Josef Abrhám

Actor Dec 14 (died age 82) Zlín, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic] 1961–2025 (64 year career)

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Biography

He graduated from DAMU, after which he played for three seasons at the Vinohrady Theatre (then the Czechoslovak Army Theatre). He then anchored at the Drama Club until 1992, where his performances won him critical acclaim. He briefly performed at the National Theatre, but left the theatre permanently in August 1994. He became popular with the public mainly thanks to his appearances in film and television. His first major film role was given to him in 1962 by director Brynych in the film Transpo…

Known For

Film

Closely Watched Trains

Priest (voice)

Film

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

Učitel Janda

Film

I Served the King of England

Hotel Manager Brandejs

Film

Kafka

Friend of Kafka

Film

Happy End

Ptáček

Film

Morgiana

Marek

Film

Black Peter

Mára (voice)

Film

Operation: Daybreak

6.9 1975

Filmography

Acting (176)

Movies (142)

40 rolí

2025

Jak básníci čekají na zázrak

Angel 2

as Saint Joseph

Korunní princ

as Čaroděj Kruciatus

Hoteliér

Cyril and Methodius – The Apostles of the Slavs

Little Baby Jesus

as José

Leaving

as Vilém Rieger

Fispan's Apple

as Král Ferdinand

Kouzla králů

2008

as král Dobromil

5.9

Anatomie gagu

2008

I Served the King of England

2007

as Hotel Manager Brandejs

Beauty in Trouble

as Evuen Benes

Černá karta

Restaurace U Prince

as král Filip I.

Konecná stanica

Pánská jízda

as soused Lupínek

ELFilm

O víle Arnoštce

as král lesního palouku

Elixír a Halíbela

as král

All My Loved Ones

as Jakub Silberstein

Return to Paradise Lost

1999

as Father

4.5

Proces s vrahy Martynové

1998

Halt, Or I'll Miss!

1998

as Brandejs

4.2

Doktor Munory a jiní lidé

1997

Play Strindberg

1996

as Edgar

Pohádka o Faustovi

1995

as Faust

Městem chodí Mikuláš

1995

8.0

Unexpected Encounters

as Evzen

Angelic Eyes

as Dirigent

Život a dílo skladatele Foltýna

1993

Noc pastýřů

1993

as Jakub Jan Ryba

Noc rozhodnutí

as Doctor

Big Beat

as Prokop

Kafka

as Friend of Kafka

Smrt barona Gandary

The Beggar's Opera

as Macheath

Flames of Royal Love

as Court Physician

Pasiáns

as Robert

Audience

as Vaněk

The End of Old Times

as Prince Alexej

Aksál

as Aksál

Dětinské hry dospělých

1990

Ark of Fools

1990

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) / Ivan Dmitrič Gromov (voice) (uncredited)

Člověk proti zkáze

as Karel Čapek

El mar es azul

as Milan

Pan Pickwick

1988

as Jingle

Přátelé

1987

1.0

Jubileum

1987

as Šipučin

Portrét krále komiků

1987

as Himself

The Great Movie Robbery

Ty, ty, Yetti

Experiment Eva

Výsledek testu

Scalpel, Please

Dokonalý muž, dokonalá žena

Young Wine

Prípad Platfus

as JUDr. Smutný, prokurátor

Dissolved and Effused

1985

as Profesor Žalud

6.7

Princezny nejsou vždycky na vdávání

1985

Bandité

1985

as Falsacappa

Domek u lesa

1985

5.0

Žáku Kašíku, nežeň se!

