Petr Čepek
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-09-16
Day of Death
1994-09-20 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Petr Čepek
Biography
Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965. After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector). Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994. Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.
Known For
Acting
(1994)
Faust
as Faust
(1994)
Thanks for Every New Morning
as Famous Writer
(1993)
Mystery of the Puzzle
as Narrator (voice)
(1992)
(1991)
The Elementary School
as Rádži Tamil
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
Svědek umírajícího času
as Jan Jesenius
(1990)
Skřivánčí ticho
as funkcionář Venda, Josefův bratr
(1990)
Muka obraznosti
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
(1990)
Nudity
as Drsnák
(1990)
Křížová vazba
as Grulich
(1989)
The Damned House of Hajn
as Cyril
(1989)
Mark of Cain
as Capt. Truxa
(1989)
Cesta na jihozápad
as O'Brian
(1989)
(1989)
Dobří holubi se vracejí
as Strýc Karel
(1988)
Magician
as Ledvina
(1988)
Nine Circles of Hell
as Tomáš David (voice)
(1988)
Zrcadlo nenávisti
as chiromant Janza
(1987)
Zatmění všech sluncí
as vyšetřovatel
(1987)
Etudes for Piano Students
as tatínek
(1987)
Landscape with Furniture
as Artist Douda
(1987)
Smích se lepí na paty
as hajný Fanda
(1987)
Bitva na kopci
as Jarin
(1987)
(1987)
Kdo se bojí, utíká
as Mižikár
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
My Sweet Little Village
as Josef Turek
(1985)
Dissolved and Effused
as Policejní ředitel
(1985)
Všichni musí být v pyžamu
as Bohouš Fibich
(1985)
Extended Time
as Antoš
(1985)
(1985)
Věčný Faust
as Faust
(1984)
The Snowdrop Festival
as řezník
(1984)
The Three Veterans
as Bimbác
(1984)
The Brave Blacksmith
as Black King
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as arcivévoda / Nývlt
(1983)
(1982)
Ferat Vampire
as Kriz
(1982)
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Narrator (voice)
(1982)
Kamenný orchestr
as Kadlík
(1981)
Cutting It Short
as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
(1981)
Tři v tom
as Horatio
(1981)
The Hit
as Šus, Producer
(1981)
(1981)
Sluníčko na houpačce
as Stibor
(1981)
Night Riders
as Janousek
(1981)
(1980)
Hordubal
as Štěpán Manya (voice)
(1980)
Najatý klaun
as Michal Caban
(1979)
Diagnóza smrti
as Bártl
(1979)
The Cat Prince
as Albert (voice)
(1979)
The Secret of Steel City
as Filbank
(1979)
(1979)
Pracka v láhvi
as Wesley
(1979)
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
Súkromná vojna
as Rub
(1977)
Concert for the survivors
as Anti
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1976)
(1975)
The Motive for Murder
as Benda (segment "Kapsář")
(1975)
(1974)
(1973)
(1972)
Morgiana
as Glenar
(1972)
A Touch of a Butterfly
as Cizinec
(1972)
The Death of Black King
as Vili Berger
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
Oil Lamps
as Pavel
(1971)
Granny
as Black Gamekeeper
(1971)
Prince Bajaja
as Black Prince (voice)
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
as Albert Einstein
(1970)
Adelheid
as Viktor Chotovický
(1970)
(1970)
Aesop
as Amazis
(1969)
Looking Back
as František Černý
(1968)
The Valley of the Bees
as Ondřej z Vlkova
(1967)
(1967)
Hotel for Strangers
as Petr Hudec
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)