Cast

Miloš Kopecký

Acting

Cast

Miloš Kopecký

Known for

Acting

Born

1922-08-22

From

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died

1996-02-16

Also known as Milos Kopecký, Milos Kopecky

Biography

Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life. Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia. Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova. He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease. Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček. Kopecký continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television. His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia. He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města. During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit. In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists. He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.

Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký

Biography

Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

Legend of Love

Hearty Greetings from the Globe

Straw Hat

The Pipes

Konec cesty

Caterwauling

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Úřad

Bidýlko

Distant Journey

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

Green Street

The Three Veterans

The Emperor and the Golem

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

Directive

Herecké Vánoce

Jindřich IV.

Císařovy nové šaty

Egyptologové

Man in Outer Space

The Good Soldier Švejk

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

Klíč

The Secret of an Old Attic

Sen

Potulné pohádkové divadlo I.

Vintage Car

Martin Speaking

Muž s puškou

Lemonade Joe

Žárlivost

The Proud Princess

Potulné pohádkové divadlo

Six Bears and a Clown

I, Mournful God

The Magic Book

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

Hoří

The White Lady

Píseň o silnici

Už vám není dvacet, paní Bláhová

Jan Žižka

Psíčci lorda Carltona

Kidnapped

To byla svatba, strýčku

Anna the Proletarian

Silvery Wind

The Canary Connection

Jan Hus

Bohoušův syn

The Secret of Blood

Zakázaný výlet

The Great Movie Robbery

Přehlídka dobré pohody

Alfons Karásek v lázních

Sedm koní a vavříny

A Night at Karlstein

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...

Občan Brych

I'll Be Good, Old Man!

Napravení Jima Valentina

Svatby pana Voka

Na návštěvě u Horníčků

Extended Time

Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower

Mature Wine

Prague Nights

Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft

Hokej je hra

Warriors of Faith

Sedm žen Alfonse Karáska aneb Když holky berou, já nevím kterou

O lidech před pultem a za ním I.

Mistr Pleticha a pastýř Jehňátko

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