Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska (born November 4, 1936 in Prague , Czechoslovakia ; † September 25, 2017 there ) was an American - Czech actor .
biography
Jan Tříska studied acting at the theater faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1955 to 1959 . He then became the youngest member of the Prague National Theater and played a small role in the drama Alarm im Schacht, directed by Otakar Vávra . During his studies he worked occasionally as an extra in film and as an assistant in the theater. He later founded the Divadlo za branou theater together with Otomar Krejča , Karel Kraus , Josef Topol and Marie Tomášová . Until he signed Charter 77 , Tříska was regularly employed as an actor in theater and film. He then had to leave the country and immigrated to the United States via Cyprus .
From 1981 he played regularly in US films. Thanks to his acquaintance with Miloš Forman , he starred in his 1981 film Ragtime and later as a killer in the biography Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth . He was also able to establish himself as an actor in Hollywood. He did not visit Czechoslovakia again until the late 1980s and subsequently also starred in Czech films. He lived in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Karla Chadimová , with whom he had two children .
He was nominated three times for the Czech film award Český lev . For his performances in Řád (1994) and Horem pádem (2004) he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor and for his performance in Šílení (2005) as Best Actor .
Jan Tříska fell from Charles Bridge in Prague on September 23, 2017 at the age of 80 and died of the consequences a day later.
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Alarm in the shaft (První parta)
- 1960: With us in Mechov (U nás v Mechově)
- 1960: People live everywhere (Všude žijí lidé)
- 1961: On a secret wave (Kohout plaší smrt)
- 1961: Where the alibi is not enough (Kde alibi nestačí)
- 1964: ... and if we go together (Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk)
- 1964: Rebellion in the registry office (Komedie s Klikou)
- 1964: start over (Začít znova)
- 1965: murder on camera (Pět miliónů svědků)
- 1965: The house on Karpfengasse
- 1966: Comedians' car (Lidé z maringotek)
- 1967: Four people in a circle (Čtyři v kruhu)
- 1970: On the comet (Na kometě)
- 1974: How to feed a donkey
- 1976: Until the last breath (Do posledného dychu)
- 1976: The lonely house on the edge of the forest (Na samotě u lesa)
- 1977: The Girls' War
- 1977: A crazy smell of fresh hay
- 1981: The Second Man (The Amateur)
- 1981: Ragtime
- 1983: The Osterman Weekend (The Osterman Weekend)
- 1983: The Daring Seven (Uncommon Valor)
- 1983: Solo for Uncle: Thunderball (The Return of the Man from UNCLE: The Fifteen Years Later Affair)
- 1984: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (2010: The Year We Make Contact)
- 1984: Nothing Lasts Forever
- 1984: Please not tonight (Unfaithfully Yours)
- 1985: Crazy Hollywood (Malice in Wonderland)
- 1987: Alamo - 13 days to victory (The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory)
- 1989: Karate Kid III - The Final Decision (The Karate Kid, Part III)
- 1990: The Hard and the Delicate (Loose Cannons)
- 1991: The primary school (Obecná škola)
- 1993: Heart of Darkness
- 1993: Undercover Blues - An absolutely cool trio (Undercover Blues)
- 1994: I fight for my child (Because Mommy Works)
- 1994: Řád
- 1995: Paths of Love (My Antonia)
- 1996: Deadly Web - Terror on the Internet (Deadly Web)
- 1996: Larry Flynt - The Naked Truth (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
- 1998: The Model Student (Apt Pupil)
- 1998: Ronin
- 2000: Lost Souls - Lost Souls (Lost Souls)
- 2001: The Man from Elysian Fields (The Man from Elysian Fields)
- 2002: The Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla)
- 2003: Blizzard - The Magic Reindeer
- 2003: Zelary (Želary)
- 2004: Horem pádem
- 2005: Madness (Šílení)
Web links
- Jan Tříska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Tříska in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Jan Tříska in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Czech actor Jan Triska is dead , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, September 25, 2017, accessed on September 25, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tříska, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Czech actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 25th September 2017 |
| Place of death | Prague , Czech Republic |