Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska, Brooklyn Academy of Music, November 4, 2005
Born (1936-11-04) November 4, 1936
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Years active 1957-present
Spouse(s) Karla Třísková
Children 2

Jan Triska or Jan Tříska (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtr̝̊iːska]; 4 November 1936) is a Czech actor, most notable for portraying Captain Henry Wirz in the American television film Andersonville.

Biography

Early life and career

He was born in Prague. Before his emigration he performed in the theater and had many roles in movies. He has two daughters, Karla and Jana, with actress Karla Chadimová, as well as a grandson named Augustin.

Life and career in the United States

After signing the Charter 77 proclamation, he emigrated to the United States via Cyprus. In the U.S. his most notable role was probably that of Milos, the loyal butler and personal assistant to Mr. Terry Silver, in The Karate Kid, Part III. He also played the assassin in Miloš Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt, and appeared in Highlander: The Series (season 5, episode 10), Highlander: The Raven, Blizzard, The Osterman Weekend, Ronin, Apt Pupil (as Isaac Weiskopf), and Peter Hyams' ambitious and successful sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: The Year We Make Contact among many others.

Despite occasional visits to the Czech Republic, Tříska continues to live in the United States.

Return to Czech Republic

He visited Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution of 1989 to perform in such movies as The Elementary School (1991), Horem pádem (2004), the Academy Award nominated Želary (2003) and Máj (adaptation of Karel Hynek Mácha). In 2002, Tříska received an Alfréd Radok Award for his performance as Lear in King Lear at the Summer Shakespeare Festival at Prague Castle.

Theatre

American National Theater

New York's Public Theater

La Jolla Playhouse

Tylovo divadlo, Prague

Divadlo za branou

Národní divadlo, Prague

Another Stage Works

External links

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