Václav Marhoul (; born 30 January 1960 in

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) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film ''

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'', based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film ''

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'' was premiered. His next film '' The Painted Bird'', based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title, premiered at the

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. He also starred in several films such as '' Gympl'' (2007), ''Ulovit miliardáře'' (2009) and ''Cesta do lesa'' (2012). He is set to make his English-language debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy, with

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in the lead role, and co-starring Emilia Clarke,

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and

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