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Miloš Kopecký
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throu…
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Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life. Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia. Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova. He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease. Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček. Kopecký continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television. His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia. He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města. During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit. In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists. He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2000
Příběhy slavných
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1996
The Magic Book
Movie Regent
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1995
Učitel tance
Movie Granfather of Richard
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1995
GENUS
TV show Self
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1994
Angelic Eyes
Movie Krause
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1993
The Canary Connection
Movie Don Padre
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1992
Uctivá poklona, pane Kohn
TV show Munk
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1992
La valle di pietra
Movie
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1991
My Pragues Understand Me
Movie Giacomo Casanova
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1991
Labyrinth
Movie Rabbi Löw
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1991
Honorární konzul
TV show
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1990
Radostný život posmrtný
Movie
- 1990
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1990
Šaráda
TV show
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1989
Utopím si ho sám
Movie Chouň
- 1989
More credits
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1989
Co medvědi nevědí
Movie Kouzelník
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1988
Mistr Kornelius
Movie
- 1988
- 1988
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1988
Stařeček vavříny vídeňské slávy ověnčený aneb Zpronevěra
Movie Sepl Noowi
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1988
Viktor Veliký
Movie
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1987
Poslední leč Alfonse Karáska
Movie Alfons Karásek
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1987
To se ti povedlo, tatínku!
Movie Josef Břoušek
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1987
Vyhnanství
TV show
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1987
Fair Play
Movie Bayer
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1987
O nejchytřejší princezně
Movie
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1987
Prstýnek bez kamínku
Movie
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1987
The Great Movie Robbery
Movie
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1987
Španělská paradentóza
Movie
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1986
Klobouk, měšec a láska
Movie King
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1986
Růžový Hubert
Movie Lord Henry
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1986
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
Movie Vetešník
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1986
Slavné historky zbojnické
TV show Narrator
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1986
Sny kominíka Sazivce
Movie kouzelník
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1986
Písničky Na zábradlí
Movie Host
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1985
Jak se tančí brumbambule
Movie Král
- 1985
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1985
Extended Time
Movie Karel Svozil
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1985
Paragrafy na kolech
TV show
