Karel Dobrý
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Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the Dune 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel Children of Dune, and as Matthias in Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in the award-winning film The Girl of Your Dreams by Fernando Trueba.[1]
Biography[]
He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian, German, and English.
Selected filmography[]
- (1991, TV Movie) – Orestes
- La patience de Maigret (1993, TV Series) – Serveur Tropical
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995, TV Movie) – Göring
- (1995) – Barishvili
- (1995) – The Strongest
- (1995) – Butch
- Mission: Impossible (1996) – Matthias
- Let's Make an Opera (1996) – Burglar
- La niña de tus ojos (1998, Short) – Leo
- Plunkett & Macleane (1999) – Lewd Young Man
- (2000) – Odillo
- (2000, TV Movie) – Prince
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000, TV Mini-Series) – Liet-Kynes
- Kytice (2000) – King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat")
- A Knight's Tale (2001) – Flanders King of Arms
- Cabriolet (2001)
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Commandment
- The Mists of Avalon (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Rhiannon
- (2001, TV Movie) – Reporter
- Szach (2001) – Jakub
- (2002, TV Series) – Panenka
- Doctor Zhivago (2002, TV Mini-Series) – Mayakovsky
- (2002, TV Series) – Josef Kalousek
- (2003, TV Movie) – Hušner
- Krysař (2003) – Devil / Destiny
- (2003, TV Movie) – Devil
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003, TV Mini-Series) – Korba
- (2003) – Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor")
- NaPolA (2004) – SS-Arzt
- Der neunte Tag (2004) – Reporter Bertram
- (2005)– Brand
- (2006) – Ritter Ottokar
- Maharal - tajemstvi talismanu (2007) – Receptionist
- (2007, Short) – Pokálený pán
- Flammen & Citronen (2008) – Seibold
- Báthory (2008) – Royal Guard Commander
- (2008, Short) – Italian Captain
- (2009) – Čihák
- (2009) – Adalbert of Jestřebí
- (2009, TV Series) – Richard
- Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (2009) – Plavčík
- (2009) – Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat")
- Joséphine, ange gardien (2010, TV Series) – Lieutenant
- Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2010) – Nemetskiy letchik
- (2010, TV Movie) – Jagol
- (2010-2012, TV Series) – Matěj Stránský
- (2011, TV series) – Láďa Kocman, lieutenant
- Faust (2011) – Soldier
- (2011, TV Series) – Karel Dejmek
- Borgia (2011-2014, TV Series) – Giovanni Colonna
- Missing (2012, TV Series) – Coffee Man
- (2012, TV Movie) – Pavel Kubík
- In the Shadow (2012) – Muz z rozhlasu
- (2012) – Kužnikov
- Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century) (2013, TV Series) – General lev prchala
- (2013, TV Series) – Lev Prchala, general
- (2013-2014, TV Series) – Hartman, lawyer
- Child 44 (2015) – Photographer
- Lída Baarová (2016) – Gerhard Lamprecht - film director
- Strasidla (2016) – Ignác
- Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel (2017) – Karel
- The Adventurers (2017) – Yelyuk (The Buyer)
- Zahradnictví: Dezertér (2017) – Karel
- Milada (2017) – NKVD Agent Lichacev
- Zahradnictví: Nápadník (2017) – Karel
- Certoviny (2017) – Lucifer
- The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) – Cold-Eyed German
- Hastrman (2018) – Baron Johann Salmon de Caus
- May the Lord Be with Us (2018) – Jindrich Matyás Thurn
- A War Within (2018) – Doctor
- The Glass Room (2019) – Láník
Theatre[]
National Theatre (Prague)[]
- Tartuffe Impromptu (2014) – Tartuffe (musical performance)
- Strakonický dudák (2014) – Vocilka
- (2013) – Vincent van Gogh
- Troilus and Cressida (2012) – Odysseus
Divadlo Komedie (Prague)[]
- (2007) – Man (musical performance)
- (2004) – Horatio
- (2004) – Saška
- (2004) – Doctor
- The Cannibals (2003) – Klaub, medicine student
Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague)[]
- (2001) – Pastor
- (2001) – Maurice
- (2000) – Žadov
- (1999) – Slovák Juraj Slovák
- Histrionics (1999) – Ferruccio, son
- Ivanov (1998) – Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
- (1997) – Ivanov
- Cabaret (1997) – Rudolf Schultz (musical performance)
- The Seagull (1994) – Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
- (1994) – Filip Dubský
- (1993) – Jiří
Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague)[]
- The Green Cockatoo (1992) – Baltasar
- (1992) – Bedřich Veter
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) – Christian & De Valvert
Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway)[]
- Mr. Bojangles (1992) – Joe
Other stage works[]
- Day of the Oprichnik (2013) – Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor
- The Church (L'Église) (2012) – Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor
- Richard III (2012) – Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
- (2012) – Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague)
- (2011) – Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance)
- (2009) – Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance)
- Skočná (2009) – Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague)
- (2009) – Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague)
- (2008) – (A Studio Rubín, Prague)
- Jeanne D'Arc (2007) – Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance)
- (2007) – Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) – Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance)
- In the Penal Colony (2005) – The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass)
- (2003) – Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem)
- (2004) – (Divadlo Archa, musical performance)
- King Lear (2002) – Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
- Dalibor (2001) – Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana)
- (1991) – Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)
References[]
- ^ "Český herec Karel Dobrý: Nikdy som sa na javisku nedokázal rozplakať" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
External links[]
- Karel Dobrý unofficial website (in Czech)
- Karel Dobrý at IMDb
- Karel Dobrý at the (in Czech)
Categories:
- Czech male film actors
- Czech male television actors
- Czech male stage actors
- Living people
- Actors from Karlovy Vary
- 1969 births
- Czech Lion Awards winners