Karel Dobrý
Born (1969-05-02) 2 May 1969
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the Dune 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel Children of Dune, and as Matthias in Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in the award-winning film The Girl of Your Dreams by Fernando Trueba.[1]

Biography

He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian, German, and English.

Selected filmography

  • Elektro, má lásko (1991, TV Movie) – Orestes
  • La patience de Maigret (1993, TV Series) – Serveur Tropical
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995, TV Movie) – Göring
  • Sacred Cargo (1995) – Barishvili
  • Jak si zasloužit princeznu (1995) – The Strongest
  • UŽ (1995) – Butch
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) – Matthias
  • Let's Make an Opera (1996) – Burglar
  • La niña de tus ojos (1998, Short) – Leo
  • Plunkett & Macleane (1999) – Lewd Young Man
  • Spring of Life - Der Lebensborn (2000) – Odillo
  • Jabloňová panna (2000, TV Movie) – Prince
  • Frank Herbert's Dune (2000, TV Mini-Series) – Liet-Kynes
  • Kytice (2000) – King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat")
  • A Knight's Tale (2001) – Flanders King of Arms
  • Cabriolet (2001)
  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Commandment
  • The Mists of Avalon (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Rhiannon
  • Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen (2001, TV Movie) – Reporter
  • Szach (2001) – Jakub
  • Černí andělé, episode "Červená karta" (2002, TV Series) – Panenka
  • Doctor Zhivago (2002, TV Mini-Series) – Mayakovsky
  • Četnické humoresky, episode "Dědic" (2002, TV Series) – Josef Kalousek
  • Nezvěstný (2003, TV Movie) – Hušner
  • Krysař (2003) – Devil / Destiny
  • Tajemný svícen (2003, TV Movie) – Devil
  • Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003, TV Mini-Series) – Korba
  • Trosečníci (2003) – Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor")
  • NaPolA (2004) – SS-Arzt
  • Der neunte Tag (2004) – Reporter Bertram
  • Krev zmizelého (2005)– Brand
  • Hui Bůh (2006) – Ritter Ottokar
  • Maharal - tajemstvi talismanu (2007) – Receptionist
  • Skeletoni (2007, Short) – Pokálený pán
  • Flammen & Citronen (2008) – Seibold
  • Báthory (2008) – Royal Guard Commander
  • The Counterpart (2008, Short) – Italian Captain
  • Ocas ještěrky (2009) – Čihák
  • Jménem krále (2009) – Adalbert of Jestřebí
  • Strážce duší (2009, TV Series) – Richard
  • Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (2009) – Plavčík
  • We Shoot with Love (2009) – Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat")
  • Joséphine, ange gardien (2010, TV Series) – Lieutenant
  • Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2010) – Nemetskiy letchik
  • Klub osamělých srdcí (2010, TV Movie) – Jagol
  • Vyprávěj (2010-2012, TV Series) – Matěj Stránský
  • 4teens (2011, TV series) – Láďa Kocman, lieutenant
  • Faust (2011) – Soldier
  • Znamení koně (2011, TV Series) – Karel Dejmek
  • Borgia (2011-2014, TV Series) – Giovanni Colonna
  • Missing (2012, TV Series) – Coffee Man
  • L'olimpiade nascosta (2012, TV Movie) – Pavel Kubík
  • In the Shadow (2012) – Muz z rozhlasu
  • Tigre v meste (2012) – Kužnikov
  • Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century) (2013, TV Series) – General lev prchala
  • České století, episode "Den po Mnichovu" (2013, TV Series) – Lev Prchala, general
  • Cirkus Bukowsky (2013-2014, TV Series) – Hartman, lawyer
  • Child 44 (2015) – Photographer
  • Lída Baarová (2016) – Gerhard Lamprecht, film director
  • Strasidla (2016) – Ignác
  • Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel (2017) – Karel
  • The Adventurers (2017) – Yelyuk (The Buyer)
  • Zahradnictví: Dezertér (2017) – Karel
  • Milada (2017) – NKVD Agent Lichacev
  • Zahradnictví: Nápadník (2017) – Karel
  • Certoviny (2017) – Lucifer
  • The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) – Cold-Eyed German
  • Hastrman (2018) – Baron Johann Salmon de Caus
  • May the Lord Be with Us (2018) – Jindrich Matyás Thurn
  • A War Within (2018) – Doctor
  • The Glass Room (2019) – Láník
  • Carnival Row (2023) – Pact Ambassador Anrep (6 episodes)

Theatre

National Theatre (Prague)

Divadlo Komedie (Prague)

  • Kabaret Ivan Blatný (2007) – Man (musical performance)
  • Solingen (Rána z milosti) (2004) – Horatio
  • Třetí Řím (2004) – Saška
  • Ukřižovaná (2004) – Doctor
  • The Cannibals (2003) – Klaub, medicine student

Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague)

  • JE SUiS (2001) – Pastor
  • Terasa (2001) – Maurice
  • Výnosné místo (2000) – Žadov
  • Malý Říjen (1999) – Slovák Juraj Slovák
  • Histrionics (1999) – Ferruccio, son
  • Ivanov (1998) – Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
  • Táňa, Táňa (1997) – Ivanov
  • Cabaret (1997) – Rudolf Schultz (musical performance)
  • The Seagull (1994) – Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
  • Naši Naši furianti (1994) – Filip Dubský
  • Pokojíček (1993) – Jiří

Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague)

  • The Green Cockatoo (1992) – Baltasar
  • Käthchen of Heilbronn (1992) – Bedřich Veter
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) – Christian & De Valvert

Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway)

  • Mr. Bojangles (1992) – Joe

Other stage works

  • Day of the Oprichnik (2013) – Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor
  • The Church (L'Église) (2012) – Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor
  • Richard III (2012) – Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
  • Buzní kříž (2012) – Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Vánoční zázrak (2011) – Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance)
  • Kudykam (2009) – Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance)
  • Skočná (2009) – Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Muži malují (2009) – Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Horníci (Muži tmy) (2008) – (A Studio Rubín, Prague)
  • Jeanne D'Arc (2007) – Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance)
  • Na Fidela mi nesahej! (2007) – Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) – Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance)
  • In the Penal Colony (2005) – The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass)
  • Sud prachu (2003) – Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem)
  • E.F.B. - Kladivo na divadlo (2004) – (Divadlo Archa, musical performance)
  • King Lear (2002) – Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
  • Dalibor (2001) – Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana)
  • Summit Conference (1991) – Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)

References

  1. ↑ "Český herec Karel Dobrý: Nikdy som sa na javisku nedokázal rozplakať" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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