Jiří Macháček (born 6 July 1966 in

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat ...

) is a Czech actor and singer.

Education

Macháček graduated from high school in Prague before attending

Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory (), located in Prague, Czech Republic, is a College or university school of music, conservatory specializing in contemporary music. Known primarily as a school for jazz and commercial music, it also offers a six-yea ...

, the Law Faculty at Charles University in Prague, and the

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts The Department of Dramatic Theatre (DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after the Second World ...

Career

Macháček performed with several Czech theaters including the

Theatre on the Balustrade The Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo Na zábradlí) is situated in Prague, Czech Republic. The theatre was founded in 1958. Its founders - Helena Philipová, Ivan Vyskočil (1929), Ivan Vyskočil, Jiří Suchý and Vladimír Vodička named their ...

(Divadlo Na zábradlí), Divadlo Sklep, and Divadlo Na Jezerce. His first major film role, in

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's comedy ''

Return of the Idiot ''The Idiot Returns'' ( cs, Návrat idiota; also released as Return of the Idiot) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on ''The Idiot'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 72n ...

'' (1999), was followed by a prominent role in David Ondricek's '' Samotáři'' (Loners) in 2000, for which he won the

Czech Lion The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ...

for Best Supporting Actor. In 2004, he was again nominated for a Czech Lion for best actor in

Jan Hřebejk Jan Hřebejk (; born 27 June 1967) is a Czechs, Czech film director and actor. Life and career Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in ...

's 2004 comedy '' Up and Down''.

Singer and lyricist

As well as acting, Macháček sings and writes songs for his band MIG 21, which has released five albums.

Filmography

*Kamenný most (1996, Tomáš Vorel) *O perlové panně (1997, Vladimír Drha) *Mrtvej brouk (1998, Pavel Marek) *

Návrat idiota ''The Idiot Returns'' ( cs, Návrat idiota; also released as Return of the Idiot) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on ''The Idiot (novel), The Idiot'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the Czech Republic's subm ...

(1999,

) * Samotáři (2000, David Ondříček) *

Little Otik ''Little Otik'' ( cs, Otesánek), also known as ''Greedy Guts'', is a 2000 Czech surreal dark comedy horror film by Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová. Based on the folktale Otesánek by Karel Jaromír Erben, the film is a comedic live ac ...

(2000, Jan Švankmajer) *Výlet (2002, Alice Nellis) * Jedna ruka netleská (2003, David Ondříček) * Mazaný Filip (2003,

Václav Marhoul Václav Marhoul (; born 30 January 1960 in Prague) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film ''Mazaný Filip'', based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In ...

) * Up and Down (2004,

) *

Skřítek ''Skřítek'' is a Czech comedy film. It was released in 2005. It could be called a "feature butcherly slapstick". Skřítek is a slapstick film, so the dialogues are substituted for interjections and all the sounds are stylised. Tomáš Vorel ...

(2005, Tomáš Vorel) *

Beauty in Trouble ''Beauty in Trouble'' ( cz, Kráska v nesnázích) is a 2006 Czech tragicomedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. Eddie Cockrell, writing in ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', said the " tle comes from the Robert Graves poem, itself adapted into a Czech ...

(2006, Jan Hřebejk) *

Empties ''Empties'' ( cs, Vratné lahve) is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film. It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team w ...

(2007, Jan Svěrák) *

Nasty Nasty may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Music * ''Nasty'' (album), a 1996 album by Cameo * ''Nasty'' (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by Rico Nasty * ''Nasty'', a 1981 album by Ronald Shannon Jackson * "Nasty" (Bandit Gang Marco song), ...

(2008, Jan Hřebejk) *Jahodové víno (2008, Dariusz Jabłoński) *Ženy v pokušení (2009, Jiří Vejdělek) *

Občanský průkaz The Czech national identity card ( cs, občanský průkaz, ''citizen card'', literally ''civic certificate''; ) is the identity document used in the Czech Republic (and formerly in Czechoslovakia), in addition to the Czech passport. It is issu ...

(2010, Ondřej Trojan) *

Kooky ''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the st ...

(2010, Jan Svěrák) * Leaving (2011, Václav Havel) *

Men in Hope ''Men in Hope'' ( cs, Muži v naději) is a 2011 Czech romantic sex comedy film written and directed by Jiří Vejdělek. Plot Ondřej ( Jiří Macháček), a timid and reserved man, is in a monotonous marriage with Alice (Petra Hřebíčkov� ...

(2011, Jiří Vejdělek)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Machacek, Jiri Living people 1966 births Czech male film actors Czech musicians People from Litoměřice Charles University alumni Czech Lion Awards winners