Biography
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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Filmography
all 121
Movies 103
TV Shows 18
self 1
Voice 1
Sentiment (2003)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Krásný ztráty (2000)
Cosy Dens (1999)
Accumulator 1 (1994)
Lepší pán (1994)
Náhrdelník (1993)
Sbohem, Sokrate (1991)
Eugene among Us (1990)
Vážení přátelé, ano (1989)
Hrobničky (1989)
Mark of Cain (1989)
Smrt v kruhu (1989)
Pan Tau – der Film (1988)
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988)
The Jester and the Queen (1988)
My Daughter's Operation (1988)
Dvě z Paříže (1988)
Merry Christmas Octopus (1987)
Čarovné dědictví (1986)
Zátah (1986)
The Great Movie Robbery (1986)
Ing. (1985)
Růžový Hubert (1985)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Žofka z Janovic (1984)
Evo, vdej se! (1984)
Angel in a Devil's Body (1984)
Zaspala nevěsta (1984)
The Visitors (1983)
Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1983)
Plášť Marie Terezie (1983)
The Death of a Talented Cobbler (1983)
V hlavní roli obhájce (1983)
Bridal Tour to Jilji (1983)
Hráči (1983)
Smeč (1983)
How the World Is Losing Poets (1982)
Zahrada dětí (1982)
Romance ze Savoy baru (1982)
Plaché příběhy (1982)
Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981)
Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta (1981)
Drž se rovně, Kačenko (1981)
Fénix (1981)
Bulldogs and Cherries (1981)
Sugar House (1981)
Rána pod pás (1981)
Just Whistle a Little (1981)
Girl with Shells (1981)
A na konci je začátek (1981)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1981)
Arabela (1980)
Děti zítřků (1980)
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový (1980)
The Medal (1980)
Escape Home (1980)
Blues pro EFB (1980)
Julek (1980)
Friday Is No Holiday (1980)
Blue Planet (1980)
More v kvapke vody (1980)
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)
Zlaté rybky (1978)
The Apple Game (1978)
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)
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus (1975)
The Day That Shook the World (1975)
Ten kůň musí pryč (1975)
My Brother Has a Cute Brother (1975)
Sokolovo (1975)
Zbraně pro Prahu (1975)
Egyptologové (1974)
Zatykač na královnu (1974)
Lovers in the Year One (1974)
Rodeo (1973)
Morgiana (1972)
Bakaláři (1972)
Lekce (1972)
F. L. Věk (1971)
Chance (1971)
Comrades (1971)
Revizor (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)
Malá Dorritka (1967)
Hotel for Strangers (1967)
Lacrimae Rerum (1967)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Crime at the Girls School (1966)
Assassination (1965)
Krysař (1964)
The Mysterious Mr. Hyde (1964)
Something Different (1963)
Kolik slov stačí lásce? (1962)
Jejich den (1962)
Pochodně (1961)
Lidé jako ty (1960)
Higher Principle (1960)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
Probuzení (1960)
Hlavní výhra (1959)
Posel úsvitu (1951)
Počkej si na bílé štěstí
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1937-12-06
Deathday2005-06-25 (67 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
Height
RelationshipsSoňa Kodetová (1969-01-01 - 2005-06-25)
ChildrenBarbora Kodetová
FatherJan Kodet
MotherJiřina Steimarová
SiblingsEvelyna Steimarová, Kristian Kodet
CitizenshipsCzech Republic
Also Known AsJirí Kodet
AwardsCzech Medal of Merit
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