Ondřej Kepka (born 28 September 1969 in Prague) is a

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actor, film director, screenwriter, presenter and photographer.

Career

From 6 years he performed in several films for children and in the

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. His acting includes roles in the popular TV series Arabela and ''Arabela returns''. In 1992 after graduation from the

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in acting he continued the study of the

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at the

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, where he graduated in 1996. His acting theaters includes

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and Studio GAG by

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. In Czech Radio he moderates the "Noční mikrofórum" program. Since November 2017 he is a President of the Czech Association of Actors ("Herecká asociace").

Filmography

His works include:

Film

*1995 - Tvůj svět (student film) *1996 - Dívka se zázračnou pamětí (TV film), Když sbírala jsem rozmarýn (theater recording) *1998 - Hřích faráře Ondřeje (TV film) *1999 - Spirála nenávisti (TV film) *2003 - Stará láska nerezaví (TV film) *2004 - Smetanový svět (TV film), Zakletá třináctka (TV film) *2006 - Poslední kouzlo (TV film) *2007 - V jámě lvové (theatre recording), Začarovaná láska (TV film) *2008 - Bekyně mniška (TV film), Picasso (theatre recording), Smrt Pavla I. (theatre recording), Ten třetí (theatre recording) *2012 - Scapinova šibalství (theatre recording) *2013 - Poprvé vdaná (theatre recording) *2016 - Den opričníka (theatre recording)

TV series

*2004 - 3 plus 1, with

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*2005 - To nevymyslíš!,

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Documentary films

*1995 - Obyčejné věci člověka (TV film) *1996 - Příběh knihy kostýmů (TV film) *1998 - Cesta ke slunci (TV film), Obyčejný život (TV film) *2000 - Osudy hvězd: Julie... Lucie Vondráčková (TV film) *2002 - Příběhy slavných: Byla jsem na světě (TV film) *2003 - Předčasná úmrtí: Sobí ráno (TV film) *2005 - Návštěva u Radovana Lukavského (TV film) *2007 - Den v DD (TV film), Osudy hvězd: Veronika Týblová (TV film) *2008 - Karel Čapek a jeho obyčejný svět (TV film) *2009 - Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav (TV film), Neobyčejné životy (TV series) *2010 - Království poezie Gabriely Vránové (TV film) *2011 - Neobyčejné životy: Gustav Oplustil, Příběhy slavných: Poslední romantik *2012 - Neobyčejné životy: Emília Vášáryová (TV film) *2013 - Příběhy slavných - Frajer a fanfarón (TV series) *2014 - 4H aneb Hovory o herectví v hotelu Hoffmeister:

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*2015 - Dopisy od Karla Čapka (TV film)

DVD

* 2010 - ''Království poezie'' (Kingdom of poetry) * 2011 - ''Ondřejova filmová škola'' (in Czech) – 33 popular video learning series for the starting film producers

References

Sources

*Article contains translated text from Ondřej Kepka on the

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retrieved on 18 January 2018.

External links

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Ondřej Kepka Official WebsiteProfile on the
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