Karel Dobrý

Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the Dune 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel Children of Dune, and as Matthias in Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in the award-winning film The Girl of Your Dreams by Fernando Trueba.[1]

Biography

He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian, German, and English.

Selected filmography

  • Elektro, má lásko (1991, TV Movie) Orestes
  • La patience de Maigret (1993, TV Series) Serveur Tropical
  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995, TV Movie) Göring
  • Sacred Cargo (1995) Barishvili
  • Jak si zasloužit princeznu (1995) The Strongest
  • (1995) Butch
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) Matthias
  • Let's Make an Opera (1996) Burglar
  • La niña de tus ojos (1998, Short) Leo
  • Plunkett & Macleane (1999) Lewd Young Man
  • Spring of Life - Der Lebensborn (2000) Odillo
  • Jabloňová panna (2000, TV Movie) Prince
  • Frank Herbert's Dune (2000, TV Mini-Series) Liet-Kynes
  • Kytice (2000) King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat")
  • A Knight's Tale (2001) Flanders King of Arms
  • Cabriolet (2001)
  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001, TV Mini-Series) Commandment
  • The Mists of Avalon (2001, TV Mini-Series) Rhiannon
  • Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen (2001, TV Movie) Reporter
  • Szach (2001) Jakub
  • Černí andělé, episode "Červená karta" (2002, TV Series) Panenka
  • Doctor Zhivago (2002, TV Mini-Series) Mayakovsky
  • Četnické humoresky, episode "Dědic" (2002, TV Series) Josef Kalousek
  • Nezvěstný (2003, TV Movie) Hušner
  • Krysař (2003) Devil / Destiny
  • Tajemný svícen (2003, TV Movie) Devil
  • Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003, TV Mini-Series) Korba
  • Trosečníci (2003) Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor")
  • NaPolA (2004) SS-Arzt
  • Der neunte Tag (2004) Reporter Bertram
  • Krev zmizelého (2005) Brand
  • Hui Bůh (2006) Ritter Ottokar
  • Maharal - tajemstvi talismanu (2007) Receptionist
  • Skeletoni (2007, Short) Pokálený pán
  • Flammen & Citronen (2008) Seibold
  • Báthory (2008) Royal Guard Commander
  • The Counterpart (2008, Short) Italian Captain
  • Ocas ještěrky (2009) Čihák
  • Jménem krále (2009) Adalbert of Jestřebí
  • Strážce duší (2009, TV Series) Richard
  • Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (2009) Plavčík
  • We Shoot with Love (2009) Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat")
  • Joséphine, ange gardien (2010, TV Series) Lieutenant
  • Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2010) Nemetskiy letchik
  • Klub osamělých srdcí (2010, TV Movie) Jagol
  • Vyprávěj (2010-2012, TV Series) Matěj Stránský
  • 4teens (2011, TV series) Láďa Kocman, lieutenant
  • Faust (2011) Soldier
  • Znamení koně (2011, TV Series) Karel Dejmek
  • Borgia (2011-2014, TV Series) Giovanni Colonna
  • Missing (2012, TV Series) Coffee Man
  • L'olimpiade nascosta (2012, TV Movie) Pavel Kubík
  • In the Shadow (2012) Muz z rozhlasu
  • Tigre v meste (2012) Kužnikov
  • Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century) (2013, TV Series) General lev prchala
  • České století, episode "Den po Mnichovu" (2013, TV Series) Lev Prchala, general
  • Cirkus Bukowsky (2013-2014, TV Series) Hartman, lawyer
  • Child 44 (2015) Photographer
  • Lída Baarová (2016) Gerhard Lamprecht - film director
  • Strasidla (2016) Ignác
  • Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel (2017) Karel
  • The Adventurers (2017) Yelyuk (The Buyer)
  • Zahradnictví: Dezertér (2017) Karel
  • Milada (2017) NKVD Agent Lichacev
  • Zahradnictví: Nápadník (2017) Karel
  • Certoviny (2017) Lucifer
  • The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) Cold-Eyed German
  • Hastrman (2018) Baron Johann Salmon de Caus
  • May the Lord Be with Us (2018) Jindrich Matyás Thurn
  • A War Within (2018) Doctor
  • The Glass Room (2019) Láník

Theatre

National Theatre (Prague)

Divadlo Komedie (Prague)

  • Kabaret Ivan Blatný (2007) Man (musical performance)
  • Solingen (Rána z milosti) (2004) Horatio
  • Třetí Řím (2004) Saška
  • Ukřižovaná (2004) Doctor
  • The Cannibals (2003) Klaub, medicine student

Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague)

  • JE SUiS (2001) Pastor
  • Terasa (2001) Maurice
  • Výnosné místo (2000) Žadov
  • Malý Říjen (1999) Slovák Juraj Slovák
  • Histrionics (1999) Ferruccio, son
  • Ivanov (1998) Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
  • Táňa, Táňa (1997) Ivanov
  • Cabaret (1997) Rudolf Schultz (musical performance)
  • The Seagull (1994) Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)
  • Naši Naši furianti (1994) Filip Dubský
  • Pokojíček (1993) Jiří

Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague)

  • The Green Cockatoo (1992) Baltasar
  • Käthchen of Heilbronn (1992) Bedřich Veter
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) Christian & De Valvert

Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway)

  • Mr. Bojangles (1992) Joe

Other stage works

  • Day of the Oprichnik (2013) Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor
  • The Church (L'Église) (2012) Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor
  • Richard III (2012) Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
  • Buzní kříž (2012) Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Vánoční zázrak (2011) Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance)
  • Kudykam (2009) Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance)
  • Skočná (2009) Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Muži malují (2009) Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague)
  • Horníci (Muži tmy) (2008) (A Studio Rubín, Prague)
  • Jeanne D'Arc (2007) Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance)
  • Na Fidela mi nesahej! (2007) Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance)
  • In the Penal Colony (2005) The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass)
  • Sud prachu (2003) Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem)
  • E.F.B. - Kladivo na divadlo (2004) (Divadlo Archa, musical performance)
  • King Lear (2002) Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival)
  • Dalibor (2001) Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana)
  • Summit Conference (1991) Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)

References

  1. "Český herec Karel Dobrý: Nikdy som sa na javisku nedokázal rozplakať" (in Slovak). SME.sk. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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