Jiří Kodet
He came from a very old Czech theatrical family of Steimar and artistic family of Kodet, he was the son of Czech actress Jiřina Steimar and sculptor Jan Kodet. After her parents divorced, her mother married Jaroslav Juhan, a car racer, but he emigrated. This had an impact on the further studies of Jiří Kodet, who was expelled from the grammar school and was not admitted to the DAMU until the second time.
He left the DAMU before graduating and began his theatre career at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice (1961-1962). In 1962-64 he was in the Artistic Military Ensemble, based in Pohořelec, Prague. With this ensemble he toured a large part of the former Czechoslovakia. His future colleagues from the Drama Club, Jiří Hrzán, Jiří Zahajský and Petr Skoumal, were in the ensemble with him. In Pardubice, he was sought out by Jan Kačer, who was assembling a troupe for the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava. Kodet worked in Ostrava from 1963-1965, and from 1966 he played at the Prague Drama Club, where some of the members of the Ostrava ensemble moved. In 1991 he became a member of the drama company of the National Theatre in Prague.
During his lifetime he played a number of small and episodic roles in film and television, but it was not until the end of his life that he was able to play major roles, mainly thanks to director Jan Hřebejk, who cast him in his film Divided We Fall, and earlier also in Cosy Dens, which was his most successful film ever.
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Acted in
Sentiment
2003
Divided We Fall
2000
as Dr. Fischer-Rybáf
Cosy Dens
1999
as Otec Kraus
Accumulator 1
1994
as Mikulík
Lepší pán
1994
Náhrdelník
1993
Sbohem, Sokrate
1991
as Žak
Eugene among Us
1990
Sólo pro mou ženu
1990
as Ing. Trejbal, Mirkův kolega
Vážení přátelé, ano
1989
as Římský
Hrobničky
1989
as Gentleman
Mark of Cain
1989
Smrt v kruhu
1989
as inspektor Vrba
Pan Tau – der Film
1988
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
1988
as režisér Pergl
The Jester and the Queen
1988
as King
Dvě z Paříže
1988
Merry Christmas Octopus
1987
as Fára
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987
as Rudla Fára
Můj hříšný muž
1987
Papilio
1987
My Daughter's Operation
1987
The Great Movie Robbery
1987
Počkej si na bílé štěstí
1987
as primář Soukup
Grófinka
1986
Růžový Hubert
1986
as Artur Harper
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
1986
as Vévoda
Zátah
1986
Jestli jednou odejdu
1985
Dissolved and Effused
1985
as Továrník Bierhanzl
Ing.
1985
Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984
as Radovan
Žofka z Janovic
1984
as Lieutenant
Sanitka
1984
Zaspala nevěsta
1984
as Milda
Evo, vdej se!
1984
The Flying Cestmir
1984
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984
Angel in a Devil's Body
1984
Modré z nebe
1984
Bergman a Bergman, detektivní kancelář
1984
Tři mušketýři
1983
Jen se spolehni
1983
Oblouk světla
1983
as Winter
The Visitors
1983
as Eda Nehasil
Síť na bludičku
1983
Putování Jana Amose
1983
Duch soudce Pauknera
1983
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983
Plášť Marie Terezie
1983
The Death of a Talented Cobbler
1983
as Kapitán Michal Exner
Smeč
1983
V hlavní roli obhájce
1983
Hráči
1983
as Utěšitel
How the World Is Losing Poets
1982
Zahrada dětí
1982
as Malát
The Glass House
1982
Romance ze Savoy baru
1982
Plaché příběhy
1982
as (segment "Modrá chryzantéma")
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
1981
Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta
1981
Tři v tom
1981
as Ubaldo
Drž se rovně, Kačenko
1981
Fénix
1981
as Miro Hubej
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981
as Giulio Salvatore
Sugar House
1981
as František Přibyl, otec Ondry a Martina
Rána pod pás
1981
Just Whistle a Little
1981
Girl with Shells
1981
A na konci je začátek
1981
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981
as Rudy
Arabela
1980
as TV Director
Arabela
1980
as (uncredited)
Děti zítřků
1980
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový
1980
The Medal
1980
as Kostolány
Escape Home
1980
Blues pro EFB
1980
Julek
1980
Friday Is No Holiday
1980
Blue Planet
1980
as Petr Málek
More v kvapke vody
1980
No Magic from Tomorrow
1979
Zákony pohybu
1979
The Secret of Steel City
1979
Pumpaři od Zlaté podkovy
1979
Ve znamení Merkura
1979
Bratři Kipové
1979
Past na kachnu
1978
Hrozba
1978
Nemocnice na kraji města
1978
Alarm in the Clouds
1978
Zlaté rybky
1978
The Apple Game
1978
as MUDr. ArnoŠt Rýdl
Noc klavíristy
1977
The Liberation of Prague
1977
Dům Na poříčí
1977
Slovácko sa nesúdí
1976
Město nic neví
1976
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976
as por. Vejvoda
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
1975
as Familienrat
The Day That Shook the World
1975
as Morsley
Ten kůň musí pryč
1975
My Brother Has a Cute Brother
1975
as herec v reklamním filmu
Sokolovo
1975
Zbraně pro Prahu
1975
as nadporučík Sauer
Egyptologové
1974
Zatykač na královnu
1974
Lovers in the Year One
1974
as Assistant
Rodeo
1973
Morgiana
1972
as Bessant
Bakaláři
1972
Lekce
1972
F. L. Věk
1971
Chance
1971
Revizor
1971
Comrades
1971
Pan Tau
1970
The Great Unknown
1970
Bližní na tapetě
1970
Hříšní lidé města pražského
1969
All My Good Countrymen
1969
Klec pro dva
1968
Dita Saxová
1968
as Younger Werli's Son (voice)
Malá Dorritka
1967
Hotel for Strangers
1967
as Jiří
Lacrimae Rerum
1967
Closely Watched Trains
1966
Crime at the Girls School
1966
as Pavel Lavecký (segment "Zločin v dívčí škole")
Assassination
1965
Krysař
1964
The Mysterious Mr. Hyde
1964
Something Different
1963
as Jirka
Kolik slov stačí lásce?
1962
as Mirek
Pochodně
1961
as editor Norbert Zoula
Lidé jako ty
1960
Higher Principle
1960
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
1960
Probuzení
1960
as automechanik Emil
Hlavní výhra
1959
Posel úsvitu
1951