Ivan Franěk

{{Short description|Czech actor (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Ivan Franěk | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|06|17}} | birth_place = Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = Ivan Franeck | occupation = Actor | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | website = }}

'''Ivan Franěk''' (born 17 June 1964), sometimes credited as '''Ivan Franeck''', is a Czech film and television actor.

==Early life and education== {{Expand section|prose on education, etc.|date=August 2010}} He was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia. Franěk moved to France in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |author=Staff writer? |date=n.d. |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/ivan-franek/28093/|title=Ivan Franek: Bruciare nel Vento del Cinema Italiano |website=mymovies.it |accessdate=16 August 2010 |language=it |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007070007/http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=55284 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career== His first major role was appearing as Tobias in the romance drama film ''Brucio Nel Vento'' (English: ''Burning in the Wind'') (2002), directed Silvio Soldini.<ref name="radio">{{cite news |url=http://www.radio.cz/es/articulo/77943/limit |title=Ivan Franek, un Acteur Tchèque, Français et Italien |last=Segertová |first=Magdalena |date=16 April 2006 |publisher=Czech Radio |accessdate=16 August 2010 |language=fr}}</ref> He has performed in Italian and French films and television, and has made an occasional appearance in Czech films including appearing as Karel in the drama film ''Tajnosti'' (English: ''Little Girl Blue'') (2007) directed by Alice Nellis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/99101 |title=Une Année de Culture et De Rencontres |last=Kubišta |first=Anna |date=1 January 2008 |publisher=Czech Radio |language=fr|accessdate=16 August 2010}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{Incomplete list|date=January 2011}} * ''Chaos'' (2001)<ref>{{Subscription required|date=August 2010}}{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E2DD1039F93AA15752C0A9659C8B63 |title=Movie Review: ''Chaos'' |author=Holden, Stephen |date=29 January 2003 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=3 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Absolitude'' (2001) * ''Cuore di Donna'' (2002) * ''Vodka Lemon'' (2003)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2005/06/03/twists_add_charm_to_vodka_lemon/ |title=Twists Add Charm to ''Vodka Lemon'' |author=Burr, Ty |date=3 June 2005 |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=16 August 2010 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025193630/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2005/06/03/twists_add_charm_to_vodka_lemon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Burning in the Wind'' (2002)<ref name="radio" /> as Tobias * ''Les Marins Perdus'' (2003)<ref name="radio" /> * ''Sulla Mia Pelle'' (2003) * ''36 Quai des Orfèvres'' (2004) as Bruno Winterstein * ''Le Cri'' (2006) * ''Premonition'' (2006) as Thomas Jozic * ''Tajnosti'' (English: ''Little Girl Blue'') (2007) as Karel * ''Clare and Francis'' (2007) as Federico * ''The Army of Crime'' (2009) as Feri Boczov * ''Isole'' (2012) * ''Tulpa'' (2012) * ''La grande bellezza'' (2013) * ''Blood of My Blood'' (2015) * ''Chlorine'' (2015) * ''Ears'' (2016) * ''Bloody Richard'' (2017) * ''The Invisible Boy - Second Generation'' (2018) * ''Anna'' (2019)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0290432}}

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