Vlasta Vrána

Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána
Born	1950 (age 73–74); Norway
Years active	1973–present

Vlasta Vrána (born 1950) is a Canadian actor of Czech descent.

Life and career

Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's Shivers. Vrána has appeared in television shows and films, including The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead, Varian's War, Pachamama, and The Blue Man.

In 2005 he received an Award of Excellence from ACTRA Montreal and the Richard Kind Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival for his lead role in B. P. Paquette's psychological drama, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards. Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow.

Voice-acting credits include Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000 and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, documentaries and radio and TV commercials. He narrated the Canada Vignettes and other films for the National Film Board of Canada.

Filmography

Shivers (1975) as Kresimer Sviben
Rabid (1977) as Cop at Clinic
One Man (1977) as Gendron's Colleague
The New Avengers (1977, TV Series) as Karavitch
Strangers at the Door (1977, Short) as Jan
Back Alley Blue (1977, Short)
Blackout (1978)
Canada Vignettes (1978, Short) as Narrator
Jigsaw (L'homme en colère) (1978) as Le gérant du club
The Spirit Adventure: Night Flight (1979, TV Movie) as Radio Operator
Meet the Martians (1979, Short) as Narrator
No Fighting Habitat (1979) as Narrator
The Littlest Hobo (1980, TV Series) as Policeman
Atmos (1980, Documentary, short) as Narrator
Happy Birthday to Me (1981) as Bartender
Gas (1981) as Baron Stuyvesant
Heavy Metal (1981) as Barbarian Leader (voice) (segment "Taarna")
The Amateur (1981) as Guide
Ulysses 31 (1981-1982, TV Series) as Zeus
Astro Boy (1981) (voice, Cinelume English dub)
Belle and Sebastian (1981) (voice, English dub)
Top Priority (1981)
The Emperor of Peru (1982) as Policeman
Hard Feelings (1982) as Mr. Holland
End Game in Paris (1982, Short)
A Room Full of Energy (1982, Short) as Narrator
The Forbes Home (1983, Documentary short) as Narrator
Illusion (1983, TV Movie) as Ben Grover
The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982-1983, TV Series) as Narrator and Kokapelt (English dub, voice)
Candy the Striper (1983) as Guy at Bar
Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983, TV Movie) as Murphy
A Matter of Cunning (1983, TV Movie) as Ted Haskell
Hey Babe! (1983) as Roy
The Surrogate (1984) as Bill
Charlie Grant's War (1984, TV Movie) as Police Chief
The Adventures of the Little Koala (1984, TV Series) as Weather (voice)
Secret Weapons (1985, TV Movie) as Ivan
The Hitchhiker (1985, TV Series) as Mark Greenburg / Undercover Cop #2
Breaking All the Rules (1985) as Detective
One Step Away (1985)
A Time to Live (1985, TV Movie) as Policeman Grosso
The Blue Man (1985) as Scott
The World Turned Upside Down (1985) as Narrator (voice)
The World of David the Gnome (1985, TV Series) as Swift (voice; English dub)
Bumpety Boo (1985, TV Series) (voice)
Choices (1986, TV Movie) as Minister
C.A.T. Squad (1986, TV Movie)
The Morning Man (1986)
Cat City (1986) as Mr. Gatto (English dub, voice)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987, TV Series) (voice)
He Shoots, He Scores (1986, TV Series) as Popov
Keeping Track (1986) as Chuck
Great Collections from the Montreal Botanical Garden (1986) as Narrator
Age of the Rivers (1986) as Narrator
Spearfield's Daughter (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Gerd
The Lonely Passion of Brian Moore (1986, Documentary) as Narrator (voice)
Life on Ice (1986, Documentary short) as Narrator
Amerika (1987, TV Mini-Series) as Sergei
Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987, TV Movie) as William Murphy
Nowhere to Hide (1987) as Sonny Cambria
First Offender (1987, TV Movie) (uncredited)
Opération Ypsilon [fr] (1987, TV Movie) as Katsender
The Man Who Stole Dreams (1987, Short) as Narrator (voice)
Dreams of a Land (1987, Short) as Narrator
The Gnomes' Great Adventure (1987, original version) as Swift
Arctic River (1987, Documentary short) as Narrator
Equatorial River (1987, Documentary short) Narrator
A Safety Net' (1987, Documentary short) as Narrator
Mario, Mike and the Great Gretzky" (1988, Documentary) as amusing Narrator
God Bless the Child (1988, TV Movie) as Harold Matthews
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988, TV Movie)
Edge of Ice (1988, Documentary) as Narrator
Hitting Home (1988, TV Movie) as Phil Grande
The Kiss (1988) as Bishop
Midnight Magic (1988, TV Movie) as Ryan Burr
The Mills of Power (1988)
Red Earth, White Earth (1989, TV Movie) as William
Day One (1989, TV Movie) as Hans Bethe
Champagne Charlie (1989, TV Movie)
Jesus of Montreal (1989) as Fr. Leclerc (English dub, voice)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) as Frank
Nail Soup: Scandinavian Folktale (1989) as Narrator
Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan (1989) (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1990, TV Series) as Paul Revere
War of the Worlds (1990, TV Series) as Jonathan Laporte
Friday the 13th: The Series (1989-1990, TV Series) Webster Eby / Sheriff
Falling Over Backwards (1990) as Drunk
Angel Square (1990) as Logg
Whispers (1990) as Sheriff Laurenski
The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty (1990, Short) The King
Money (1991) as Mel Glatzman
Scanners II: The New Order (1991) as Lt. Gelson
Deadly Surveillance (1991, TV Movie) as Palatzo
Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991) (voice)
The Jungle Book (1991) as Grizzle
Counterstrike (1990-1991, TV Series) as Detective Samuelson and Lt. Samuelson
Bob in a Bottle (1991) (voice)
Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio (1991) (voice)
Mom P.I. (1991, TV Series)
On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919 (1991, Short documentary) as Narrator (voice)
Gulliver's Travels (1992) (voice)
Sharky and George (1992) (voice)
Sandokan (1992) (voice)
A Bunch of Munsch (1992, TV Series) (voice)
The Legend of White Fang (1992, TV Series) (voice)
Urban Angel (1991-1992, TV Series) as Lieutenant Drabeck
Christopher Columbus (1993, TV Series) (voice)
Spirou (1993, TV Series) (voice)
The Adventures of Grady Greenspace (1993, TV Series) as Rafia Rat
Around the World in 80 Dreams (1993, TV Series) (voice)
Street Legal (1989-1993, TV Series) as Howard Champion / Mario Pestano
The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993, Documentary) as Narrator
Flight from Justice (1993, TV Movie) as Nathan
Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993, TV Movie) as Benny
The Lifeforce Experiment (1994, TV Movie) as Dr. Robbie Allman
Brainscan (1994) as Frank
Papa Beaver's Storytime (1994, TV Series) (voice)
Warriors (1994) as Mr. Parker
Stalked (1994) as Sanders
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) as Vorisek
Relative Fear (1994) as Mr. Schulman
Aventures dans le Grand Nord (1995, TV Series) as Jacques
Sirens (1995, TV Series) as Arnold Freize
Hiroshima (1995, TV Movie) as Gen. Tom Farrell
Crosswinds (1995, TV Movie) as Harry
For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story (1996, TV Movie) as Dr. Zimmerman
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996, TV Movie) as Hans Schreiber
Due South (1996, TV Series) as Henri Cloutier
Hollow Point (1996) as FBI Agent in Chase
Marked Man (1996) as Warden Jackson
The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo (1996, TV Series) as Frollo / Prison Guard
Mother Night (1996) as August Krapptauer
Gotti (1996, TV Movie) as Romual Piecyk
Hawk's Vengeance (1996) as Duquesne
Natural Enemy (1996) as Stanley
The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993-1996, TV Series) (voice)
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games (1996, Video Game) (voice)
While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997, TV Movie) as Bishop
Night of the Demons 3 (1997) as Dewhurst
Stranger in the House (1997) as Alex Alexander
The Peacekeeper (1997) as General Douglas
The Assignment (1997) as KGB Head Officer
Windsor Protocol (1997, TV Movie) as Hardy's Aide
Lobby (1997, TV Series) as Jacques Baldwin
Kayla (1997) as Lyman Snow
Night Hood (1997, TV Series) (voice)
The Little Lulu Show (1997, TV Series) (voice)
Princess Sissi (1997, TV Series) (voice)
Ivanhoe (1997, TV Series) Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
The Hunger (1997-1998, TV Series) as Boatman / Rhys
Glory and Hunger (1998, TV Movie) as Morris Jesup
Thunder Point (1998, TV Movie) (voice)
Escape from Wildcat Canyon (1996) as Tully
Kayla (1998)
The Ultimate Weapon (1998) as 'Top' Drummond
The Girl Next Door (1998, TV Movie) as Howard Poolin
Team S.O.S. (1998, TV Series) (voice)
Flight Squad (1998, TV Series) (voice)
Dog's World (1998, TV Series) (voice)
Animal Crackers (1998, TV Series) (voice)
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1998, TV Series) (voice)
To a Different Beat (1998, Documentary) as Narrator
L'ombre de l'épervier (1998, TV Series) as De LaRosbille
Cold Squad (1999, TV Series) as Valentin Kucharek
Bonnano: A Godfather's Story (1999, TV Movie) as Franklin Roosevelt
The Collectors (1999, TV Movie) as Sgt Grander
Eye of the Beholder (1999) as Mr. Hugo Sr.
Grey Owl (1999) as Harry Champlin
Emily of New Moon (1999, TV Series) as Wendall McKay
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999, TV Movie) as Mr. Van Tassle
Running Home (1999) as Robinson
The Maurice Rocket Richard Story (1999, TV Series) as Voix à la radio
Revenge of the Land (1999, TV Movie)
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1999, TV Series) (voice)
Billy and Buddy (1999, TV Series) (voice)
Bizby (1999, TV Series) (voice)
Turtle Island (1999, TV Series) (voice)
A Miss Mallard Mystery (1999, TV Series) (voice)
Waking the Dead (2000) as Priest at Sarah's Funeral
Press Run (2000) as Sam Kettle
Revenge (2000) as Dan McCartney
Reaper (2000) as Sheriff Norris
