Ondrej Vetchý
Encyclopedia
Ondřej Vetchý is a Czech
actor. He was born in Jihlava
, Czechoslovakia
.
He is currently employed at The Drama Club
(DC) in Prague
.
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 was born in Jihlava
Jihlava
Jihlava is a city in the Czech Republic. Jihlava is a centre of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava river on the ancient frontier between Moravia and Bohemia, and is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, ca. 50 years older than Kutná Hora.Among the principal buildings are the...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
.
He is currently employed at The Drama Club
The Drama Club (Prague)
The Drama Club is a theatre located in Prague.The Drama Club was founded by Ladislav Smoček and Jaroslav Vostrý. The opening performance of Piknik took place on 3 March 1965. The actors in the seventies and eighties included Petr Čepek, Pavel Landovský, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Libuše Šafránková...
(DC) in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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Notable performances
- 2005 – Katurian in The PillowmanThe PillowmanThe Pillowman is a 2003 play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995...
, DC - 2004 – Carluccio in The Businessman from Smyrna by Carlo GoldoniCarlo GoldoniCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, DC - 2002 – Count Paolo Grazia in Mask and The Face by Luigi ChiarelliLuigi ChiarelliLuigi Chiarelli was an Italian playwright, theatre critic, and writer of short stories who is chiefly known as a founder of the teatro grottesco, or Theatre of the Grotesque, after the subtitle of one of his plays....
, DC - 2000 – Samson Martin - Kennedy Phillips in Wild Spring by Arnold WeskerArnold WeskerSir Arnold Wesker is a prolific British dramatist known for his contributions to kitchen sink drama. He is the author of 42 plays, 4 volumes of short stories, 2 volumes of essays, a book on journalism, a children's book, extensive journalism, poetry and other assorted writings...
, Divadlo Ungelt - 1999 – Vincent van GoghVincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
in Vincent by Gordon Smith, Divadlo Ungelt
Selected filmography
- 2010 - Jirka Luňák aka Jiřina in Okresní přeborOkresní přeborOkresní přebor is a Czech television sport comedy series created by Jan Prušinovský that airs on TV Nova...
- 2001 – František Sláma in Dark Blue WorldDark Blue WorldDark Blue World is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák about Czechoslovak pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the father of the director....
- 1997 – Kvido's Father in Wonderful Years That Sucked
- 1996 – Brož in KolyaKolyaKolya is a 1996 Czech film drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father Zdeněk Svěrák who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig.- Synopsis :...
- 1995 – Bajnys Zisovic in Valley of Exile
- 1991 – Arnošt in The Territory of White DeerThe Territory of White DeerThe Territory of White Deer is a Czech TV series.The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontinka and Olda . Father of Leontinka manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of white deer...
- 1988 – Dan in Dům pro dvaDum pro dva-Plot:This film stars two of the most recognized Czech actors, Ondřej Vetchý who plays Dan, and Jiří Schmitzer as Bóza.The story is about two brothers, both competing for the affection of their ailing mother, the friendship of their workmates and the love of a beautiful woman.Boza, the older...