Ladislav Mrkvička (2 February 1939 in Prague – 27 December 2020) was a Czech actor. He starred in the film ''

Atentát ''Atentát'' (English title: ''The Assassination'') is a 1964 black-and-white Czechoslovak war film directed by Jiří Sequens. The World War II story depicts events before and after the assassination of top German leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prag ...

'' and in the television series ''

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman ''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series were f ...

'', both under director

Jiří Sequens Jiří Sequens (23 April 1922 – 21 January 2008) was a Czech film director. Life Sequens was born in Brno. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow where he studied film techniques. When he returned to Czechoslovakia he worked for Cze ...

. For his performance in the film ''

Old-Timers Old-Timers (Czech title ''Staříci'') is a 2019 Czech thriller starring Jiří Schmitzer and Ladislav Mrkvička. It was directed by Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník. Plot Vlastimil Reiner returns to the Czech Republic from Oregon. He meets w ...

'', he received 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 ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

for Best Supporting Actor. In 1962, he graduated from the

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague 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 ...

. From 1991, he was a member of the National Theatre in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. In 2019, he received the

Thalia Award The Czech ''Actors' Association'' has presented its annual Thalia Awards (Czech: Ceny Thálie) since 1993. The award is named after Thalia, the muse of comedy. The 2016 ceremony was broadcast by Česká televize and radio station . Thalia Awards a ...

for Lifetime Achievement. Mrkvička died from COVID-19 in 2020.https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/665084/ladislava-mrkvicku-81-zabil-covid-pred-smrti-vyslovil-smerem-k-viru-prani.html

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1939 births 2020 deaths Male actors from Prague Czech male stage actors Czech Lion Awards winners Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Czech male film actors Czech male television actors Recipients of the Thalia Award Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub