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František Němec

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František Němec
František Němec wearing a grey suit and red tie, smiling at camera
Němec in 2013
Born (1943-08-09) 9 August 1943 (age 81)
Alma materTheatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
OccupationActor
Years active1961–present
Known forJak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku, Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny

František Němec (born 9 August 1943) is a Czech actor, dubber, and theater pedagogue.[1]

Education and career

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Němec studied acting at DAMU from 1960 to 1964[2][3] and has been teaching there since 1982.[4] He went on to work at Městská divadla pražská, where he stayed until 1982.[2] That year, he received an offer from theatre director Miroslav Macháček to take on the titular role in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the National Theatre in Prague.[2] He remains a member of the National Theatre's drama company to this day.[2]

In 1998, Němec won a Thalia Award for Drama – Men.[5] In 2021, he received the František Filipovský Award for long-term acting mastery in dubbing,[6] and a year later, the Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement.[7]

Selected filmography

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František Němec in 1988

Film

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List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
1962 Transport from Paradise Dany uncredited
1977 Dinner for Adele Nick Carter voice
Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku[8] Luboš Rychman
1978 Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny Luboš Rychman
1980 Concert at the End of Summer Kent
1981 Ta chvíle, ten okamžik Dr. Kodet
Mature wine Urban
1986 Young Wine Urban
1990 The Ear Tajný
2000 Loners Hana's father
2001 Rebelové priest

Television

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List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
1974 Byl jednou jeden dům Walter from Sudetenland 5 episodes
1976 Muž na radnici Jan Mikuláš 6 episodes
1976–80 Thirty Cases of Major Zeman lieutenant Žitný 10 episodes
1978–81 Hospital at the End of the City Dr. Rehor 17 episodes
1984 Sanitka Evžen Adamec 7 episodes
1988 Cirkus Humberto Frans 11 episodes
Třetí patro František Beran 5 episodes
1989 Dlouhá míle Cílek 6 episodes
1992 Náhrdelník narrator 12 episodes
2000 Hotel Herbich hotel director 13 episodes
2000–09 Oběti psychologist series of TV films–8 parts
2003 Hospital at the End of the City, Twenty Years On Dr. Rehor 6 episodes
2005–08 Dobrá čtvrť Svobodová's friend 9 episodes
2008 Hospital at the End of the City – The New Generation Dr. Rehor 3 episodes
2008–12 The Land Gone Wild Večera 8 episodes
2010–12 Ach, ty vraždy! Zdeněk Drtina 7 episodes
2011–12 Rodinka Milan Hustopes 6 episodes
2013 Czech Century Jan Patočka
2014 Až po uši 1 episode
Život a doba soudce A. K. judge Zavadil 4 episodes
2016 Murder in Polná Reichl TV film
2021 Zločiny Velké Prahy Dr. Málek 8 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Herec je furt hercem – za socialismu i kapitalismu, říká herecká legenda František Němec" [An actor is always an actor – under socialism and capitalism, says acting legend František Němec]. Lidovky (in Czech). Interviewed by Alena Plavcová. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "František Němec". zivotopis.osobnosti.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  3. ^ Procházka, Vladimír (1988). Národní divadlo a jeho předchůdci: slovník umělců divadel Vlastenského, Stavovského, Prozatímního a Národního. Praha: Academia. p. 332.
  4. ^ Fikejz, Miloš (2010). Český film: herci a herečky. II. díl: L-Ř. Praha: Libri. p. 288. ISBN 978-80-7277-331-2.
  5. ^ "Ceny Thálie 98 jsou rozdány" [Thalia awards 98 have been granted]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 28 March 1999. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ceny Františka Filipovského 2021" [2021 František Filipovský Awards]. dabingforum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Thálie za celoživotní mistrovství obdrží Veronika Forejtová a František Němec" [Thalia for lifetime achievement will be awarded to Veronika Forejtová and František Němec]. Novinky.cz (in Czech). Právo. Czech News Agency. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Němec alias tatínek z filmů Poledňákové: Odmítl točit "komedii století"" [Němec aka dad from the Poledňák films: He refused to shoot the "comedy of the century"]. Aha! (in Czech). 11 November 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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