Michal Pešek

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Michal Pešek (2011)

Michal Pešek (born May 4, 1959 in Prague ; † May 7, 2012 there ) was a Czech actor , presenter and local politician .

Life

After studying acting at the Prague Conservatory in Prague, Pešek started playing at the State Theater in 1980 and later at the Ostrava City Theaters . During this time he also had one of his first television appearances in the series The Fairy Tale Bride . In his homeland, one of his most famous roles was that of the young detective Jirí Otradovec in the 1982-1986 television series Malý pitaval z velkého mesta . From 1984 to 1990 he was part of the Divadlo na Vinohradech ensemble in Prague. He then worked until 1993 as a presenter at various radio stations in Prague, such as TV Nova .

He then switched to politics and business, among other things he was an advisor to the Czech Finance Minister Ivo Svoboda . Most recently he lived in the Netherlands.

Pešek died of lung cancer at the age of 53.

Filmography ( selection )

  • 1978: The Death of the Fly (Smrt mouchy)
  • 1979: The Fairytale Bride (Arabela)
  • 1980: Meeting in July ( Setkání v cervenci )
  • 1981: The Secret of the Empty Urn ( Neco je ve vzduchu )
  • 1982–1986: District administration of the "K" Prague (Malý pitaval z velkého mesta) (TV series, 15 episodes)
  • 1983: Help, I'm not a murderer ( Od vrazdy jenom krok ke lzi )
  • 1985: The Sugar House ( Cukrová bouda )
  • 1989: The Train of Childhood and Hope ( Vlak detství a nadeje ), TV series
  • 1991: The last butterfly ( Poslední motýl )
  • 2007: ... and it gets worse (... a bude hur)

Theater roles

  • 2007: Duck with Oranges (Kachna na pomerančích) - (Palace Theater Prague)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Pešek at ČSFD.cz Česko-Slovenská ?? filmová databáze (Czech). Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d Died actor Pešek, a familiar face from the series “Maly pitaval z velkého mesta” In: iDNES.cz on May 8, 2012. At kultura.idnes.cz (Czech). Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Duck with oranges , comedy about a marriage crisis at kulturniportal.cz. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Pešek, Michal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech actor, presenter and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 2012
Place of death Prague