Jan Tříska
Acting
Biography
Jan Triska or Jan Tříska (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtr̝̊iːska]; 4 November 1936) is a Czech actor, most notable for portraying Captain Henry Wirz in the American television film Andersonville.
Born: November 4, 1936
Place of Birth: Praha, Československo
Known For
Známost sestry Aleny
A psychological drama about a nurse and a seriously ill car racer and factory driver...
People From Caravans
Story about the people around the circus and the unfortunate love of a young man an acrobat. Before the dispute escalates so much that, according to the old clown, Vincek ends up with a noose on his back and Lotyš in a bass, fate intervenes and the young acrobat is called up to the war, where he serves with the dragoons. After serving his time and being released into civilian life, he sets out to find the National with his beloved Nina. However, she has not been with the circus for almost a whole year. Her parents took her away and Vincek, to the chagrin of his friends and the principal, decides to go looking for her. After a long journey, he finds his beloved in the Russian Kuznecki circus, but she has changed a lot during the years of separation. A simple girl in love has turned into a calculating, ambitious woman who desires money above all. But Vincek doesn't have you.
King Lear
A recording of the production from the courtyard of the Supreme Purkrab of Prague Castle starring Jan Tříská. Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a timeless tale of love, hate, betrayal, greed and lust for power. At the end of his life, the King decides to divide the kingdom between his three daughters based on their speeches about how much they love him. In his blindness, he disinherits and exiles the most honest and beloved Cordelia. He hands over all his power to his other two daughters and only in time does he discover what he has done and gradually slips into madness.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Cinderella
During the day, Cinderella's face is covered in soot, but at night she transforms into a fairy-tale beautiful princess in a ball gown made of magic nuts. The handsome prince falls in love with Cinderella, but all he has left in his hands is the lost slipper...
Airwolf
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
Highlander: The Series
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
My Antonia
After the death of his parents, Jimmy uproots his life to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska.
The Elementary School
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.
Filmography
as Eda's Grandfather
as Alois Vrba
as otec Hany
as Old Clockmaker
as Václav Mádr
as Bishop
as kat
as Marquis
as Professor Otakar Horecký
as Standas father
as Old Gorcík
as Lear, král Británie
as Otto Brewer / Trainer
as Laphonse
as Melvin Szabo
as Self
as Prophet #1
as Isaac Weiskopf
as Nicolae Breslaw
as Dapper Gent
as The Assassin
as Cap. Henry Wirz
as Capt. Henry Wirz
as Jan Fierlinger (voice)
as Mr. Shimerda
as Dr. Arthur Jamidar
as Vyacheslav Molotav
as White Agent
as Axel
as Nicolae Breslaw
as Igor Hnízdo
as Steckler
as Milos
as Laszlo Panzini
as Capt. Valery
as General Wolf
as Dr. Theo Stoller
as Mike Romanoff
as Alexander Kovalev
as Nicholae Janosch (uncredited)
as Swedish Architect
as Jerzy Czyrek
as Deputy Markov
as Lt. Cmdr. Leoni Zlrukov
as Gericault
as Andrei Mikalovich
as Karl Radek
as Rodzenko
as Dr. Karl Edsen
as Special Reporter
as Romeo Aventuro
as Schwerdtfeger
as MUDr. Houdek
as Vašek
as Narrator (voice)
as Pepi
as Rybář
as Karel Mareš (voice)
as Petr
as Mikuláš
as Radúz
as Prince Vanilin
as Porucík Servadac (voice)
as loutnista
as Široko
as Head Physician Rudolf (voice)
as akrobat Vincek
as Editor Ardan (voice)
as Vyšetřovatel VB Koval
as Kowlorat
as Lojzík
as Technician Bohouš (voice) (segment "Jak se kalí ocel")
as Jan Stehlík (voice)
as Ota
as Jura (voice)
as laboratory assistant Mirek Zach
as foreman Josef Pecka
as Lojza Posvár
as Honzík
as Martin Něnička