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Petr Čepek
Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek

ActingBorn September 16, 1940Died September 20, 1994 (age 54)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.

Filmography

2000
Příběhy slavných

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1994Movie
1994
Faust

as Faust

Movie
1993
Mystery of the Puzzle

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1992Movie
1991Movie
1991
The Elementary School

as Rádži Tamil

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Dlouhá míle

as trenér Hanák

TV
1990
Nudity

as Drsnák

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Skřivánčí ticho

as funkcionář Venda, Josefův bratr

Movie
1990
Muka obraznosti

as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Movie
1989
Mark of Cain

as Capt. Truxa

Movie
1989TV
1989Movie
1989Movie
1989Movie
1988
Nine Circles of Hell

as Tomáš David (voice)

Movie
1988
Zrcadlo nenávisti

as chiromant Janza

Movie
1988
Magician

as Ledvina

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Zatmění všech sluncí

as vyšetřovatel

Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1986Movie
1985Movie
1985
Extended Time

as Antoš

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985
Dissolved and Effused

as Policejní ředitel

Movie
1984
Bambinot

as Frank Williams

TV
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984TV
1984Movie
1984Movie
1983
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

as arcivévoda / Nývlt

Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1982
Portrait

as Alfréd Kalvoda

Movie
1982Movie
1981Movie
1981
Tři v tom

as Horatio

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Had z ráje

as František Krumlovský

TV
1981
Night Riders

as Janousek

Movie
1981
The Hit

as Šus, Producer

Movie
1981
Cutting It Short

as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady

Movie
1980
Hordubal

as Štěpán Manya (voice)

Movie
1980
Najatý klaun

as Michal Caban

Movie
1979Movie
1979
The Cat Prince

as Albert (voice)

Movie
1979Movie
1979Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1975
The Motive for Murder

as Benda (segment "Kapsář")

Movie
1972
Morgiana

as Glenar

Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1971
Prince Bajaja

as Black Prince (voice)

Movie
1971
Oil Lamps

as Pavel

Movie
1971
Granny

as Black Gamekeeper

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Mandragora

as Ligur

Movie
1970TV
1970
Aesop

as Amazis

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Adelheid

as Viktor Chotovický

Movie
1969
Looking Back

as František Černý

Movie
1968
The Valley of the Bees

as Ondřej z Vlkova

Movie
1967
Hotel for Strangers

as Petr Hudec

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 16, 1940
Day of DeathSeptember 20, 1994
Place of BirthPrague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
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