František Němec (born 9 August 1943) is a Czech actor, dubber, and theater pedagogue.[1]
František Němec | |
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 Němec in 2013 | |
| Born | 9 August 1943 |
| Alma mater | Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Known for | Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku, Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny |
Education and career
editNěmec studied acting at DAMU from 1960 to 1964[2][3] and has been teaching there since 1982.[4] He went on to work at Městská divadla pražská, where he stayed until 1982.[2] That year, he received an offer from theatre director Miroslav Macháček to take on the titular role in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the National Theatre in Prague.[2] He remains a member of the National Theatre's drama company to this day.[2]
In 1998, Němec won a Thalia Award for Drama – Men.[5] In 2021, he received the František Filipovský Award for long-term acting mastery in dubbing,[6] and a year later, the Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement.[7]
Selected filmography
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Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Transport from Paradise | Dany | uncredited |
| 1977 | Dinner for Adele | Nick Carter | voice |
| Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku[8] | Luboš Rychman | ||
| 1978 | Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny | Luboš Rychman | |
| 1980 | Concert at the End of Summer | Kent | |
| 1981 | Ta chvíle, ten okamžik | Dr. Kodet | |
| Mature wine | Urban | ||
| 1986 | Young Wine | Urban | |
| 1990 | The Ear | Tajný | |
| 2000 | Loners | Hana's father | |
| 2001 | Rebelové | priest |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Byl jednou jeden dům | Walter from Sudetenland | 5 episodes |
| 1976 | Muž na radnici | Jan Mikuláš | 6 episodes |
| 1976–80 | Thirty Cases of Major Zeman | lieutenant Žitný | 10 episodes |
| 1978–81 | Hospital at the End of the City | Dr. Rehor | 17 episodes |
| 1984 | Sanitka | Evžen Adamec | 7 episodes |
| 1988 | Cirkus Humberto | Frans | 11 episodes |
| Třetí patro | František Beran | 5 episodes | |
| 1989 | Dlouhá míle | Cílek | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Náhrdelník | narrator | 12 episodes |
| 2000 | Hotel Herbich | hotel director | 13 episodes |
| 2000–09 | Oběti | psychologist | series of TV films–8 parts |
| 2003 | Hospital at the End of the City, Twenty Years On | Dr. Rehor | 6 episodes |
| 2005–08 | Dobrá čtvrť | Svobodová's friend | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | Hospital at the End of the City – The New Generation | Dr. Rehor | 3 episodes |
| 2008–12 | The Land Gone Wild | Večera | 8 episodes |
| 2010–12 | Ach, ty vraždy! | Zdeněk Drtina | 7 episodes |
| 2011–12 | Rodinka | Milan Hustopes | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Czech Century | Jan Patočka | |
| 2014 | Až po uši | 1 episode | |
| Život a doba soudce A. K. | judge Zavadil | 4 episodes | |
| 2016 | Murder in Polná | Reichl | TV film |
| 2021 | Zločiny Velké Prahy | Dr. Málek | 8 episodes |
References
edit- ^ "Herec je furt hercem – za socialismu i kapitalismu, říká herecká legenda František Němec" [An actor is always an actor – under socialism and capitalism, says acting legend František Němec]. Lidovky (in Czech). Interviewed by Alena Plavcová. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "František Němec". zivotopis.osobnosti.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Procházka, Vladimír (1988). Národní divadlo a jeho předchůdci: slovník umělců divadel Vlastenského, Stavovského, Prozatímního a Národního. Praha: Academia. p. 332.
- ^ Fikejz, Miloš (2010). Český film: herci a herečky. II. díl: L-Ř. Praha: Libri. p. 288. ISBN 978-80-7277-331-2.
- ^ "Ceny Thálie 98 jsou rozdány" [Thalia awards 98 have been granted]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 28 March 1999. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Ceny Františka Filipovského 2021" [2021 František Filipovský Awards]. dabingforum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Thálie za celoživotní mistrovství obdrží Veronika Forejtová a František Němec" [Thalia for lifetime achievement will be awarded to Veronika Forejtová and František Němec]. Novinky.cz (in Czech). Právo. Czech News Agency. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Němec alias tatínek z filmů Poledňákové: Odmítl točit "komedii století"" [Němec aka dad from the Poledňák films: He refused to shoot the "comedy of the century"]. Aha! (in Czech). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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