Jiří Macháček (born 6 July 1966 in

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actor and singer.

Education

Macháček graduated from high school in

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before attending Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, the Law Faculty at

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, and the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts.

Career

Macháček performed with several Czech theaters including the Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo Na zábradlí), Divadlo Sklep, and Divadlo Na Jezerce. His first major film role, in Saša Gedeon's comedy '' Return of the Idiot'' (1999), was followed by a prominent role in David Ondricek's '' Samotáři'' (Loners) in 2000, for which he won the

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for Best Supporting Actor. In 2004, he was again nominated for a Czech Lion for best actor in

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's 2004 comedy '' Up and Down''.

Singer and lyricist

As well as acting, Macháček sings and writes songs for his band MIG 21, which has released five albums.

Filmography

*Kamenný most (1996, Tomáš Vorel) *O perlové panně (1997, Vladimír Drha) *Mrtvej brouk (1998, Pavel Marek) * Návrat idiota (1999, Saša Gedeon) * Samotáři (2000, David Ondříček) *

Little Otik ''Little Otik'' ( cs, Otesánek), also known as ''Greedy Guts'', is a 2000 Czech surreal dark comedy horror film by Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová. Based on the folktale Otesánek by Karel Jaromír Erben, the film is a comedic live act ...

(2000, Jan Švankmajer) *Výlet (2002,

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) * Jedna ruka netleská (2003, David Ondříček) *

Mazaný Filip ''Mazaný Filip'' is a Czech comedy film released in 2003 and based on a stage play by Sklep Theatre. Cast and characters *Philip Marlowe .... Tomáš Hanák *Velma Hatfield .... Vilma Cibulková *Paolo Perrugini .... Oldřich Kaiser *Jules ...

(2003,

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) * Up and Down (2004,

) * Skřítek (2005, Tomáš Vorel) *

Beauty in Trouble ''Beauty in Trouble'' ( cz, Kráska v nesnázích) is a 2006 Czech tragicomedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. Eddie Cockrell, writing in ''Variety'', said the " tle comes from the Robert Graves poem, itself adapted into a Czech popular song in the ...

(2006, Jan Hřebejk) *

Empties ''Empties'' ( cs, Vratné lahve) is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film. It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same tea ...

(2007,

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) * Nasty (2008, Jan Hřebejk) *Jahodové víno (2008, Dariusz Jabłoński) *Ženy v pokušení (2009, Jiří Vejdělek) * Občanský průkaz (2010,

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) *

Kooky ''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the st ...

(2010, Jan Svěrák) * Leaving (2011,

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) * Men in Hope (2011, Jiří Vejdělek)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Machacek, Jiri Living people 1966 births Czech male film actors Czech musicians People from Litoměřice Charles University alumni Czech Lion Awards winners