Karel Dobrý
Introduction '''Karel Dobrý''' (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the ''Dune'' 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel ''Children of Dune'', and as Matthias in ''Mission: Impossible''. He also appeared in the award-winning film ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' by Fernando Trueba.
Biography He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian, German, and English.
Selected filmography *''Elektro, má lásko'' (1991, TV Movie) – Orestes*''La patience de Maigret'' (1993, TV Series) – Serveur Tropical*''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen'' (1995, TV Movie) – Göring*''Sacred Cargo'' (1995) – Barishvili*''Jak si zasloužit princeznu'' (1995) – The Strongest*''UŽ'' (1995) – Butch*''Mission: Impossible'' (1996) – Matthias*''Let's Make an Opera'' (1996) – Burglar*''La niña de tus ojos'' (1998, Short) – Leo*''Plunkett & Macleane'' (1999) – Lewd Young Man*''Spring of Life - Der Lebensborn'' (2000) – Odillo*''Jabloňová panna'' (2000, TV Movie) – Prince*''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (2000, TV Mini-Series) – Liet-Kynes*''Kytice'' (2000) – King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat")*''A Knight's Tale'' (2001) – Flanders King of Arms*''Cabriolet'' (2001)*''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Commandment*''The Mists of Avalon'' (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Rhiannon*''Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen'' (2001, TV Movie) – Reporter*''Szach'' (2001) – Jakub*''Černí andělé, episode "Červená karta"'' (2002, TV Series) – Panenka*''Doctor Zhivago'' (2002, TV Mini-Series) – Mayakovsky*''Četnické humoresky, episode "Dědic"'' (2002, TV Series) – Josef Kalousek*''Nezvěstný'' (2003, TV Movie) – Hušner*''Krysař'' (2003) – Devil / Destiny*''Tajemný svícen'' (2003, TV Movie) – Devil*''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' (2003, TV Mini-Series) – Korba*''Trosečníci'' (2003) – Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor")*''NaPolA'' (2004) – SS-Arzt*''Der neunte Tag'' (2004) – Reporter Bertram*''Krev zmizelého'' (2005)– Brand*''Hui Bůh'' (2006) – Ritter Ottokar*''Maharal - tajemstvi talismanu'' (2007) – Receptionist*''Skeletoni'' (2007, Short) – Pokálený pán*''Flammen & Citronen'' (2008) – Seibold*''Báthory'' (2008) – Royal Guard Commander*''The Counterpart'' (2008, Short) – Italian Captain*''Ocas ještěrky'' (2009) – Čihák*''Jménem krále'' (2009) – Adalbert of Jestřebí*''Strážce duší'' (2009, TV Series) – Richard*''Janosik. Prawdziwa historia'' (2009) – Plavčík*''We Shoot with Love'' (2009) – Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat")*''Joséphine, ange gardien'' (2010, TV Series) – Lieutenant*''Utomlennye solntsem 2'' (2010) – Nemetskiy letchik*''Klub osamělých srdcí'' (2010, TV Movie) – Jagol*''Vyprávěj'' (2010-2012, TV Series) – Matěj Stránský*''4teens'' (2011, TV series) – Láďa Kocman, lieutenant*''Faust'' (2011) – Soldier*''Znamení koně'' (2011, TV Series) – Karel Dejmek*''Borgia'' (2011-2014, TV Series) – Giovanni Colonna*''Missing'' (2012, TV Series) – Coffee Man*''L'olimpiade nascosta'' (2012, TV Movie) – Pavel Kubík*''In the Shadow'' (2012) – Muz z rozhlasu*''Tigre v meste'' (2012) – Kužnikov*''Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century)'' (2013, TV Series) – General lev prchala*''České století, episode "Den po Mnichovu"'' (2013, TV Series) – Lev Prchala, general*''Cirkus Bukowsky'' (2013-2014, TV Series) – Hartman, lawyer*''Child 44'' (2015) – Photographer*''Lída Baarová'' (2016) – Gerhard Lamprecht, film director*''Strasidla'' (2016) – Ignác*''Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel'' (2017) – Karel*''The Adventurers'' (2017) – Yelyuk (The Buyer)*''Zahradnictví: Dezertér'' (2017) – Karel*''Milada'' (2017) – NKVD Agent Lichacev*''Zahradnictví: Nápadník'' (2017) – Karel*''Certoviny'' (2017) – Lucifer*''The Catcher Was a Spy'' (2018) – Cold-Eyed German*''Hastrman'' (2018) – Baron Johann Salmon de Caus*''May the Lord Be with Us'' (2018) – Jindrich Matyás Thurn*''A War Within'' (2018) – Doctor*''The Glass Room'' (2019) – Láník* ''Carnival Row'' (2023) – Pact Ambassador Anrep (6 episodes)
Theatre ===National Theatre (Prague)===*''Tartuffe Impromptu'' (2014) – Tartuffe (musical performance)*''Strakonický dudák'' (2014) – Vocilka*''The Deafening Smell of White'' (2013) – Vincent van Gogh*''Troilus and Cressida'' (2012) – Odysseus===Divadlo Komedie (Prague)===*''Kabaret Ivan Blatný'' (2007) – Man (musical performance)*''Solingen (Rána z milosti)'' (2004) – Horatio*''Třetí Řím'' (2004) – Saška*''Ukřižovaná'' (2004) – Doctor*''The Cannibals'' (2003) – Klaub, medicine student===Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague)===*''JE SUiS'' (2001) – Pastor*''Terasa'' (2001) – Maurice*''Výnosné místo'' (2000) – Žadov*''Malý Říjen'' (1999) – Slovák Juraj Slovák*''Histrionics'' (1999) – Ferruccio, son*''Ivanov'' (1998) – Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)*''Táňa, Táňa'' (1997) – Ivanov*''Cabaret'' (1997) – Rudolf Schultz (musical performance)*''The Seagull'' (1994) – Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play)*''Naši Naši furianti'' (1994) – Filip Dubský*''Pokojíček'' (1993) – Jiří===Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague)===*''The Green Cockatoo'' (1992) – Baltasar*''Käthchen of Heilbronn'' (1992) – Bedřich Veter*''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1991) – Christian & De Valvert===Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway)===*''Mr. Bojangles'' (1992) – Joe
Other stage works *''Day of the Oprichnik'' (2013) – Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor*''The Church (L'Église)'' (2012) – Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor*''Richard III'' (2012) – Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival)*''Buzní kříž'' (2012) – Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague)*''Vánoční zázrak'' (2011) – Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance)*''Kudykam'' (2009) – Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance)*''Skočná'' (2009) – Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague)*''Muži malují'' (2009) – Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague)*''Horníci (Muži tmy)'' (2008) – (A Studio Rubín, Prague)*''Jeanne D'Arc'' (2007) – Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance)*''Na Fidela mi nesahej!'' (2007) – Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague)*''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (2006) – Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance)*''In the Penal Colony'' (2005) – The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass)*''Sud prachu'' (2003) – Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem)*''E.F.B. - Kladivo na divadlo'' (2004) – (Divadlo Archa, musical performance)*''King Lear'' (2002) – Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival)*''Dalibor'' (2001) – Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana)*''Summit Conference'' (1991) – Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)
References
External links * Karel Dobrý unofficial website ** Karel Dobrý at the Czechoslovak Film Database