Tomáš Hanák (born March 27, 1957) is a Czech

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, comedian, screenwriter, and TV presenter who has appeared in several films and television shows since 1984. He is also an occasional singer.

Biography

Hanák was born in Kremnica,

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(now

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). He spent two years in

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when he was a child, travelling a lot with his parents, where his father worked as a representative of the PZO in the implementation of engineering contracts. From his youth he devoted himself to rowing and repeatedly competed as a representative of

in non-socialist countries. He became a repeated champion of the

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. After graduating from high school and a failed attempt to be admitted to the Faculty of the Academy of Performing of Arts in

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, he began studying

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, specialised in foreign trade. He was unofficially expelled from the school for disseminating anti-socialist texts. Since 1977 he has been active in the popular Czech theatre Sklep as an actor and writer. He played in many Czech films, commercials, and programmes, especially on Czech television. In 2005 he even appeared in the role as a woodsman in Hollywood movie The Brothers Grimm. He recently appeared on the Czech

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'' Na stojáka'', which was aired on the channel

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. In the 1990s as he openly recognized his problems with alcohol, and has been tee-total since 1994; he successfully underwent treatment at the detoxification centre hospital Havlickuv Brod

Personal life

Hanák also had roles as a television presenter, engaging in the charitable programme . He is a member of the Scouting Movement in the science foundation Chain of Love for Children (), which combats the rise of smoking among children. Hanák is married with three children and lives in Nižbor, where he has renovated wooden railway buildings into a stylish theme-pub. During the presidential election campaign in 2012, he attracted attention with performances suggesting the former Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic

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and Jan Fischer withdraw from candidacy. In 2009 he released his own album Tomas Hanak.

Selected filmography

* '' Poklad hraběte Chamaré'' (1984) * ''ING.'' (1985) * ''Chemikal'' (1986) * '' Bony a klid'' (1987) * '' A Hoof Here, a Hoof There'' (1988) * '' Pražská pětka'' (1989) * '' Kamenný Most'' (1996) * '' Zdivočelá země'' (1997) * '' Pat & Mat'' (1998) - episode ''Playing Cards'' * '' Madame Quatre et ses enfants'' (1999) * '' Out of the City'' (2000) * '' Rebelové'' (2001) * ''Angelina'' (2002) * '' Mazaný Filip'' (2003) * '' The Brothers Grimm'' (2005) * '' Gympl'' (2007) * '' Soukromé pasti'' (2008) * '' Shameless'' (2008) * '' Comeback'' (2009) * '' Martin a Venuše'' (2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanak, Tomas 1957 births Living people Czech male television actors Czech male film actors Czech screenwriters Slovak male screenwriters Czech television presenters Slovak male film actors Slovak male television actors People from Havlíčkův Brod People from Kremnica Czech monarchists Charles University alumni