Jan Tříska

Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 4 November 2005
Born (1936-11-04)4 November 1936
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died 25 September 2017(2017-09-25) (aged 80)
Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation actor
Years active 1957–2017
Spouse(s) Karla Chadimová
Children 2

Jan Triska or Jan Tříska (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtr̝̊iːska]; 4 November 1936 – 25 September 2017) was a Czech actor, most notable for portraying Captain Henry Wirz in the American television film Andersonville.

Biography

Early life and career

Tříska was born in Prague. Prior to immigrating, first to Canada (Vancouver, BC) then to the U.S., he performed numerous roles in both theater and film. He had two daughters, Karla and Jana, with actress Karla Chadimová, and also had 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. His most notable film role in the U.S. 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 the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Peter Hyams' 2010: The Year We Make Contact, among many others.

Return to the Czech Republic

After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Tříska visited the Czech Republic to perform in movies such as The Elementary School (1991), Horem pádem (2004), the Academy Award nominated Želary (2003) and Máj (2008; based on the poem Máj by 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.

Although he occasionally visited the Czech Republic, Tříska remained a resident of the United States.

Death

On 23 September 2017, for reasons yet to be determined, Tříska fell from the Charles Bridge in Prague. Passengers on a nearby boat rescued him from the Vltava river, after which he was resuscitated and hospitalized in serious condition.[1] He died in hospital two days later, on 25 September 2017.[2][3]

Theatre

American National Theater

New York's Public Theater

La Jolla Playhouse

Tylovo divadlo, Prague

  • Srpnová neděle (1959) .... Jirka (Play by František Hrubín, directed by Otomar Krejča)
  • Don Juan (1959) .... Young Boy (Molière, directed by Jaromír Pleskot)
  • Konec masopustu (1964) .... Rafael (Play by Josef Topol, directed by Otomar Krejča)
  • Měsíc na vsi (1965) .... Aleksej N. Beljajev (Play by I. S. Turgenev, directed by Rudolf Hrušínský)

Divadlo za branou

Národní divadlo, Prague

Others

References

  1. ↑ Velinger, Jan (2017-09-24). "Actor Jan Tříska in serious condition after falling from Charles Bridge". radio.cz. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  2. ↑ Spáčilová, Mirka (2017-09-25). "Po pádu z mostu zemřel herec Jan Tříska, slavný učitel z Obecné školy". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  3. ↑ http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/screen-and-stage-great-jan-triska-dies-at-80
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