Prolific Czech actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jiri Bartoška has died at the age of 78. A festival spokesperson confirmed the news on Thursday. Bartoška had been battling cancer for the last 11 years.
With more than 70 credits to his name, Bartoška was considered one of the most esteemed figures in Czech film, television and theatre. Born in Děčín, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) on March 24, 1947, Bartoška’s career spanned decades. After graduating from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, he first worked at the Husa na Provázku Theatre and the Činoherní Studio in Ústí nad Labem, before becoming a mainstay of the ensemble at Theatre Na Zábradlí in the early 1980s.
After he left in the early 1990s, he continued performing intermittently at Bez Zábradlí Theatre and other theatres in the Czech Republic.
He made his film debut in 1975 with The Playground (Hřiště) and...
With more than 70 credits to his name, Bartoška was considered one of the most esteemed figures in Czech film, television and theatre. Born in Děčín, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) on March 24, 1947, Bartoška’s career spanned decades. After graduating from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, he first worked at the Husa na Provázku Theatre and the Činoherní Studio in Ústí nad Labem, before becoming a mainstay of the ensemble at Theatre Na Zábradlí in the early 1980s.
After he left in the early 1990s, he continued performing intermittently at Bez Zábradlí Theatre and other theatres in the Czech Republic.
He made his film debut in 1975 with The Playground (Hřiště) and...
- 5/8/2025
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Jiří Bartoška, Czech actor and Karlovy Vary Film Festival president, died Thursday at age 78.
Bartoška was born in the Czech Republic on March 24, 1947. After attending Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, he started working at the Divadlo Husa na provázku Theatre in Brno. Bartoška’s theater career spanned through the early 1970s to the ’90s, and during that time he started a residency at the Theatre on the Balustrade and made his film debut in the 1975 Czech drama “The Playground.”
He became notable for his work in several films including “Sekal Has to Die,” “All My Loved Ones” and “Tiger Theory.” He took home a Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor for his “All My Loved Ones” performance and then earned a nomination in the same category a year later for “Sekal Has to Die.” He garnered even more acclaim as an actor with his role...
Bartoška was born in the Czech Republic on March 24, 1947. After attending Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, he started working at the Divadlo Husa na provázku Theatre in Brno. Bartoška’s theater career spanned through the early 1970s to the ’90s, and during that time he started a residency at the Theatre on the Balustrade and made his film debut in the 1975 Czech drama “The Playground.”
He became notable for his work in several films including “Sekal Has to Die,” “All My Loved Ones” and “Tiger Theory.” He took home a Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor for his “All My Loved Ones” performance and then earned a nomination in the same category a year later for “Sekal Has to Die.” He garnered even more acclaim as an actor with his role...
- 5/8/2025
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
Jiri Bartoska, celebrated Czech actor and president of Karlovy Vary Film Festival since 1994, has died aged 78.
Bartoska’s death was confirmed by a festival spokesperson; he had been suffering from cancer for the last 11 years.
The festival has blacked out its social media profile on X, and posted a photo of Bartoska with a black heart.
Bartoska’s death was confirmed by a festival spokesperson; he had been suffering from cancer for the last 11 years.
The festival has blacked out its social media profile on X, and posted a photo of Bartoska with a black heart.
- 5/8/2025
- ScreenDaily
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