 feature films. Among his film scripts are the Academy Award-winning Kolya and The Elementary School, both directed by his son Jan Svěrák as well as My Sweet Little Village. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak and their radio colleague Jiří Šebánek, he created the fictional polymath Jára Cimrman for the radio programme Vinárna U pavouka in 1966. Cimrman was voted The Greatest Czech in 2005, but barred from winning because of being a fictional character. Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization, Centrum Paraple, which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.

Svěrák has won three Magnesia Litera awards for his writing. In 2004 he won the Readers' Choice award for his book Jaké je to asi v čudu. He went on to win the same award in 2012 for the book Nové povídky. His third Readers' Choice award came in 2014 for Po strništi bos. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Personal life

BornMar 28, 1936, Prague^{6 7}
CitizenshipCzech Republic, Czechoslovakia⁸
SpouseBožena Svěráková married 1959^{9 10}

Awards

2025Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion^{11 19}
2021Annual award ACFK^{11 18}
2016honorary citizen of Prague^{11 17}
2014Miloslav Švandrlík Award¹¹
2012Magnesia Litera Award for Best Screenplay¹¹
2010Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film^{11 16}
2007Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay for Empties^{11 15}
2004Magnesia Litera Award for Best Screenplay¹¹
1999Czech Medal of Merit, 3rd class^{11 14}
1996Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay for Kolya^{11 13}
Date not recordedMagnesia Litera 2014¹¹
Date not recordedThalia Awards^{11 12}

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WikidataZdeněk Svěrák: IMDb, on Wikidata
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Wikimedia CommonsZdeněk Svěrák photo by David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 4.0