
Jiří Zahajský
Born: 1939-01-19
Place of Birth: Mšeno, Czechoslovakia
Biography
Jiří Zahajský (19 January 1939, Mšeno - 19 July 2007, Prague) was a Czech actor and dabér. He was a member of the Theater in Vinohrady, Theater behind the gate and longtime member of the Prague Drama Club. He played in a number of Czech films of both serious and comedic. Jiri Zahajsky was born in Mšeně near Mělník. As a child, he showed a tendency to acting when he played in the amateur performance of Snow White by Dwarf Dwarf. After the war, the Zahajski family moved to Děčín. As a student, he was playing a very good ensemble of amateurs under the direction of director Hipia. He recognized Zahai's talent and negotiated his studies at E. Burian. Zahajsky then studied at the DAMU and became a member of the Vinohrady Theater (1961-1965). In 1965 Zahajsky became a member of the Theater behind the gate, where he played together with Vladimír Menšík for example in the Maskary of Ostende. In 1972, the Administrative Theater behind the gate was canceled and Zahajský and Libuší Šafránková left for the Činoherní klub. His colleagues included Petr Čepek, Jiřina Třebická, Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Hrzán and others. Jiri Zahajsky made mainly small characters in film and on television. Unforgettable is his character, Inspector Trachta of the comedy Dissolved and launched. He created several roles of criminologists, his beard gave him the opportunity to perform the roles of the grooms, he played in the roles of his fathers (TV series Křeček in the nightgown). Daddy also played in a number of television fairy tales especially in the 1980s. Jiri Zahajsky was for 31 years a life partner of TV advertiser Kamila Moučková, since 1992 she was the fourth husband of actress Jana Brejchová. Jiri Zahajsky died in Prague after a long fight with prostate cancer on July 19, 2007. (Wikipedia)
Known For

A Major Role for Rosmaryna

Why?

Čas pracuje pro vraha

Jsem nebe

Brontosaurus

The Medal

Florián

Pavučina

Sokolovo

The Apple Game

Ceiling

V erbu lvice

Goodbye, Medeo

Jak vyženit z pekla štěstí

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

The Beggar's Opera

Beauty and the Beast

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

The Krakonos and the Skiers

On the Great River

Nechci nic slyšet

Město nic neví

Valčík pro milión

Nine Circles of Hell

Dissolved and Effused

Tři nevinní

Sonata for a Red-Haired Girl

Levé křídlo

Víkend bez rodičů

Strange Airlines

Bylo nás deset

Noc klavíristy

O Popelákovi

Oddechový čas

Jestřábí moudrost

Balonová pohádka

Count Dracula

Na konci světa

Ants Bring Death

Proč nevěřit na zázraky

O Honzovi a princezně Dorince

Marathon

Poslední mejdan

Past na kachnu

And Give My Love to the Swallows

Čtyři v kruhu

Zločin na Zlenicích hradě

Zamilovaná

Seven Days in a Week

Kinkongova smrt

O třech rytířích, krásné paní a lněné kytli

Den velkého ticha

Čertův švagr
