Education
In 1958, he graduated in Czechoslovakian language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague.
Actor playwright singer writer songwriter
In 1958, he graduated in Czechoslovakian language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague.
He is one of the most popular Czechoslovakian cultural personalities. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies.
Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.