Petr Čepek
1940-09-16 ( 84 years old ) in 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.

Movies

Faust 1994-09-10
Nudity 1990-12-01
Mark of Cain 1989-01-09
Magician 1988-01-29
Bitva na kopci 1987-11-28
Fanynka 1987-01-01
Věčný Faust 1985-12-22
Extended Time 1985-10-01
Polka viva 1984-01-01
Ferat Vampire 1982-05-28
Tři v tom 1981-11-16
Jasnovidec 1981-10-10
Night Riders 1981-06-26
The Hit 1981-03-13
Hordubal 1980-04-25
Najatý klaun 1980-01-01
The Cat Prince 1979-09-28
Past na kachnu 1978-12-29
Slečna Rajka 1978-12-07
Morgiana 1972-09-15
Návraty 1972-09-01
Prince Bajaja 1971-12-17
Oil Lamps 1971-11-05
Granny 1971-10-08
Revizor 1971-01-01
Mandragora 1971-01-01
Aesop 1970-06-28
Adelheid 1970-02-06
Nightmares 1970-01-01
Looking Back 1969-01-03