Karel Dobrý

Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the Dune 2000 miniseries, and Korba in the 2003 sequel Children of Dune, and as Matthias in Mission: Impossible. He also appeared in the award-winning film The Girl of Your Dreams by Fernando Trueba.

Biography He was born 2 May 1969 in Karlovy Vary. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood living in Syria. He speaks Czech, Russian, German, and English.

Selected filmography

Elektro, má lásko (1991, TV Movie) – Orestes La patience de Maigret (1993, TV Series) – Serveur Tropical The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995, TV Movie) – Göring Sacred Cargo (1995) – Barishvili Jak si zasloužit princeznu (1995) – The Strongest UŽ (1995) – Butch Mission: Impossible (1996) – Matthias Let's Make an Opera (1996) – Burglar La niña de tus ojos (1998, Short) – Leo Plunkett & Macleane (1999) – Lewd Young Man Spring of Life - Der Lebensborn (2000) – Odillo Jabloňová panna (2000, TV Movie) – Prince Frank Herbert's Dune (2000, TV Mini-Series) – Liet-Kynes Kytice (2000) – King (segment "Zlatý kolovrat") A Knight's Tale (2001) – Flanders King of Arms Cabriolet (2001) Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Commandment The Mists of Avalon (2001, TV Mini-Series) – Rhiannon Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen (2001, TV Movie) – Reporter Szach (2001) – Jakub Černí andělé, episode "Červená karta" (2002, TV Series) – Panenka Doctor Zhivago (2002, TV Mini-Series) – Mayakovsky Četnické humoresky, episode "Dědic" (2002, TV Series) – Josef Kalousek Nezvěstný (2003, TV Movie) – Hušner Krysař (2003) – Devil / Destiny Tajemný svícen (2003, TV Movie) – Devil Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003, TV Mini-Series) – Korba Trosečníci (2003) – Sailor (segment "Kráska a netvor") NaPolA (2004) – SS-Arzt Der neunte Tag (2004) – Reporter Bertram Krev zmizelého (2005)– Brand Hui Bůh (2006) – Ritter Ottokar Maharal - tajemstvi talismanu (2007) – Receptionist Skeletoni (2007, Short) – Pokálený pán Flammen & Citronen (2008) – Seibold Báthory (2008) – Royal Guard Commander The Counterpart (2008, Short) – Italian Captain Ocas ještěrky (2009) – Čihák Jménem krále (2009) – Adalbert of Jestřebí Strážce duší (2009, TV Series) – Richard Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (2009) – Plavčík We Shoot with Love (2009) – Bad Guy (segment "Pulse Beat") Joséphine, ange gardien (2010, TV Series) – Lieutenant Utomlennye solntsem 2 (2010) – Nemetskiy letchik Klub osamělých srdcí (2010, TV Movie) – Jagol Vyprávěj (2010-2012, TV Series) – Matěj Stránský 4teens (2011, TV series) – Láďa Kocman, lieutenant Faust (2011) – Soldier Znamení koně (2011, TV Series) – Karel Dejmek Borgia (2011-2014, TV Series) – Giovanni Colonna Missing (2012, TV Series) – Coffee Man L'olimpiade nascosta (2012, TV Movie) – Pavel Kubík In the Shadow (2012) – Muz z rozhlasu Tigre v meste (2012) – Kužnikov Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century) (2013, TV Series) – General lev prchala České století, episode "Den po Mnichovu" (2013, TV Series) – Lev Prchala, general Cirkus Bukowsky (2013-2014, TV Series) – Hartman, lawyer Child 44 (2015) – Photographer Lída Baarová (2016) – Gerhard Lamprecht, film director Strasidla (2016) – Ignác Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel (2017) – Karel The Adventurers (2017) – Yelyuk (The Buyer) Zahradnictví: Dezertér (2017) – Karel Milada (2017) – NKVD Agent Lichacev Zahradnictví: Nápadník (2017) – Karel Certoviny (2017) – Lucifer The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) – Cold-Eyed German Hastrman (2018) – Baron Johann Salmon de Caus May the Lord Be with Us (2018) – Jindrich Matyás Thurn A War Within (2018) – Doctor The Glass Room (2019) – Láník Carnival Row (2023) – Pact Ambassador Anrep (6 episodes)

Theatre

National Theatre (Prague) Tartuffe Impromptu (2014) – Tartuffe (musical performance) Strakonický dudák (2014) – Vocilka The Deafening Smell of White (2013) – Vincent van Gogh Troilus and Cressida (2012) – Odysseus

Divadlo Komedie (Prague) Kabaret Ivan Blatný (2007) – Man (musical performance) Solingen (Rána z milosti) (2004) – Horatio Třetí Řím (2004) – Saška Ukřižovaná (2004) – Doctor The Cannibals (2003) – Klaub, medicine student

Divadlo Na zábradlí (Prague) JE SUiS (2001) – Pastor Terasa (2001) – Maurice Výnosné místo (2000) – Žadov Malý Říjen (1999) – Slovák Juraj Slovák Histrionics (1999) – Ferruccio, son Ivanov (1998) – Eugene Lvov, young doctor (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play) Táňa, Táňa (1997) – Ivanov Cabaret (1997) – Rudolf Schultz (musical performance) The Seagull (1994) – Boris Trigorin, novelist (Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Play) Naši Naši furianti (1994) – Filip Dubský Pokojíček (1993) – Jiří

Kašpar Theatre Company (Prague) The Green Cockatoo (1992) – Baltasar Käthchen of Heilbronn (1992) – Bedřich Veter Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) – Christian & De Valvert

Nordic Black Theatre (Oslo, Norway) Mr. Bojangles (1992) – Joe

Other stage works Day of the Oprichnik (2013) – Andrej Danilovič (Studio Hrdinů), Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor, Cena Divadelních novin for Best Actor, nominated for Thalia Awards for Best Actor The Church (L'Église) (2012) – Bardamu & Céline (Studio Hrdinů), nominated for Alfréd Radok Awards for Best Actor Richard III (2012) – Duke of Buckingham (Summer Shakespeare Festival) Buzní kříž (2012) – Lucrecia (MeetFactory, Prague) Vánoční zázrak (2011) – Radan (Divadlo Broadway in Prague, musical performance) Kudykam (2009) – Kudykam (Prague State Opera, musical performance) Skočná (2009) – Louis-Ferdinand Céline (MeetFactory, Prague) Muži malují (2009) – Hubínek (MeetFactory, Prague) Horníci (Muži tmy) (2008) – (A Studio Rubín, Prague) Jeanne D'Arc (2007) – Judge (Divadlo Miriam, Prague, musical performance) Na Fidela mi nesahej! (2007) – Rene Ernesto Ariza (Experimentální prostor NoD - Klub Roxy, Prague) The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) – Lord Henry Wotton (Divadlo TaFantastika, Prague, musical performance) In the Penal Colony (2005) – The Condemned Man (Divadlo Archa, Divadlo La Fabrika, Klub Roxy, acting role in opera by Philip Glass) Sud prachu (2003) – Policeman & Mane (Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem) E.F.B. - Kladivo na divadlo (2004) – (Divadlo Archa, musical performance) King Lear (2002) – Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester (Summer Shakespeare Festival) Dalibor (2001) – Zdeněk (National Theatre in Prague, acting role in opera by Bedřich Smetana) Summit Conference (1991) – Soldier (Divadlo Rokoko, Prague)