Jan Kraus

Jan Vladimír Kraus (born 15 August 1953) is a Czech actor and TV host. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1967. Kraus was also a judge on Česko Slovensko má talent (Czecho Slovakia's Got Talent). He is the host of the television talk show Show Jana Krause. His father Ota Kraus, a Holocaust survivor, was a journalist and writer. The writer Ivan Kraus is his brother.

He has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions.

Selected filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 3 Seasons in Hell Viktor Lukas 2007 Gympl Kolman 2005 Skřítek Police Chief 2003 Mazaný Filip Lawyer 1994 Faust Cornelius 1992 Food Eater #3 1992 Černí baroni Private Vonavka 1987 Why? Fanousek, Vandal 1987 Who's That Soldier? Soldier 1985 Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf Tondo 1981 Krakonoš a lyžníci Financ 1972 Dívka na koštěti Miky Rousek

+ TV Year Title Role Notes 1980-1981 Arabela One of Peter's Friends