Jiří Zahajský

Jiří Zahajský

1939-01-19 – 2007-07-19 (age 68) Mšeno, Czechoslovakia
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Biography

Jiří Zahajský (19 January 1939, Mšeno - 19 July 2007, Prague) was a Czech actor and dabér. He was a member of the Theater in Vinohrady, Theater behind the gate and longtime member of the Prague Drama Club. He played in a number of Czech films of both serious and comedic.

Jiri Zahajsky was born in Mšeně near Mělník. As a child, he showed a tendency to acting when he played in the amateur performance of Snow White by Dwarf Dwarf. After the war, the Zahajski family moved to Děčín. As a student, he was playing a very good ensemble of amateurs under the direction of director Hipia. He recognized Zahai's talent and negotiated his studies at E. Burian. Zahajsky then studied at the DAMU and became a member of the Vinohrady Theater (1961-1965).

In 1965 Zahajsky became a member of the Theater behind the gate, where he played together with Vladimír Menšík for example in the Maskary of Ostende. In 1972, the Administrative Theater behind the gate was canceled and Zahajský and Libuší Šafránková left for the Činoherní klub. His colleagues included Petr Čepek, Jiřina Třebická, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Hrzán and others.

Jiri Zahajsky made mainly small characters in film and on television. Unforgettable is his character, Inspector Trachta of the comedy Dissolved and launched. He created several roles of criminologists, his beard gave him the opportunity to perform the roles of the grooms, he played in the roles of his fathers (TV series Křeček in the nightgown). Daddy also played in a number of television fairy tales especially in the 1980s.

Jiri Zahajsky was for 31 years a life partner of TV advertiser Kamila Moučková, since 1992 she was the fourth husband of actress Jana Brejchová. Jiri Zahajsky died in Prague after a long fight with prostate cancer on July 19, 2007.

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Known For

On the Great River
On the Great River

1978

as Pazour (voice)

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

1979

as Beast (voice)

The Medal
The Medal

1980

as Lorisch

Sokolovo
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Soví hnízdo

1982

as Staněk

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
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Chceš zabít?

1988

as Doctor (voice)

The Krakonos and the Skiers
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera

1991

as Harry Filch

Count Dracula
Count Dracula

1971

as Arthur Holmwood

Strange Airlines
Tři nevinní
Tři nevinní

1974

as Hlousek

Dissolved and Effused
Dissolved and Effused

1985

as Inspektor Trachta

Why?
Why?

1987

as Marie's Father (voice)