Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký

Biography

Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century.  He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life.  Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia.  Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova.  He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease.   Following the liberation, Kopecký began acting in the avant-garde studio Větrník in 1945, before joining the Vinohrady Theatre in 1965 at the behest of then-director František Pavlíček.  Kopecký  continued to make guest appearances at theaters throughout Prague, working with many notable actors of his era before appearing on film and television.  His first minor role was in the historic film Jan Roháč z Dubé (1947), but he quickly graduated to more important characters and gradually became one of the most popular actors in Czechoslovakia.   He may be best known today as Dr. Štrosmajer in the Czech television series Nemocnice na kraji města.  During his career he played mainly negative roles of traitors, lechers, and villain, which he famously depicted with elegance and esprit.  

In the mid-1980s Kopecký acted in a politically biased documentary film about emigrants, and also presented very critical speech against current communist régimes in May, 1987, at the Fourth Congress of Dramatic Artists.  He was married five times, at one point to Czech actress Stella Zázvorková.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-08-22

Place of birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Images

Cast

Lemonade Joe

Lemonade Joe

1964

7.20

Vintage Car

Vintage Car

1957

6.10

Grandle

Grandle

1980

0.00

Straw Hat

Straw Hat

1972

6.10

Flám

Flám

1966

0.00

Zlepšovák

Zlepšovák

1960

0.00

Ceiling

Ceiling

1962

5.33

The Pipes

The Pipes

1966

5.00

Angelic Eyes

Angelic Eyes

1994

4.00

Čirok

Čirok

1968

0.00

Křesadlo

Křesadlo

1968

0.00

Silvery Wind

Silvery Wind

1956

5.60

Trapasy

Trapasy

1970

0.00

Trapasy II

Trapasy II

1971

0.00

Deštník

Deštník

1967

0.00

Hokej je hra

Hokej je hra

1978

0.00

Noc labutí

Noc labutí

1972

0.00

Miláček

Miláček

1972

1.00

Eva Eva

Eva Eva

1980

0.00

Christening

Christening

1981

4.90

The Best Man

The Best Man

1954

7.00

Bidýlko

Bidýlko

1967

1.00

Fair Play

Fair Play

1987

3.00

Labyrint

Labyrint

1991

0.00

Mature Wine

Mature Wine

1981

8.50

Escape Home

Escape Home

1980

6.00

Konec cesty

Konec cesty

1960

6.00

Žárlivost

Žárlivost

1962

0.00

Panenka

Panenka

1981

6.00

Caterwauling

Caterwauling

1960

0.00

Úřad

Úřad

1968

0.00

Green Street

Green Street

1962

5.30

Lakomec

Lakomec

1973

8.00

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1953

6.50

Puppies

Puppies

1958

6.00

Občan Brych

Občan Brych

1959

5.00

Jan Hus

Jan Hus

1955

6.22

Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka

1956

6.60

Bill, Please

Bill, Please

1956

0.00

Red Lizard

Red Lizard

1949

0.00

Zrcadlo

Zrcadlo

1948

0.00

Klíč

Klíč

1962

0.00

Kam s ním?

Kam s ním?

1956

0.00

Dog's Heads

Dog's Heads

1955

5.00

Sen

Sen

1956

0.00

Hoří

Hoří

1953

0.00

Medvěd

Medvěd

1985

0.00