Ivan Trojan

Ivan Trojan
Ivan Trojan
Born	(1964-06-30) 30 June 1964 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Klára Pollertová ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	4
Relatives	Ladislav Trojan (father), Ondřej Trojan (brother)

Ivan Trojan (born 30 June 1964) is a Czech actor, widely considered to be one of the greatest Czech actors of all time. With four Czech Lions for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he has also won two for his supporting roles in Seducer and One Hand Can't Clap, making him the most awarded performer at the Czech Lion Awards.

Career

Trojan was born in Prague. He graduated from the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1988 and Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého (RDZN) in Prague-Smíchov. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy. In 1992 he moved to Divadlo na Vinohradech (DNV). In 1997 he decided to move to a newly established Dejvické divadlo (DD). At the International TV Festival in Monte Carlo 2013, Ivan Trojan was awarded the prize of Golden Nymph for the Best Actor in the mini-series Burning Bush.

Trojan is acclaimed for his performances in films Loners (2000), Želary (2003), Václav (2007), The Karamazovs (2008), In the Shadow (2012) and Angel of the Lord 2 (2016), all gaining success at the box-office and critic circles. He is also known for his award-winning and lauded appearances at the Dejvice Theatre, the Vinohrady Divadlo and the Summer Shakespeare Festival, including Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eugen Bazarov in Father and Sons and the Father in The Brothers Karamazov.

Personal life

He is son of actor Ladislav Trojan and brother of producer and director Ondřej Trojan. He is married to actress Klára Pollertová-Trojanová with four sons – František (born 1999), Josef (born 2001), Antonín (born 2009) and Václav (born 2012)

Trojan is known for being a supporter of the Bohemians 1905 football club. In 2009, at the age of 44, he played seven minutes for the club in a competitive match against FK Ústí nad Labem in the Czech National Football League.

Theatre

Dejvice Theatre

Ivan Trojan in the title role of the play Teremin by Petr Zelenka
from left: Martin Myšička, Ivan Trojan, Jiří Bábek, David Novotný
Photo: Hynek Glos

• Teremin (2005) .... Léon Theremin, nominated for Alfréd Radok Award
• A Streetcar Named Desire (2003) .... Stanley
• Sic (2003) .... Theo (by Melissa James Gibson)
• Three Sisters (2002) .... Aleksander Ignayevitch Vershinin
• Tales of Common Insanity (2001) .... Petr
• Oblomov (2000) .... The Title Role - received Thalia Award, nominated for Alfréd Radok Award
• The Brothers Karamazov (2000) .... Father Karamazov - Devil
• The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother (1999) .... Red Indian
• The Government Inspector (1998) .... Anton Antonovitch Skvoznik - Duchanovskij, hetman
• Utišující metoda (1997) .... Professor Maillard (by Edgar Allan Poe), nominated for Thalia Award

Vinohrady Theatre

• The Brothers Karamazov (1997) .... Ivan
• A Flea in Her Ear (1996) .... Kamil Champsboisy (by Georges Feydeau
• Jacobowski and the Colonel (1995) .... Head of Policemen (by Franz Werfel)
• Fathers and Sons (1995) .... Eugen Bazarov
• Clown (August August August) (1994) .... August jr. (by Pavel Kohout
• Le baruffe chiozzotte (1994) .... Commissioner (by Carlo Goldoni)
• Romeo and Juliet (1992) .... Romeo
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990) .... Demetrius, Summer Shakespeare Festival
• Merlin oder das wüste Land (1988) .... Parsifal (by Tankred Dorst, RDZN)

Other

• Nesles Tower (1996) .... Night of Orgies (by Pierre Henri Cami), Divadlo Viola

Selected filmography

• 2000 – Četnické humoresky (Bedřich Jarý)
• 2000 – Loners (Ondřej), nominated for Czech Lion Award
• 2002 – The Brats (Marek Sir (father)), received Czech Lion Award
• 2002 – Seducer (Karel)
• 2003 – Želary (Richard)
• 2003 – One Hand Can't Clap (Zdenek), received Czech Lion Award for best actor, also co-writer of the screenplay
• 2005 – Wrong Side Up (Petr Hanek)
• 2005 – Angel of the Lord (Petronel)
• 2007 – Medvídek (Ivan)
• 2007 – Václav (Václav Vingl)
• 2008 – The Karamazovs (father)
• 2012 – In the Shadow
• 2012 – Burning Bush (Major Jireš)
• 2016 – Angel of the Lord 2 (Petronel)
• 2020 – Charlatan (Jan Mikolášek)

Dubbing works

• 2016 – Finding Dory – Marlin (Albert Brooks)
• 2016 – Kung Fu Panda 3 – Master Monkey (Jackie Chan)
• 2014 – Touch – Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland)
• 2013 – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest – Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist)
• 2013 – The Girl Who Played with Fire – Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist)
• 2013 – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist)
• 2013 – Epic – Mandrake (Christoph Waltz)
• 2012 – The Killing – Troels Hartmann (Lars Mikkelsen)
• 2011 – Kung Fu Panda 2 – Master Monkey (Jackie Chan)
• 2010 – Megamind – Minion (David Cross)
• 2009 – Monsters Vs. Aliens – Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie)
• 2008 – Kung Fu Panda – Master Monkey (Jackie Chan)
• 2008 – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – Makunga Alec Baldwin
• 2006 – Over the Hedge – RJ (Bruce Willis)
• 2004–2013 -24 – Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland)
• 2003 – Finding Nemo – Marlin (Albert Brooks)
• 2002 – Look Who's Talking – Mikey (Bruce Willis)
• 2001 – Ally McBeal – Mark Albert (James Le Gros)
• 1997 – Friends – Pete Becker (Jon Favreau)
• 1992 – Back to the Future Part II – Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) (Cinema dubbing)
• 1991 – Back to the Future – Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) (Cinema dubbing)

Decorations

Awarded by Czech Republic

• Medal of Merit (2024)

External links

• Ivan Trojan at IMDb
• Ivan Trojan at CFN.cz