1985

as otec Kašík

5.5

The Snowdrop Festival

1984

as Narrator in Radio (voice)

Bridal Tour to Jilji

as Tomáš Krchňák

Záchvěv strachu

Hráči

as Icharev

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

as divadelní vědec

Švédská zápalka

Společnost s ručením omezeným

1983

Plášť Marie Terezie

1983

Spor herečky Kvapilové

1982

as Jaroslav Hilbert

7.0

The Hit

1981

as pyrotechnik Jaroslav Ticháček

6.9

Proč se lidé bojí zajíců

1981

as Narrator (voice)

Netopýr

1981

as Eisenstein

Zločin na poště

Run, Waiter, Run!

as Dalibor Vrána

Tři v tom

as Capitano

Panenka

1981

as Steve Carella

6.0

A Vampire in High-Rise

1980

as Tomáš Růžička, přítel Evy

Tím pádem

Demokrati

Ball Lightning

as Knotek

Polská krev

as Count Boleslaw Barański

Silvestr svobodného pána

1979

as Petr

6.5

Jak je důležité míti Filipa

1979

as Jack Worthing

6.7

Tetované časom

1976

as Engineer

Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!

1976

as Učitel Janda

7.7

A Girl Fit to Be Killed

as MUDr Rendl

Vilém Rozkoč

Fata morgana

Tři muži se žralokem

Operation: Daybreak

Miracle

as Commentary (voice)

The Motive for Murder

1975

as Capt. Havránek (segment "Kapsář")

Sen noci svatojánské

Princ Chocholouš

Půlpenny

Gunshots in Mariánské Lázně

Zbojník Ondráš

Quails and King

as Pacovský (voice)

Pokus o vraždu

Poslední dopis

Morgiana

as Marek

Konfrontace

The Harder They Fall

as Eddie

Jeden ze soubojů

Chance

Návrat pana Ryšánka

The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon

1971

as Poručík Rudi Macháček

Revizor

Aesop

as Parrot Trader

Kalif čápem

O tlustém pradědečkovi

322

as Peter

Bellevue

as inspicient

Prague Nights

1969

as (segment "Chlebové střevíčky")

Bahno

Hádankář Vojta

Hvězda

Ohnice

Bedtime Story

as Bernard Mulligan alias Bertík

6.9

Natali

1968

as Vitalij (voice)

Dita Saxová

1968

as D.E. Huppert

5.8

The Return of the Prodigal Son

as Zdeněk (voice)

Happy End

as Ptáček

The Nun's Night

as Karel (voice)

Lékař v rozpacích

Closely Watched Trains

1966

as Priest (voice)

7.2

Courage for Every Day

1965

as Borek

5.9

Pension pro svobodné pány

1965

6.0

Bubny

1965

as Honza (voice)

The Cry

as Slávek

Black Peter

as Mára (voice)

Transport from Paradise

A Great Road Ahead

as Jaroslav Hašek

On the Tightrope

as Kája Micka (voice)

6.0

Ceiling

1962

as Pepik

5.3

Don't Take Shelter From The Rain

1962

The Black Dynasty

1962

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

1961

as witness Jirka Ruml

Ať se lidi mají rádi... aspoň dnes

Television (34)

Dwarf

2017

as Václav Novotný

6.8

Cyril a Metoděj – Apoštolové Slovanů

2013

as Fotios

Stopy života

as Václav David

Ztracená brána

as Kruml

Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

2012

Strašidla na Kulíkově

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Hospital on the Edge of Town - The New Generation

Hraběnky

as Josef Hrabě

Tři strážníci

Nemocnice na kraji města po dvaceti letech

Pohádky z lesa

Náhrdelník

Velmi uvěřitelné příběhy

1991

Přísahám a slibuji

1990

as MUDr. Vojtěch Albert

Šaráda

Druhý dech

Fabrik der Offiziere

as Leutnant Seuter

Zirkus Humberto

as Baron

Veselé příhody z natáčení

1988

as Himself

Zlá krev

1987

6.3

Slavné historky zbojnické

1986

7.3

The Good Soldier Schweik

1986

as Lt. Lukás (voice)

Bambinot

1984

as Martin Hardy

5.0

Malý pitaval z velkého města

1983

6.8

Tři cesty k domovu

1983

as Kamil

Dnes v jednom domě

1980

as Danda Jr.

O zvířátkách pana Krbce

1980

as Narrator (voice)

9.0

Nemocnice na kraji města

1978

6.4

Štipku soli

1977

Thirty Cases of Major Zema

as Rudi Lorenz

Byl jednou jeden dům

Hnízdo

Bakaláři

Zaprášené histórie Ema Bohúňa

1970