Josef Dvořák is a Czech

Czech people

Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...

 actor. He started his career in Kadaň

Kadan

Kadaň , is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The city lies on the banks of the river Ohře. Although it is situated in an industrial part of the Czech Republic there is no major industry within the city and people usually work in offices or have to commute. There are two...

 from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...

. He was an external actor in theatre Semafor

Semafor

Semafor is a Czech theatre in Prague established by Jiří Suchý in 1959. It belongs to the so called "Theatres of small stages". Suchý himself has performed there for many years and is the current owner...

 in 1972-1990. In 1990 he established his own theatre company Divadelní společnost Josefa Dvořáka. He is famous for his movie roles of Vodník

Vodnik

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 (water spirit).

In 2007 the press discovered his collaboration

Collaborationism

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 with communist secret police, the StB

STB

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http://data.idnes.cz/g/zpravy/komik/01.html.

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