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Jiří Zahajský (19 January 1939, Mšeno - 19 July 2007, Prague) was a Czech actor and dabér. He was a member of the Theater in Vinohrady, Theater behind the gate and longtime member of the Prague Drama Club. He played in a number of Czech films of both serious and comedic.
Jiri Zahajsky was born in Mšeně near Mělník. As a child, he showed a tendency to acting when he played in the amateur performance of Snow White by Dwarf Dwarf. After the war, the Zahajski family moved to Děčín. As a student, he was playing a very good ensemble of amateurs under the direction of director Hipia. He recognized Zahai's talent and negotiated his studies at E. Burian. Zahajsky then studied at the DAMU and became a member of the Vinohrady Theater (1961-1965).
In 1965 Zahajsky became a member of the Theater behind the gate, where he played together with Vladimír Menšík for example in the Maskary of Ostende. In 1972, the Administrative Theater behind the gate was canceled and Zahajský and Libuší Šafránková left for the Činoherní klub. His colleagues included Petr Čepek, Jiřina Třebická, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Hrzán and others.
Jiri Zahajsky made mainly small characters in film and on television. Unforgettable is his character, Inspector Trachta of the comedy Dissolved and launched. He created several roles of criminologists, his beard gave him the opportunity to perform the roles of the grooms, he played in the roles of his fathers (TV series Křeček in the nightgown). Daddy also played in a number of television fairy tales especially in the 1980s.
Jiri Zahajsky was for 31 years a life partner of TV advertiser Kamila Moučková, since 1992 she was the fourth husband of actress Jana Brejchová. Jiri Zahajsky died in Prague after a long fight with prostate cancer on July 19, 2007.
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Born
Thursday, 19 January 1939
Died
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Beggar's Opera | kapsár Harry Filch | 2009 |
Of Three Knights, a Beautiful Lady and a Linen Sark | Lord of the Castle | 1996 |
Life at the Mansion | Hruska | 1995 |
Arabela se vrací | Mr. Wilder | 1993 |
Byli jsme to my? | Set Designer | 1991 |
Krakonos a lyzníci | Skelmistr | 1991 |
Hamster in a Nightshirt | Ing. Berka - Father / Berka, father | 1988 |
The Octopuses from the Second Floor | (archive footage) | 1987 |
Mravenci nesou smrt | kapitán VB Marák | 1987 |
Zátah | Moucha (voice) | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Beggar's Opera | kapsár Harry Filch | 2009 |
Of Three Knights, a Beautiful Lady and a Linen Sark | Lord of the Castle | 1996 |
Life at the Mansion | Hruska | 1995 |
Arabela se vrací | Mr. Wilder | 1993 |
Byli jsme to my? | Set Designer | 1991 |
Krakonos a lyzníci | Skelmistr | 1991 |
Hamster in a Nightshirt | Ing. Berka - Father / Berka, father | 1988 |
The Octopuses from the Second Floor | (archive footage) | 1987 |
Mravenci nesou smrt | kapitán VB Marák | 1987 |
Zátah | Moucha (voice) | 1986 |
Dissolved and Effused | Trachta / Inspektor Trachta | 1986 |
Nebo být zabit | Gamekeeper | 1986 |
Levé krídlo | Jirsák | 1984 |
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping | Dr. Emil Holub / Holub | 1983 |
Modre z nebe | Meisner | 1983 |
Sonata for a Red-Haired Girl | Tom (voice) | 1982 |
Dneska prisel nový kluk | Slávek (voice) | 1981 |
The Medal | Lorisch | 1980 |
Inzenýrská odysea | Tesar | 1980 |
Brontosaurus | Lesník | 1980 |
Jak se tocí Rozmaryny | 1979 | |
Silnejsí nez strach | 1979 | |
Na veliké rece | Pazour (voice) | 1978 |
Hra o jablko | Villager (voice) | 1978 |
Noc klavíristy | Lékar | 1977 |
Beauty and the Beast | Netvor | 1978 |
Mesto nic neví | porucík VB Lukes | 1977 |
Boty plné vody | Josef Hrubý (segment "Zimní vítr 1951") | 1976 |
30 prípadu majora Zemana | Turek | 1976 |
Tri nevinni | Hlousek | 1975 |
Sokolovo | Cetar korima | 1974 |
F.L. Vek | Prírucí Matej | 1972 |
And Give My Love to the Swallows | Polda | 1972 |
I Am Heaven | Zahajda | 1971 |
Strop | Student (voice) | 1971 |
Four in a Circle | vysetrovatel SNB | 1968 |
We Were Ten | voják Standa Kubík, vedoucí souboru | 1965 |
Lidé jako ty | Tarzan | 1960 |