Jan Rubeš
Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
Acted in
Our Fathers
2005
as Pope John Paul
Tilt
2005
as Frank Modeste
Daniel and the Superdogs
2004
as The Colonel
Anthrax
2001
as Arthur Kowalski
The Christmas Secret
2000
as Andree
Believe
2000
as Jason Stiles
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Ole Jurgensen
What Katy Did
1999
as Dr. Reinhart
Nightmare Man
1999
as Evan Hannibal
The White Raven
1998
as Markus Strand
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998
as Hendrick de Vries
Music from Another Room
1998
as Louis Klammer
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
as Jacob Gunderson
The Third Twin
1997
Sarabande
1997
as Dr. Kassovitz
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Nicholas Ballard
Never Too Late
1996
as Joseph
The Outer Limits
1995
as Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher
Roommates
1995
as Bolek Krupa
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
as Far
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
1994
as Phantom
Due South
1994
as Dr. Mort Gustafson
ER
1994
as Mr. Duzak
Mesmer
1994
as Professor Stoerk
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
as Jan
The Birds II: Land's End
1994
as Karl
The X-Files
1993
as Vassily Peskow (uncredited)
The X-Files
1993
as Vassily Peskow
On My Own
1993
as The Colonel
By Way of the Stars
1992
as Hausierer Nathan
Devlin
1992
as Vittorio Di Fabrizi
The Witches of Eastwick
1992
as Fidel
Deceived
1991
as Tomasz
Class Action
1991
as Pavel
Descending Angel
1990
as Bishop Dancu
Cold Front
1990
as Zoubov
The Amityville Curse
1990
as The Priest
Courage Mountain
1990
as Grandfather
Divided Loyalties
1990
The Experts
1989
as Illyich
Blind Fear
1989
as Lasky
No Blame
1988
Something About Love
1988
The Kiss
1988
as Gordon Tobin
War of the Worlds
1988
as Dr. Von Deer
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
1988
as Augustus Glick
Blood Relations
1988
as Andreas
Dead of Winter
1987
as Dr. Joseph Lewis
The Marriage Bed
1986
as Max Ehrlich
Kay O'Brien
1986
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Santa Claus
Kane & Abel
1985
as The Polish Consul
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)
Murder in Space
1985
as Gregory Denarenko
Witness
1985
as Eli Lapp
Charlie Grant's War
1985
as Jacob
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
The Amateur
1981
as Kaplan
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
as Psychiatrist
Mr. Patman
1981
as Vrakettas
Deadly Harvest
1977
as Swenson
The Incredible Journey
1963
as Carl Nurmi