Biography
Jan Potměšil (born 31 March 1966 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor.
In summer 1989, he finished his lectures at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined Divadlo na Vinohradech. Later that year, he hooked up with other students and actors who were going to Ostrava to persuade the miners to support the Velvet Revolution. On the way back, his car crashed on a frozen road. Since then, Potměšil has been
paralysed from the waist down. He uses a wheelchair.
He is currently a prominent member of the Kašpar theatre company that performs in the Divadlo v Celetné, Prague. He performed major characters in several plays. The most notable ones include Charlie Gordon in Flowers for Algernon (more than ten years on the repertoire), the title role in Richard III (received Alfréd Radok Award for best actor), Jesus in Felix Mitterer's Trouble in the House of God, or Polonius in Hamlet. In Lyra Pragensis, he performed Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in Pavlík's Beauty from Moulin Rouge, Fletcher in a scenic reading of Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Dickie in Running from Safety of the same author.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 21
TV Shows 10
self 4
Ach, ta láska nebeská… (2020)
Kabinet Dr. Honzáka (2020)
Život a doba soudce A. K. (2014)
Bony a klid 2 (2014)
Věra 68 (2012)
Kde bydlely princezny (2010)
Tři srdce (2007)
Eden (2005)
Bolero (2004)
The Call (1999)
Vincenz Priessnitz (1999)
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
V erbu lvice (1995)
Dlouhá míle (1991)
Druhý dech (1989)
Putování po Blažených ostrovech (1989)
Nothing Really Happened (1989)
Currency and Peace (1988)
Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker (1987)
Why? (1987)
Strom pohádek (1987)
Třetí patro (1986)
Daleko od stromu (1983)
Hrátky (1983)
The Secret of the Devil's Pocket (1981)
Don't Look Back, There Is a Horse Behind Us (1981)
Každý má svůj stín (1980)
The Secret of Steel City (1979)
Žena za pultem (1977)
Jacob (1977)
Bakaláři (1972)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1966-03-31 (57 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
SpouseRadka Prchalová Potměšilová
FatherJaroslav Potměšil
CitizenshipsCzech Republic
Also Known AsJan Potmesil, Honza Potměšil
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