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

Faust

as Faust

My Sweet Little Village

as Josef Turek

The Elementary School

as Rádži Tamil

Morgiana

as Glenar

Cutting It Short

as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady

The Valley of the Bees

as Ondřej z Vlkova

The Three Veterans

as Bimbác

The Snowdrop Festival

as řezník

Ferat Vampire

as Kriz

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

as Albert Einstein