
Petr Čepek was a Czech actor associated with The Drama Club in Prague. His final film was Faust, directed by Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer. Cepek attended the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) along with many notable Czech actors of the time, before appearing in Ostrava’s first theater, DPB until 1965. After joining with fellow colleagues in Prague’s Činoherní Klub, where he contributed to the formation of numerous famous theatre productions such as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Gogo’s Revizor (The Government Inspector). Čepek turned to politics in the late 1980s, participating in political rallies and negotiations before returning to the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) to teach until his death in 1994. Čepek was honored posthumously for his double role in the Švankmajers film Faust.

Morgiana
1972 · as Glenar

Granny
1971 · as Black Gamekeeper

The Three Veterans
1984 · as Bimbác

Faust
1994 · as Faust

My Sweet Little Village
1985 · as Josef Turek

The Secret of Steel City
1979 · as Filbank

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
1970 · as Albert Einstein

The Death of Black King
1972 · as Vili Berger

Portrait
1982 · as Alfréd Kalvoda

Mandragora
1971 · as Ligur

Adelheid
1970 · as Viktor Chotovický

The Damned House of Hajn
1989 · as Cyril

Svědek umírajícího času
1991 · as Jan Jesenius

Ferat Vampire
1982 · as Kriz

The Elementary School
1991 · as Rádži Tamil

The Valley of the Bees
1968 · as Ondřej z Vlkova

Cutting It Short
1981 · as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady

The Snowdrop Festival
1984 · as řezník