Acting
Petr Čepek
CS, PL, SK, BG cinema · 98 credits
Born
16 September 1940
Died
20 September 1994 (aged 54)
Birthplace
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]
Also known as Petr Cepek · P. Cepek · Peter Čepek
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
Filmography
Faust
as Faust
Thanks for Every New Morning
as Famous Writer
Mystery of the Puzzle
as Narrator (voice)
The Elementary School
as Rádži Tamil
Skřivánčí ticho
1990
Skřivánčí ticho
as funkcionář Venda, Josefův bratr
Muka obraznosti
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
Nudity
as Drsnák
Cesta na jihozápad
as O'Brian
Mark of Cain
as Capt. Truxa
Dobří holubi se vracejí
as Strýc Karel
Magician
as Ledvina
Zrcadlo nenávisti
1988
Zrcadlo nenávisti
as chiromant Janza
Nine Circles of Hell
as Tomáš David (voice)
Smích se lepí na paty
as hajný Fanda
Landscape with Furniture
as Artist Douda
Kdo se bojí, utíká
as Mižikár
My Sweet Little Village
as Josef Turek
Dissolved and Effused
as Policejní ředitel
Extended Time
as Antoš
Všichni musí být v pyžamu
as Bohouš Fibich
The Snowdrop Festival
as řezník
The Three Veterans
as Bimbác
The Brave Blacksmith
as Black King
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
as arcivévoda / Nývlt
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Narrator (voice)
Ferat Vampire
as Kriz
Portrét
1982
Portrait
as Alfréd Kalvoda
Cutting It Short
as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
The Hit
as Šus, Producer
Najatý klaun
1981
Najatý klaun
as Michal Caban
Night Riders
as Janoušek
Tři v tom
1981
Tři v tom
as Horatio
Hordubal
as Štěpán Manya (voice)
The Cat Prince
as Albert (voice)
Diagnosis of Death
as Bártl
The Secret of Steel City
as Filbank
The Motive for Murder
as Benda (segment "Kapsář")
Morgiana
as Glenar
Návraty
Actor
The Death of Black King
as Vili Berger
Oil Lamps
as Pavel
Prince Bajaja
as Black Prince (voice)
Revizor
Actor
Granny
as Black Gamekeeper
Mandragora
as Ligur
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
as Albert Einstein
Adelheid
as Viktor Chotovický
Aesop
as Amazis
Ohlédnutí
1969
Looking Back
as František Černý
The Valley of the Bees
as Ondřej z Vlkova
Hotel for Strangers
as Petr Hudec