Petr Čepek profile
Actor profile

Petr Čepek

16th September 1940 Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic] Acting

Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965.  After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector).   Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994.  Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.

56 Movies 11 TV Shows 115 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Faust poster
Faust 10th September 1994 as Faust
Nudity poster
Nudity 1st December 1990 as Drsnák
The Hit poster
The Hit 13th March 1981 as Šus, Producer
Cutting It Short poster
Cutting It Short 6th February 1981 as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
Hordubal poster
Hordubal 25th April 1980 as Štěpán Manya (voice)
Granny poster
Granny 8th October 1971 as Black Gamekeeper
Aesop poster
Aesop 28th June 1970 as Amazis
Adelheid poster
Adelheid 6th February 1970 as Viktor Chotovický
Bambinot poster
Bambinot 6th October 1984 as Frank Williams