Petr Čepek
Birthday: 1940-09-16 | Place of Birth: Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Faust
as Jan Jesenius
as Rádži Tamil
as trenér Hanák
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
as Grulich
as funkcionář Venda, Josefův bratr
as Capt. Truxa
as Cyril
as O'Brian
as Ledvina
as Artist Douda
as Jarin
as Mižikár
as hajný Fanda
as tatínek
as Antoš
as Faust
as Josef Turek
as Policejní ředitel
as Bimbác
as Black King
as Bohouš Fibich
as Frank Williams
as řezník
