Zdeněk Svěrák (born March 28, 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities.
Born in Prague, he studied Pedagogy at Charles University of Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his most famous film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award).

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