Petr Kostka (born 11 June 1938) is a
Czech actor.
Kostka was born in
Říčany
Říčany (; ) is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants.
According to the national Quality of Life Index, which has been comparing the standard of living in the citie ...
near
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
,
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
. In 2003, he received
Thalia Award for performing Herman in ''Smíšené pocity'' ''Mixed Emotions''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Fetters
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'' (1961)
* ''
A Jester's Tale'' (1964)
* ''
Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem'' (1977)
* ''
Což takhle dát si špenát
''Což takhle dát si špenát (in English: "How About a Plate of Spinach") ''is a 1977 Czechoslovak comedy science fiction film directed by Václav Vorlíček. The film was based on a script by his trusted collaborator Miloš Macourek. The titl ...
'' (1977)
* ''
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
''Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' () is a 1983 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is a biopic of the fictional Czech national hero Jára Cimrman, who is portrayed by one of his inventors, Zdeněk Svěrák.
The story is f ...
'' (1983)
* ''
Fešák Hubert'' (1984)
* ''
Inženýrská odysea''
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
People from Říčany
Czech male film actors
20th-century Czech male actors
21st-century Czech male actors
Recipients of the Thalia Award
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
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