Petr 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
ActingBirthday
September 16, 1940Deathday
September 20, 1994Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
89Place of birth
Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]Also known as
Petr Cepek, P. Cepek, Peter Čepek
Cast credits
My Sweet Little Village
Josef Turek
The Cat Prince
Albert (voice)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Albert Einstein
The Snowdrop Festival
řezník
The Three Veterans
Bimbác
Faust
Faust
The Fall of the House of Usher
Narrator (voice)
Dissolved and Effused
Policejní ředitel
Cutting It Short
mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
Concert for the survivors
Anti
Morgiana
Glenar
O statečném kováři
Black King
The Hit
Šus, ProducerImages
