Vlasta Vrána
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Born | 1950 (age 70–71) |
Years active | 1973–present |
Vlasta Vrána is a Canadian actor of Czech descent.
Life and career[]
Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's Shivers. Vrána has appeared in television shows and films, including The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead, Varian's War, Pachamama, and The Blue Man.
In 2005 he received an Award of Excellence from ACTRA Montreal and the Richard Kind Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival for his lead role in B. P. Paquette's psychological drama, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards. Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow.
Voice-acting credits include Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000 and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, documentaries and radio and TV commercials. He narrated the Canada Vignettes and other films for the National Film Board of Canada.
Filmography[]
- Shivers (1975) as Kresimer Sviben
- Rabid (1977) as Cop at Clinic
- One Man (1977) as Gendron's Colleague
- The New Avengers (1977, TV Series) as Karavitch
- (1977, Short) as Jan
- (1977, Short)
- Blackout (1978)
- Canada Vignettes (1978, Short) as Narrator
- (1978) as Le gérant du club
- (1979, TV Movie) as Radio Operator
- (1979, Short) as Narrator
- (1979) as Narrator
- The Littlest Hobo (1980, TV Series) as Policeman
- (1980, Documentary, short) as Narrator
- Happy Birthday to Me (1981) as Bartender
- Gas (1981) as Baron Stuyvesant
- Heavy Metal (1981) as Barbarian Leader (voice) (segment "Taarna")
- The Amateur (1981) as Guide
- Ulysses 31 (1981-1982, TV Series) as Zeus
- Astro Boy (1981) (voice, Cinelume English dub)
- Belle and Sebastian (1981) (voice, English dub)
- (1982) as Policeman
- Hard Feelings (1982) as Mr. Holland
- (1982, Short)
- (1982, Short) as Narrator
- (1983, Documentary short) as Narrator
- (1983, TV Movie) as Ben Grover
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982-1983, TV Series) as Narrator and Kokapelt (English dub, voice)
- (1983) as Guy at Bar
- (1983, TV Movie) as Murphy
- (1983, TV Movie) as Ted Haskell
- Hey Babe! (1983) as Roy
- The Surrogate (1984) as Bill
- Charlie Grant's War (1984, TV Movie) as Police Chief
- The Adventures of the Little Koala (1984, TV Series) as Weather (voice)
- (1985, TV Movie) as Ivan
- The Hitchhiker (1985, TV Series) as Mark Greenburg / Undercover Cop #2
- Breaking All the Rules (1985) as Detective
- One Step Away (1985)
- A Time to Live (1985, TV Movie) as Policeman Grosso
- The Blue Man (1985) as Scott
- The World Turned Upside Down (1985) as Narrator (voice)
- The World of David the Gnome (1985, TV Series) as Swift (voice; English dub)
- Bumpety Boo (1985, TV Series) (voice)
- Choices (1986, TV Movie) as Minister
- C.A.T. Squad (1986, TV Movie)
- The Morning Man (1986)
- Cat City (1986) as Mr. Gatto (English dub, voice)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987, TV Series) (voice)
- He Shoots, He Scores (1986, TV Series) as Popov
- Keeping Track (1986) as Chuck
- (1986) as Narrator
- (1986) as Narrator
- Spearfield's Daughter (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Gerd
- (1986, Documentary) as Narrator (voice)
- (1986, Documentary short) as Narrator
- Amerika (1987, TV Mini-Series) as Sergei
- Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987, TV Movie) as William Murphy
- Nowhere to Hide (1987) as Sonny Cambria
- (1987, TV Movie) (uncredited)
- (1987, TV Movie) as Katsender
- (1987, Short) as Narrator (voice)
- (1987, Short) as Narrator
- The Gnomes' Great Adventure (1987, original version) as Swift
- Arctic River (1987, Documentary short) as Narrator
- (1987, Documentary short) Narrator
- ' (1987, Documentary short) as Narrator
- (1988, Documentary) as amusing Narrator
- God Bless the Child (1988, TV Movie) as Harold Matthews
- C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988, TV Movie)
- (1988, Documentary) as Narrator
- Hitting Home (1988, TV Movie) as Phil Grande
- The Kiss (1988) as Bishop
- Midnight Magic (1988, TV Movie) as Ryan Burr
- The Mills of Power (1988)
- (1989, TV Movie) as William
