František Němec Explained

František Němec
Birth Date:9 August 1943
Birth Place:Sezimovo Ústí, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Occupation:Actor
Alma Mater:Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Known For:Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku, Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny
Years Active:1961–present

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

Education and career

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. 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. He remains a member of the National Theatre's drama company to this day.

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

Film

Notes
1962Transport from ParadiseDanyuncredited
1977Dinner for AdeleNick Cartervoice
Jak vytrhnout velrybě stoličku[8] Luboš Rychman
1978Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovnyLuboš Rychman
1980Concert at the End of SummerKent
1981Ta chvíle, ten okamžikDr. Kodet
Mature wineUrban
1986Young WineUrban
1990The EarTajný
2000LonersHana's father
2001Rebelovépriest

Television

Notes
1974Byl jednou jeden důmWalter from Sudetenland5 episodes
1976Muž na radniciJan Mikuláš6 episodes
1976–80Thirty Cases of Major Zemanlieutenant Žitný10 episodes
1978–81Hospital at the End of the CityDr. Rehor17 episodes
1984SanitkaEvžen Adamec7 episodes
1988Cirkus HumbertoFrans11 episodes
Třetí patroFrantišek Beran5 episodes
1989Dlouhá míleCílek6 episodes
1992Náhrdelníknarrator12 episodes
2000Hotel Herbichhotel director13 episodes
2000–09Oběti psychologistseries of TV films–8 parts
2003Hospital at the End of the City, Twenty Years OnDr. Rehor6 episodes
2005–08Dobrá čtvrťSvobodová's friend9 episodes
2008Hospital at the End of the City – The New GenerationDr. Rehor3 episodes
2008–12The Land Gone WildVečera8 episodes
2010–12Ach, ty vraždy!Zdeněk Drtina7 episodes
2011–12RodinkaMilan Hustopes6 episodes
2013Czech CenturyJan Patočka
2014Až po uši1 episode
Život a doba soudce A. K.judge Zavadil4 episodes
2016Murder in PolnáReichlTV film
2021Zločiny Velké PrahyDr. Málek8 episodes

Notes and References

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