Jan Tříska
Jan Tříska, Brooklyn Academy of Music, November 4, 2005
Born	November 4, 1936 (1936-11-04) (age 73) Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Triska or Jan Tříska (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtr̝̊iːska]; 4 November 1936) is a Czech-American actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Life and career in the United States 1.3 Return to Czechoslovakia 2 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and career

He was born in Prague. Before his emigration he performed in the theater and had many roles in movies, for example in Starci na chmelu (1964), the movie version of Radúz a Mahulena (1970) and in the communist propaganda piece 30 Cases of Major Zeman. He has two children with actress Karla Chadimová as well as a grandson named Augustin.

[edit] 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. he played the assassin in Miloš Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt, besides appearing in Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven, Blizzard, The Osterman Weekend, Ronin, Apt Pupil (as Isaac Weiskopf) and many others.

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

[edit] Return to Czechoslovakia

He visited Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution of 1989 to perform in such movies as Obecná škola (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.

[edit] External links

• Jan Triska at the Internet Movie Database

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