Vladimír Javorský

Vladimír Javorský is best known as an accomplished film and theatre actor, having appeared in dozens of film and stage productions. He has also won over audiences on the music scene, whether performing solo with a guitar or ukulele in hand, or accompanying Miroslav Kemel on his concerts and albums.

Throughout his acting career, Javorský has received numerous awards and nominations. He won the Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Poupata (Flower Buds). He has been performing and collaborating with Mirek Kemel since the latter’s debut album Krajem šel anděl, and also contributed to the recordings Nic víc and Ryby, raci.

Javorský studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno before joining Divadlo Husa na provázku, where he performed from 1986 to 1991. From 1993 to 1999, he was a member of Prague’s Činoherní klub. He then joined the drama company of the National Theatre in Prague, where he remained until July 2009. From 2009 to 2016, he worked with the National Theatre as a permanent guest performer, returning as a member of its drama company in the 2016/2017 season.

Javorský has appeared in approximately eighty films, including Krajina s nábytkem (1986), Černí baroni (1992) and Báječná léta pod psa (1997), in which he surprised audiences with an outstanding portrayal of a Communist official, a rare villainous role for him. He also attracted attention as Šebek in Nikolaev’s Kousek nebe (2005), and especially for his performance as Jarda in Poupata (2011), which earned him the Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He played King Wenceslas IV in the three-part television film Jan Hus (2015). His performance in the film Milada earned him another Czech Lion nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.