- Day One (1989, TV Movie) as Hans Bethe
- Champagne Charlie (1989, TV Movie)
- Jesus of Montreal (1989) as Fr. Leclerc (English dub, voice)
- Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) as Frank
- (1989) as Narrator
- Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan (1989) (voice)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1990, TV Series) as Paul Revere
- War of the Worlds (1990, TV Series) as Jonathan Laporte
- Friday the 13th: The Series (1989-1990, TV Series) Webster Eby / Sheriff
- Falling Over Backwards (1990) as Drunk
- Angel Square (1990) as Logg
- (1990) as Sheriff Laurenski
- (1990, Short) The King
- Money (1991) as Mel Glatzman
- Scanners II: The New Order (1991) as Lt. Gelson
- (1991, TV Movie) as Palatzo
- Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991) (voice)
- The Jungle Book (1991) as Grizzle
- Counterstrike (1990-1991, TV Series) as Detective Samuelson and Lt. Samuelson
- Bob in a Bottle (1991) (voice)
- Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio (1991) (voice)
- Mom P.I. (1991, TV Series)
- (1991, Short documentary) as Narrator (voice)
- Gulliver's Travels (1992) (voice)
- Sharky and George (1992) (voice)
- Sandokan (1992) (voice)
- A Bunch of Munsch (1992, TV Series) (voice)
- The Legend of White Fang (1992, TV Series) (voice)
- Urban Angel (1991-1992, TV Series) as Lieutenant Drabeck
- Christopher Columbus (1993, TV Series) (voice)
- (1993, TV Series) (voice)
- The Adventures of Grady Greenspace (1993, TV Series) as Rafia Rat
- Around the World in 80 Dreams (1993, TV Series) (voice)
- Street Legal (1989-1993, TV Series) as Howard Champion / Mario Pestano
- The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993, Documentary) as Narrator
- (1993, TV Movie) as Nathan
- (1993, TV Movie) as Benny
- (1994, TV Movie) as Dr. Robbie Allman
- Brainscan (1994) as Frank
- Papa Beaver's Storytime (1994, TV Series) (voice)
- (1994) as Mr. Parker
- Stalked (1994) as Sanders
- Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) as Vorisek
- Relative Fear (1994) as Mr. Schulman
- (1995, TV Series) as Jacques
- Sirens (1995, TV Series) as Arnold Freize
- Hiroshima (1995, TV Movie) as Gen. Tom Farrell
- Crosswinds (1995, TV Movie) as Harry
- (1996, TV Movie) as Dr. Zimmerman
- Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996, TV Movie) as Hans Schreiber
- Due South (1996, TV Series) as Henri Cloutier
- Hollow Point (1996) as FBI Agent in Chase
- (1996) as Warden Jackson
- The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo (1996, TV Series) as Frollo / Prison Guard
- Mother Night (1996) as August Krapptauer
- Gotti (1996, TV Movie) as Romual Piecyk
- Hawk's Vengeance (1996) as Duquesne
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993-1996, TV Series) (voice)
- Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games (1996, Video Game) (voice)
- While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997, TV Movie) as Bishop
- Night of the Demons 3 (1997) as Dewhurst
- Stranger in the House (1997) as Alex Alexander
- The Peacekeeper (1997) as General Douglas
- The Assignment (1997) as KGB Head Officer
- Windsor Protocol (1997, TV Movie) as Hardy's Aide
- (1997, TV Series) as Jacques Baldwin
- Kayla (1997) as Lyman Snow
- Night Hood (1997, TV Series) (voice)
- The Little Lulu Show (1997, TV Series) (voice)
- Princess Sissi (1997, TV Series) (voice)
- Ivanhoe (1997, TV Series) Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
- The Hunger (1997-1998, TV Series) as Boatman / Rhys
- (1998, TV Movie) as Morris Jesup
- Thunder Point (1998, TV Movie) (voice)
- (1996) as Tully
- The Ultimate Weapon (1998) as 'Top' Drummond
- The Girl Next Door (1998, TV Movie) as Howard Poolin
- (1998, TV Series) (voice)
- Flight Squad (1998, TV Series) (voice)
- (1998, TV Series) (voice)
- Animal Crackers (1998, TV Series) (voice)
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1998, TV Series) (voice)
- (1998, Documentary) as Narrator
- (1998, TV Series) as De LaRosbille
- Cold Squad (1999, TV Series) as Valentin Kucharek
- (1999, TV Movie) as Franklin Roosevelt
- (1999, TV Movie) as Sgt Grander
- Eye of the Beholder (1999) as Mr. Hugo Sr.