Believe (2000) as Mortimer Higgins
Where the Money Is (2000) as Jewelry Store Employee
Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) as Street Vendor (voice)
The List (2000) (voice)
Cause of Death (2001) as Al Bailey
Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001, TV Movie) as George McBlair
All Souls (2001, TV Series) as Dr. Lyman Brisco
Varian's War (2001, TV Movie) as Franz Werfel
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within (2001, TV Movie) as Dr. Charles Cook
L'or (2001, TV Series) as Vlad Kovak
After Amy (2001, TV Movie)
Protection (2001) as Shimanski
Wunschpunsch (2000-2001) as Maledictus Maggot (English version, voice)
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (2001, TV Series) (voice)
Iron Nose (2001, TV Series) (voice)
Wombat City (2001, TV Series) (voice)
Belphegor (2001, TV Series) (voice)
The Lost World (2001, TV Movie) (voice)
Fidel (2001, Documentary) as Narrator
Requiem for Fanny (2001, Documentary) as Narrator
Obsessed (2002, TV Movie) as Psychiatrist
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002, TV Movie) as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Redeemer (2002, TV Movie) as Edward Chase
Big Wolf on Campus (1999-2002, TV Series) as Professor Flugelhoff / King Augustus
Just a Walk in the Park (2002, TV Movie) as Publisher
The Book of Eve (2002) as Steve Lock
Scent of Danger (2002, TV Movie) as Dr. York
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002, Video Game)
Alone We Stand (2002, Short) as Narrator
Pig City (2002, TV Series) (voice)
Levity (2003) as Man on Parole Board
Lucky Luke (2001-2003, TV Series) as Joe Dalton (voice)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003, TV Movie) as Ray Harding
The Human Stain (2003) as Solly Tabak
Timeline (2003) as Monk
Bad Apple (2004, TV Movie) as Fleisig
Secret Window (2004) as Fire Chief Wickersham
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) as Booker (MPC)
Wicker Park (2004) as Jeweller
Baby for Sale (2004, TV Movie)
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards(2004) as Jack Richards
Manners of Dying (2004) as Doctor Lowe
When Angels Come to Town (2004, TV Movie) as Franz
Tripping the Rift (2004, TV Series) (voice)
Life and Times, John Paul II (2004, TV Series) (voice)
Ocean Tales (2004, TV Series) (voice)
The Three Pigs (2004, TV Series) (voice)
Potatoes and Dragons (2004, TV Series) (voice)
Ratz (2004, TV Series) (voice)
Winx Club (2004, TV Series) (voice, English dub)
Dragon Hunters (2004, TV Series) (voice)
The Boy (2004, TV Series) (voice)
The Tournament (2005, TV Series) as Coach Jenkins (Season 1)
Crimes of Passion (2005, TV Movie) as Malcolm McBradden
Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2005) as Narrator (voice)
Human Trafficking (2005, TV Mini-Series) as Tommy
Canadian Case Files (2005, TV Series) as Narrator (voice)
Black Eyed Dog (2006) as Andreas
My Goldfish is Evil (2006, TV Series) (voice)
A Life Interrupted (2007, TV Movie) as Committee Chairman
I Me Wed (2007, TV Movie) as Roy
Race to Mars (2007, TV Mini-Series) as Space Agency Narrator (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008, TV Movie) as Judge Shoehan
Lava Storm (2008, TV Movie) as Mike Wilson
The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008, TV Movie) as Official
WarGames: The Dead Code (2008) as Ivan Prokosh
The Christmas Choir (2008, TV Movie)
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) as Gregor
Carny (2009, TV Movie) as Pastor Owen
The Last Templar (2009, TV Series) as Taxi Driver
The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice (2010, TV Movie) as Maitre D'
Arctic Blast (2010) as Narrator (voice)
Territories (2010) as Sheriff White
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011, Video Game) as Detective Chase (voice)
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011, Video Game) as Manuel Palailogos (voice)
Upside Down (2012) as Mr. Hunt
Pinocchio (2012) as Mangiafuoco / The Jailer (English dub, voice)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013, Video Game) as Introductory Narrator (voice)
Red 2 (2013) as General McKennon
The Informant (2013) as Contrôleur Nichols
Gurov and Anna (2014) as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Husband (2014) as Gardener
Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015, TV Movie) as Salvation Army Santa
Race (2016) as St-John
19-2 (2014-2016, TV Series) as Ben's Father
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016, Video Game) as Otar Botkoveli (voice)
The Glass Castle (2017) as Mr. Lehocky
The Zone (2017) as Stalker
Pachamama (2018) as Shaman
Les Misérables (2018, TV Mini-Series) as Voice Director
Swept Up by Christmas (2020 TV film) as Alan Hawthorne
Hall (2020) as Peter
Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) - 2021 as Tom (English version)

References

^ Vlasta Vrana Biography ((?)-)

External links

Vlasta Vrána at IMDb

[1] Vlasta Vrana Biography ((?)-)

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