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Born: November 4, 1936 – Died: September 25, 2017
Jan Tríska, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), was a highly acclaimed actor known for his charismatic performances. With notable roles in films like Ronin (1998), Apt Pupil (1998), and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Tríska captivated audiences with his talent and versatility. Throughout his career, he left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry, leaving behind a legacy of memorable characters and memorable performances. Tríska's contributions to the world of acting will always be remembered, ensuring that his talent continues to inspire generations to come.
Early Life and Career
Jan Tríska was born and raised in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). He began his acting career in the Czechoslovak film industry and got his first professional role there. However, his breakthrough role came in the film Ronin (1998), where he portrayed a Dapper Gent. This role showcased his exceptional acting skills and brought him international recognition.
Tríska's career reached new heights with his role as Isaac Weiskopf in the film Apt Pupil (1998). This critically acclaimed performance further solidified his reputation as a talented and versatile actor.
Throughout his career, Tríska received several awards and nominations for his noteworthy performances. In terms of his personal life, Tríska was married to Karla Chadimová.
Tríska made a significant impact on the Hollywood and Czech film industries with his memorable characters and performances. He is considered a highly respected actor within the industry, known for his charisma and talent. His contributions to the entertainment industry have left a lasting impression.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Barefoot | Eda's grandfather |
| 2016 | Drazí sousedé (TV Series) | Alois Vrba |
| 2014 | Stopy zivota (TV Series) | Otec |
| 2014 | Piknik (TV Movie) | Vojta Safránek |
| 2013 | Zero Hour (TV Series) | Old Clockmaker |
| 2012 | Bastardi 3 | Majeruv obhájce |
| 2011 | Hranari | Bishop |
| 2010 | Leaving (TV Movie) | Vilém Rieger |
| 2009 | Setkání v Praze, s vrazdou (TV Movie) | Smíd |
| 2008 | Máj | Hangman |
| 2005 | Lunacy | Marquis |
| 2004 | Up and Down | Professor Otakar Horecký |
| 2003 | Jedna ruka netleská | Otec Standy |
| 2003 | Zelary | Old Gorcík |
| 2003 | Trosecníci | Unknown |
| 2003 | Blizzard | Otto Brewer | Trainer |
| 2002 | Buh ví... (Short) | Vincent |
| 2002 | Rok dábla | Unknown |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields | Marcus (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Cahoots | Laphonse |
| 2000 | Lost Souls | Melvin Szabo |
| 2000 | Secret Agent Man (TV Series) | Dr. Sergei Yurov (as Jan Triska) |
| 1999 | The Omega Code | Prophet #1 |
| 1999 | Loving Jezebel | Melvin Szabo (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Highlander: The Raven (TV Series) | Nicolae Breslaw |
| 1998 | Ronin | Dapper Gent |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Isaac Weiskopf |
| 1997 | Highlander (TV Series) | Nicolae Breslaw |
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | The Assassin |
| 1996 | Deadly Web (TV Movie) | Dr. Ascher |
| 1996 | Andersonville (TV Mini Series) | Capt. Henry Wirz |
| 1995 | Drawn from Memory (TV Movie) | Jan Fierlinger (voice) |
| 1995 | My Antonia (TV Movie) | Mr. Shimerda |
| 1994 | Rád | Prior |
| 1994 | Because Mommy Works (TV Movie) | Dr. Arthur Jamidar |
| 1994 | World War II: When Lions Roared (TV Mini Series) | Vyacheslav Molatov |
| 1993 | Heart of Darkness (TV Movie) | White Agent |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues | Axel |
| 1991 | The Elementary School | Igor Hnizdo |
| 1990 | One Life to Live (TV Series) | Captain Herman Frank |
| 1990 | Hunter (TV Series) | Nicholae Janosch (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Quantum Leap (TV Series) | Laszlo Panzini |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Steckler |
| 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III | Milos |
| 1988 | Black Eagle | Capt. Valery |
| 1987 | Crime Story (TV Series) | Vasi |
| 1987 | The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (TV Movie) | Gen. Wolf |
| 1985 | Evergreen (TV Mini Series) | Dr. Theo Stoller |
| 1985 | Hotel (TV Series) | Lukovich |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland (TV Movie) | Mike Romanoff |
| 1985 | Airwolf (TV Series) | Lt. Cmdr. Leoni Zlrukov |
| 1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | Alexander Kovalev |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Swedish Architect |
| 1983–1984 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) | Nicolai |
| 1984 | Unfaithfully Yours | Jerzy Czyrek |
| 1984 | The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (TV Movie) | Deputy Markov |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Gericault |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Andrei Mikalovich |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Emil Remick (as Jan Triska) |
| 1983 | The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (TV Movie) | Vaselievich |
| 1982 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) | Dr. Karl Edsen |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Rodzenko |
| 1981 | Reds | Karl Radek |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Special Reporter |
| 1979 | The Great Detective (TV Series) | Peter |
| 1978 | Leave Me Alone | Marek's Father (scenes deleted) |
| 1977 | Talíre nad Velkým Malíkovem | Mine carpenter Salánek |
| 1977 | Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu | Aventuro |
| 1977 | Der Mädchenkrieg | Schwerdtfeger |
| 1976 | Do posledneho dychu | Erich Fischer |
| 1976 | Desat' percent nádeje | Mato |
| 1976 | Na samote u lesa | Dr. Václav Houdek |
| 1976 | Tetované casom | Dr. Hocko |
| 1976 | 30 prípadu majora Zemana (TV Series) | Eda |
| 1975 | Kde jsi byl, Odyssee? (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1975 | Este sa nevraciam (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1975 | Zivot na uteku | Vasek |
| 1975 | Kaspárek, Honza a drak (TV Mini Series) | Narrator (voice, as J. Tríska) |
| 1974 | Pätnást zivotov (TV Movie) | doktor Bernát |
| 1974 | Pavol zasahuje (TV Mini Series) | Unknown |
| 1974 | Královský gambit (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1974 | Petr pátrá s námi (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1974 | The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Unknown |
| 1974 | The Sixth Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | A Thousand and One Nights | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | Zbojník Ondrás (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1974 | Wie füttert man einen Esel | Pepi |
| 1973 | Tichý svedek (TV Movie) | Milan |
| 1973 | Letím do bourky (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1973 | Poslední dopis (TV Movie) | captain Billard |
| 1973 | A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) | Oberon |
| 1973 | Klec (TV Movie) | Jan Svozil |
| 1973 | Horolezci | Miso Lapsanský |
| 1973 | Cerné na bílém (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1973 | Princess Goldilocks (TV Movie) | Rybár (as J. Triska) |
| 1973 | The Third Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1973 | The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1973 | The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1973 | O sevci Matejovi (TV Movie) | Shoemaker Matej |
| 1973 | Don Juan (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1973 | CBS Children's Film Festival (TV Series) | Mikula |
| 1972 | Pohár za první polocas (TV Movie) | Petr Hendrich |
| 1972 | Trhani (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1972 | Královská ozvena (TV Movie) | Mateo |
| 1972 | Dva bratri (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1972 | The Second Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1972 | Miss Golem | Petr |
| 1972 | Moc bez slávy (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1972 | Dost dobrí chlapi | Kamil Gubris |
| 1971 | Ruze a prsten (TV Movie) | Prince Vavrín |
| 1971 | F.L. Vek (TV Series) | Sebek Hnevkovský |
| 1971 | The Voyage of Sinbad (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | Návstevy | Unknown |
| 1970 | Drobínek (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1970 | Radúz a Mahulena | Radúz |
| 1970 | Lucie a zazraky | Mikulás |
| 1970 | On the Comet | Porucík Servadac (voice) |
| 1969 | Záhada hlavolamu (TV Series) | Siroko |
| 1969 | Nespavost ve dvou (TV Short) | Unknown |
| 1969 | Hádavá pohádka (TV Movie) | Herder Ondra |
| 1969 | Popelka (TV Movie) | Vandrák |
| 1969 | Zabí muzikál (TV Movie) | Prince Vanilin |
| 1969 | Vylozene rodinná historie (TV Movie) | Pavel |
| 1968 | Dreyfusova aféra (TV Mini Series) | Dreyfus |
| 1968 | Raport (TV Movie) | Karel |
| 1968 | Kulhavý dábel | Rudolf (voice) |
| 1968 | Ctyri v kruhu | motocyklový závodník Michal Fencl |
| 1968 | Klapzubova jedenáctka (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1967 | Zenitba (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1967 | A Game Without Rules | Duda |
| 1967 | Martin a cervené sklícko | malír a zámecký pruvodce Syllaba |
| 1966 | Kacafírek (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1966 | Lidé z maringotek | Acrobat Vincek |
| 1966 | Hore z rozumu (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1966 | Výnatky z Adamova deníku (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1965 | Úkryt cerného Billa (Short) | Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Five Million Witnesses | Vysetrovatel VB Koval |
| 1965 | Zlá minuta (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1965 | Strasná zena | Honza Pokorný (voice) |
| 1965 | Das Haus in der Karpfengasse | Kowlorat |
| 1965 | Hvezda zvaná Pelynek | Lojzík |
| 1964 | Komedie s Klikou | Rísa |
| 1964 | Zacít znova | Jan Stehlík - brigade worker (voice) |
| 1964 | Mezi námi zlodeji | Man in Pub |
| 1963 | Romance stedrovecerní (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1963 | Etuda pro kontrabas (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1963 | Domácí víno (TV Movie) | Ota |
| 1963 | Zlaté kapradí | Jura (voice) |
| 1963 | The Death of Tarzan | Clown |
| 1962 | Jejich den (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1962 | Neomylní (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1962 | Dva z onoho sveta | Robert Forda, Petruv syn |
| 1962 | Kohout plasí smrt | Jozka |
| 1961 | Kde alibi nestací | laborant Mirek Zach |
| 1961 | Srpnová nedele | Tomás |
| 1961 | Policejní hodina | Venca |
| 1961 | Pochodne | delnický predák Josef Pecka |
| 1960 | Dlouhý den v krátkém zivote (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1960 | Jeste vcera to znamenalo smrt (Short) | Pavel |
| 1960 | Vsude zijí lidé | Lojza Posvár |
| 1960 | Duhu pro muj den (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1960 | U nás v Mechové | Lojzícek |
| 1960 | První parta | Havír |
| 1959 | Stací mlcet (TV Movie) | Emil |
| 1959 | Kruh | Honzík |
| 1959 | Pet z milionu | Vasek |
| 1957 | Váhavý strelec | Unknown |
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