Famous People with Name Zdenek

Zdenek Doležal            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Doležal: is a pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague.

Zdenek Rohlícek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Rohlícek: is a Czech actor known especially for his stage work. He is a son of Zdenek Rohlicek and a Czech actress Eva Hruskova. He has two younger brothers - Pavel and Vojtech.Zdenek Rohlícek gained his first dramatic experience already as a child in puppet shows, television fairy tales and during choral singing at school of music. He graduated from Prague Conservatory in 2002. Apart from theatre, he co-operates with radio and television production. He plays the piano, the trumpet and the drums. He is interested in photography.

Zdenek Štepánek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Štepánek: was a Czech actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1922 and 1968.

Zdenek Liška            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Liška: was a Czech composer who produced a large of number film scores across a prolific career that started in the 1950s. He worked notably with animator Jan Švankmajer, scoring several of his earlier short films: Punch and Judy (1966), Et Cetera (1966), Historia Naturae (Suita) (1967), The Flat (1968), Don Juan (1969), The Ossuary (1970), Jabberwocky (1971), and Leonardo's Diary (1972), and later The Castle of Otranto (1979). Liška's music for Švankmajer's Historia Naturae (Suita), The Flat, and The Ossuary was also featured in the 1984 short film by American animators the Brothers Quay entitled The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer.

Zdenek Lukáš            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Lukáš: was a prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963. He was a musical editor and program director at the National Broadcasting Company in Pilsen and conducted the Ceská písen, one of the most famous choirs in the Czechoslovakia.