- Grey Owl (1999) as Harry Champlin
- Emily of New Moon (1999, TV Series) as Wendall McKay
- (1999, TV Movie) as Mr. Van Tassle
- Running Home (1999) as Robinson
- (1999, TV Series) as Voix à la radio
- (1999, TV Movie)
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1999, TV Series) (voice)
- Billy and Buddy (1999, TV Series) (voice)
- (1999, TV Series) (voice)
- (1999, TV Series) (voice)
- A Miss Mallard Mystery (1999, TV Series) (voice)
- Waking the Dead (2000) as Priest at Sarah's Funeral
- (2000) as Sam Kettle
- (2000) as Dan McCartney
- (2000) as Sheriff Norris
- Believe (2000) as Mortimer Higgins
- Where the Money Is (2000) as Jewelry Store Employee
- Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) as Street Vendor (voice)
- (2000) (voice)
- (2001) as Al Bailey
- (2001, TV Movie) as George McBlair
- All Souls (2001, TV Series) as Dr. Lyman Brisco
- Varian's War (2001, TV Movie) as Franz Werfel
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001, TV Movie) as Dr. Charles Cook
- L'or (2001, TV Series) as Vlad Kovak
- After Amy (2001, TV Movie)
- Protection (2001) as Shimanski
- Wunschpunsch (2000-2001) as Maledictus Maggot (English version, voice)
- Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (2001, TV Series) (voice)
- (2001, TV Series) (voice)
- (2001, TV Series) (voice)
- Belphegor (2001, TV Series) (voice)
- The Lost World (2001, TV Movie) (voice)
- Fidel (2001, Documentary) as Narrator
- (2001, Documentary) as Narrator
- (2002, TV Movie) as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- (2002, TV Movie) as Edward Chase
- Big Wolf on Campus (1999-2002, TV Series) as Professor Flugelhoff / King Augustus
- Just a Walk in the Park (2002, TV Movie) as Publisher
- (2002) as Steve Lock
- (2002, TV Movie) as Dr. York
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002, Video Game)
- (2002, Short) as Narrator
- Pig City (2002, TV Series) (voice)
- Levity (2003) as Man on Parole Board
- Lucky Luke (2001-2003, TV Series) as Joe Dalton (voice)
- Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003, TV Movie) as Ray Harding
- The Human Stain (2003) as Solly Tabak
- Timeline (2003) as Monk
- (2004, TV Movie) as Fleisig
- Secret Window (2004) as Fire Chief Wickersham
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Booker (MPC)
- Wicker Park (2004) as Jeweller
- Baby for Sale (2004, TV Movie)
- A Year in the Death of Jack Richards(2004) as Jack Richards
- Manners of Dying (2004) as Doctor Lowe
- When Angels Come to Town (2004, TV Movie) as Franz
- Tripping the Rift (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- The Three Pigs (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- Potatoes and Dragons (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- Ratz (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- Winx Club (2004, TV Series) (voice, English dub)
- Dragon Hunters (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- The Boy (2004, TV Series) (voice)
- The Tournament (2005, TV Series) as Coach Jenkins (Season 1)
- Crimes of Passion (2005, TV Movie) as Malcolm McBradden
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- Human Trafficking (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Tommy
- Canadian Case Files (2005, TV Series) as Narrator (voice)
- (2006) as Andreas
- My Goldfish is Evil (2006, TV Series) (voice)
- A Life Interrupted (2007, TV Movie) as Committee Chairman
- I Me Wed (2007, TV Movie) as Roy
- Race to Mars (2007, TV Mini-Series) as Space Agency Narrator (voice)
- (2008, TV Movie) as Judge Shoehan
- (2008, TV Movie) as Mike Wilson
- The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008, TV Movie) as Official
- WarGames: The Dead Code (2008) as Ivan Prokosh
- The Christmas Choir (2008, TV Movie)
- Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) as Gregor
- Carny (2009, TV Movie) as Pastor Owen
- The Last Templar (2009, TV Series) as Taxi Driver
- The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice (2010, TV Movie) as Maitre D'
- Arctic Blast (2010) as Narrator (voice)
- Territories (2010) as Sheriff White
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011, Video Game) as Detective Chase (voice)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011, Video Game) as Manuel Palailogos (voice)
- Upside Down (2012) as Mr. Hunt
- Pinocchio (2012) as Mangiafuoco / The Jailer (English dub, voice)
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013, Video Game) as Introductory Narrator (voice)
- Red 2 (2013) as General McKennon
- The Informant (2013) as Contrôleur Nichols
- Gurov and Anna (2014) as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
- The Perfect Husband (2014) as Gardener
- (2015, TV Movie) as Salvation Army Santa
- Race (2016) as St-John
- 19-2 (2014-2016, TV Series) as Ben's Father
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016, Video Game) as Otar Botkoveli (voice)
- The Glass Castle (2017) as Mr. Lehocky
- The Zone (2017) as Stalker
- Pachamama (2018) as Shaman
- Les Misérables (2018, TV Mini-Series) as Voice Director
- Swept Up by Christmas (2020 TV film) as Alan Hawthorne
- Hall (2020) as Peter
- Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) - 2021 as Tom (English version)
References[]
External links[]
- Vlasta Vrána at IMDb
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Canadian male voice actors
- Voice directors
- Canadian people of Czech descent
- Norwegian people of Czech descent
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Norwegian emigrants to Canada
- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- 21st-century Canadian male actors