Ladislav Trojan (1 August 1932 – 18 December 2022) was a Czech actor.

Life and career

Born 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 ...

, Trojan began his career as a child actor in amateur theatre. He studied drama at 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 ...

, and while still a student he made his film debut in

Fráňa Šrámek Fráňa Šrámek (January 19, 1877, Sobotka – July 1, 1952, Prague) was a Czech anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist poet, novelist, and playwright. In 1885 his family relocated to Písek, where he lived for a long time and much of his work ...

's '' Silvery Wind'' (1954). Between 1959 and 1960 he starred in the first Czechoslovak television series, ''Rodina Bláhova''. Between 1958 and 1965 he was part of the Zdeněk Nejedlý Realistic Theatre stage company, then he joined the company, with whom he stayed until 1996. He took part in several

Summer Shakespeare Festival The Summer Shakespeare Festival (Czech: ''Letní shakespearovské slavnosti'', Slovak: ''Letné shakespearovské slávnosti'') takes place in the courtyard of Burgrave Palace at Prague Castle. The festival was originally initiated by Václav Havel ...

s and frequently toured nationally and abroad. His filmography includes over one hundred credits between cinema and television. He was best known for his leading role in the 1960s hit series '. He retired from showbusiness in 2018. Trojan died in his sleep on 18 December 2022, at the age of 90. He was the father of film director and producer Ondřej Trojan and actor

Ivan Trojan Ivan Trojan (born 30 June 1964) is a Czech actor, widely considered to be one of the greatest Czech actors of all time. With four Czech Lions for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he has also won two for his supporting roles in ''Seducer'' and '' ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trojan, Ladislav 1936 births 2022 deaths Czech film actors Czech television actors Czech stage actors Male actors from Prague 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni