Ondřej Sokol (born 16 October 1971), is a Czech actor, director, television presenter and translator.

Personal life

Sokol was born at

Šumperk Šumperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and i ...

, Czechoslovakia. After studying five years at

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Department of Dramatic Theatre (, abbreviated DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, ...

(DAMU) he joined a theatre in

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

. Three years later he moved to '' The Drama Club'' (DC) in Prague. Following a great success of ''The Lonesome West'' he received Alfréd Radok Award in category Talent of the Year and Thálie Award for a young artist up to 33 years of age. As a television presenter, he hosted all seasons of '' Tvoje tvář má známý hlas''. He is

autistic Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ...

Selected performances – director

*2013 – ''The War of The Roses'', CZ (also translation) *2011 – ''

Glengarry Glen Ross ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' is a 1983 stage play written by the American playwright David Mamet. It is a two-act tragedy that depicts two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of un ...

'', DC (also translation) *2011 – ''

A Behanding in Spokane A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient ...

'', DC (also translation) *2008 – ''

God of Carnage ''God of Carnage'' (originally in French ''Le Dieu du carnage'') is a play by Yasmina Reza that was first published in 2008. It is about two sets of parents; the son of one couple has hurt the son of the other couple at a public park. The parents ...

'', DC *2007 – ''

The Playboy of the Western World ''The Playboy of the Western World'' is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. The work is considered a centerpiece of the Irish Literary Revival mo ...

'', DC *2006 – '' American Buffalo'', DC (also translation) *2005 – ''

The Pillowman ''The Pillowman'' is a 2003 play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995, also a final and completed version of the play was publicly read i ...

'', DC (also translation) *2004 – ''

Sexual Perversity in Chicago ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970s. The play is filled with profanity and regional jargon that reflects the working-class language of Chicago. The ...

'', DC (also translation) *2002 – ''

The Lonesome West ''The Lonesome West'' is a play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, part of his Connemara trilogy, which includes ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' and ''A Skull in Connemara''. All three plays depict the murderous occurrences in the we ...

'', DC (also translation)

Selected performances – actor

*2006 – Vicomte de Valmont in ''

Les Liaisons dangereuses ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (; English: ''Dangerous Liaisons'') is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu on March 23, 1782. It is the story of the Marquise Isabelle de Merteu ...

'', DC *2011–2013 –

Partička Partička was a Slovak improvisational comedy show strongly inspired by Whose Line Is It Anyway?, later brought to the Czech Republic. The Slovak edition started in 2009. Although it saw a big success with the younger generation of viewers, its r ...

– Czech comedial improvisation show

Selected filmography

*''

Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 (until 2008 Ordinace v růžové zahradě, meaning: ''Doctor's office in the rose garden 2'') is a Czech medical drama and soap opera broadcast from 2005 to 2021 on TV Nova channel, from 2021 to 2025 on Voyo.cz a ...

'' (2006–2011) as Prokop Hrubý *''

Rédl Rédl is a 2018 Czech crime miniseries directed by Jan Hřebejk. It stars Ondřej Sokol as a Military Prosecutor Roman Rédl. The series depicts atmosphere in a society that complexly seeks to deal with its past. The plot is set in the era of the ...

'' (2018) as Roman Rédl *'' Nineties'' (2022) as Senior lieutenant František Tůma *''

Be the Man "Be the Man" (also titled "Be the Man (On This Night)") is a pop song by Canadian singer Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen o ...

'' (2023) as Weissner *'' ONEMANSHOW: The Movie'' (2023) as himself

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* 1971 births 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors Living people People from Šumperk Autistic actors Czech male film actors Czech male stage actors Czech male television actors Czech male voice actors Czech theatre directors Czech translators Recipients of the Thalia Award Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub