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)
Svědek umírajícího času
as Jan Jesenius
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
Muka obraznosti
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
(1990)
Nudity
as Drsnák
(1990)
Skřivánčí ticho
as funkcionář Venda, Josefův bratr
(1990)
Křížová vazba
as Grulich
(1989)
Mark of Cain
as Capt. Truxa
(1989)
The Damned House of Hajn
as Cyril
(1989)
Dobří holubi se vracejí
as Strýc Karel
(1989)
Cesta na jihozápad
as O'Brian
(1988)
Magician
as Ledvina
(1988)
Nine Circles of Hell
as Tomáš David (voice)
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
Kdo se bojí, utíká
as Mižikár
(1987)
Bitva na kopci
as Jarin
(1987)
Zatmění všech sluncí
as vyšetřovatel
(1987)
Landscape with Furniture
as Artist Douda
(1987)
Etudes for Piano Students
as tatínek
(1987)
Zrcadlo nenávisti
as chiromant Janza
(1987)
Smích se lepí na paty
as hajný Fanda
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
My Sweet Little Village
as Josef Turek
(1985)
Extended Time
as Antoš
(1985)
Dissolved and Effused
as Policejní ředitel
(1985)
Všichni musí být v pyžamu
as Bohouš Fibich
(1985)
Věčný Faust
as Faust
(1985)
(1984)
The Snowdrop Festival
as řezník
(1984)
The Brave Blacksmith
as Black King
(1984)
The Three Veterans
as Bimbác
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as arcivévoda / Nývlt
(1983)
(1982)
Ferat Vampire
as Kriz
(1982)
Kamenný orchestr
as Kadlík
(1982)
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
Cutting It Short
as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
(1981)
The Hit
as Šus, Producer
(1981)
Night Riders
as Janousek
(1981)
Sluníčko na houpačce
as Stibor
(1981)
(1981)
Tři v tom
as Horatio
(1981)
(1980)
Hordubal
as Štěpán Manya (voice)
(1980)
Najatý klaun
as Michal Caban
(1979)
The Secret of Steel City
as Filbank
(1979)
Diagnóza smrti
as Bártl
(1979)
Pracka v láhvi
as Wesley
(1979)
The Cat Prince
as Albert (voice)
(1979)
(1979)
(1978)
Súkromná vojna
as Rub
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
(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)
The Death of Black King
as Vili Berger
(1972)
A Touch of a Butterfly
as Cizinec
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
Prince Bajaja
as Black Prince (voice)
(1971)
Oil Lamps
as Pavel
(1971)
Granny
as Black Gamekeeper
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
Adelheid
as Viktor Chotovický
(1970)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
as Albert Einstein
(1970)
(1970)
Aesop
as Amazis
(1969)
Looking Back
as František Černý
(1968)
The Valley of the Bees
as Ondřej z Vlkova
(1967)
Hotel for Strangers
as Petr Hudec
(1967)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)