Pavel Bezdek (born 1965) is a

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actor and stunt performer. He has had minor roles in a handful of well-known action movies, as well as being a

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in others. He usually takes work for sequences filmed at sets 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 ...

, a popular filming location. Bezdek is also currently a member of the

-based Filmka stunt team.

Notable roles

As actor

*''Kamarád do deste II - Príbeh z Brooklynu'' (1992) *''

Escape Velocity In celestial mechanics, escape velocity or escape speed is the minimum speed needed for a free, non- propelled object to escape from the gravitational influence of a primary body, thus reaching an infinite distance from it. It is typically ...

'' (1999) - Lars (escaped con) *''Deadly Engagement'' (2002) - Gate Guard *''

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (''LoEG'') is a comic book series (inspired by the 1960 British film ''The League of Gentlemen'') co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans four volum ...

'' (2003) - Marksman #1 *''

Alien vs. Predator ''Alien vs. Predator'' (also known as ''Aliens versus Predator'' and ''AVP'') is a science-fiction action horror media franchise created by comic book writers Randy Stradley and Chris Warner. The series is a crossover between, and part of, th ...

'' (2004) - Bass *''

Hannibal Rising ''Hannibal Rising'' is a psychological horror novel by American author Thomas Harris, published in 2006. It is a prequel to his three previous books featuring his most famous character, the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The ...

'' (2007) - Dieter *''Czech-Made Man'' (2011) - Stamgast *'' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011) - Prison Guard *''Vsivaci'' (2014) *''

Last Knights ''Last Knights'' is a 2015 action drama film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya and written by Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman, based loosely on (and Westernizing, for the most part) the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin. The film, a joint prod ...

'' (2015) - Goon (uncredited) *''

Gangster Ka ''Gangster Ka'' is a 2015 Czech action thriller directed by Jan Pachl that is split into two parts: ''Gangster Ka'' (released September 10, 2015) and ''Gangster Ka: African'' (released November 26, 2015). It stars Hynek Čermák as Radim Kraviec, ...

'' (2015) - Únosce *''Celebrity S.R.O.'' (2015) - Sergej *''Strasidla'' (2016) - Mastný

As stunt performer

*'' Black Hawk Down'' (2001) *''

Frank Herbert's Dune ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' is a three-part science fiction television miniseries based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. It was written and directed by John Harrison. The cast includes Alec Newman as Paul Atreides, William Hurt as Duke Leto ...

'' (2000) *''

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' is a three-part science fiction miniseries written by John Harrison and directed by Greg Yaitanes, based on Frank Herbert's novels ''Dune Messiah'' (1969) and ''Children of Dune'' (1976). First broadcast in t ...

'' (2003) *''

Hellboy Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers ...

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2004)

External links

*
Filmka Stunts website
1965 births Czech male film actors Living people Czech stunt performers {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub