JB
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Czech actor
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Male
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Birth:
24 March 1947(Děčín)
The details
Biography
Jiří Bartoška (born March 24, 1947 in Děčín) is a Czech actor and the president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Bartoška is a popular Czech actor, and played a number of roles in Czech films. In 2000, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Czech Lion awards for his performance in All My Loved Ones, being nominated for the same award also the previous year for his performance in Sekal Has to Die. In 1994, he became the president of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Together with Eva Zaoralová he managed to return popularity and prestige to the almost dead festival.