Petr Čepek
Acting
Born: 1940-09-16 in Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965. After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector). Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994. Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.
Known For
Bakaláři
Dobrodružství kriminalistiky
William Ryan
Pan Tau
Příběhy slavných
Self (archive footage)
The Physician of a Dying Time
Ján Jessenius
Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře
Krupka
Faust
Faust
Malý pitaval z velkého města
The Secret of Steel City
Filbank
Morgiana
Glenar
The Three Veterans
Bimbác
The Elementary School
Rádži Tamil
Cutting It Short
mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
Honorární konzul
My Sweet Little Village
Josef Turek
The Valley of the Bees
Ondřej z Vlkova
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
arcivévoda / Nývlt
Druhý dech
Akce Býčí oko
Bambinot
Frank Williams
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Albert Einstein
Revue za šest korun
Thanks for Every New Morning
Famous Writer
Rok má šesť dní
Škaredá dědina
The Snowdrop Festival
řezník
Bocianie hniezdo
Putování Jana Amose
Prince Bajaja
Black Prince (voice)
Byl jednou jeden dům
Ráno budeme moudřejší
Magician
Ledvina
Návraty
Granny
Black Gamekeeper
Smích se lepí na paty
hajný Fanda