Luděk Sobota

Luděk Sobota

Born: May 27, 1943
in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Luděk Sobota (born 27 May 1943, Prague) is a Czech stand-up comedian and actor. He studied at Faculty of Theatre. He had his own theatre in Prague, Divadlo Ludka Soboty (Theatre of Luděk Sobota), which was located near the metro station I. P. Pavlova. He was in a comedy trio with Petr Nárožný and Miloslav Šimek. He is also known for providing voice-acting for the protagonist in the Polda video game series.

He graduated from the transport industry school, then graduated from the Prague DAMU. Although he had the ability to play well and character roles, his own domain became a comic, especially author, based on his own texts and improvisation.

He first recognized such a work in the collective creative spirit of the Ypsilon ensemble under the direction of Jan Schmidt, where he played since 1968. In the general public he became the main actor in the film Jáchyme, throw him into the machine !.

Between 1973 and 1990, he worked in the Semafor theater in Prague, where he performed the type of his subtle whisper in the scenes with Miloslav Šimek and Petr Nárožný. A number of these sketches were also released on Panton's record labels.

Between 2006 and 2008, he was conducting his own Prague Dive Theater in Pavlov's Square, where he was an actor, director and author, and played by his wife, Adrian. It was closed for lack of funds.

Since September 2010 he has been starring in the TV comedy series The District Revolution as Václav Orel, where he serves as chairman of TJ Slavoj Houslice club.

He is married for the second time. From her first marriage to Jana Sobotova, she has a son, Robert (* 1964). From the second marriage to Adrian Sobotova, he has a son Ladislav (* 1988).

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Movies for Luděk Sobota...

Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Title: Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2023
Type: Movie
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Malé dějiny Žižkova
Title: Malé dějiny Žižkova
Released: September 13, 2022
Type: Movie
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Stáří není pro sraby
Title: Stáří není pro sraby
Character: Janata
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
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Mstitel
Title: Mstitel
Character: primář
Released: July 1, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Kapitán Říp
Character: Sobota
Released: May 10, 2020
Type: TV
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All or Nothing
Title: All or Nothing
Character: otec
Released: January 12, 2017
Type: Movie
Linda and Vanda, two good-looking women in their thirties, are inseparable friends and co-owners of a small bookstore in the city center. Linda is divorced, educated and practical, has a little daughter and a sense of responsibility. Vanda, on the contrary, is single and free, attracting men as a magnet, but none of them is able to keep up with her spontaneity. Edo, shy, sensitive, and introverted gay working with them in the bookstore, longs for love for ages too. The lives of this trio get finally tangled by several men, while everything turns up differently than any of them had expected.
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Title: Ohnivý kuře
Character: Sváťa
Released: March 5, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Na vodě
Character: Čestmír Dubský
Released: February 7, 2016
Type: TV
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Us 2
Title: Us 2
Character: Ema's Father
Released: November 20, 2014
Type: Movie
A love story of the 21st century. Hoping for change, Ema runs away from her family and leaves her husband. She hides at the apartment of her hairdresser, a gay guy Tony, even though she barely knows him. At the beginning they are merely two strangers, connected by their mutual effort of escaping from their families. They get closer and help each other to overcome the internal, as well as external, obstacles of their lives. Their liberating friendship almost becomes a love affair, despite the fact it cannot be fulfilled. This liberation creates an intense bond between them: a new escape, a new quest. This is a love story of two people and their attempts to escape the trap of their own desires of belonging to somebody.
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Title: The Invisibles
Character: Eduard Baretti
Released: September 5, 2014
Type: TV
A businessman discovers he has a hidden gene that enables him to breathe water, threatening the existence of the secret Aquarian race, in this charming, comedic fantasy drama from the Czech Republic.
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Title: Mazalové
Character: Vodník Dušička
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: We love Czechia
Character: self
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: Zpátky se Sobotou
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Zpátky se Sobotou
Character: Host
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: TV
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Okresní přebor – Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka
Title: Okresní přebor – Poslední zápas Pepika Hnátka
Character: Václav Orel
Released: March 29, 2012
Type: Movie
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Tajemství staré bambitky
Title: Tajemství staré bambitky
Character: písař
Released: December 25, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Noha 22
Released: September 1, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: Okresní přebor
Character: Václav Orel
Released: September 6, 2010
Type: TV
Okresní přebor is a Czech television sport comedy series created by Jan Prušinovský that airs on TV Nova. The series premiered on 6 September 2010.
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Miloslav Šimek & Petr Nárožný & Luděk Sobota: Nejslavnější scénky
Title: Miloslav Šimek & Petr Nárožný & Luděk Sobota: Nejslavnější scénky
Released: December 10, 2008
Type: Movie
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Chyťte doktora
Title: Chyťte doktora
Character: primář Aleš Horn
Released: November 29, 2007
Type: Movie
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Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech
Title: Národ sobě aneb České moře v 18 přílivech
Character: Comedian
Released: October 25, 2003
Type: Movie
"Situation of the Street" - An experimental study about Czech life, focusing on Prague's National Street, its businesses and the varied people who frequent it.
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Title: Pra Pra Pra...
Character: Slavníkovec
Released: September 4, 2000
Type: TV
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Nebát se a nakrást
Title: Nebát se a nakrást
Released: May 13, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Český slavík
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: TV
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Divoké pivo
Title: Divoké pivo
Released: September 14, 1995
Type: Movie
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Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali
Title: Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali
Character: Vitoušek
Released: June 2, 1994
Type: Movie
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Deset malých běloušků
Title: Deset malých běloušků
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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Title: Radovanovy radovánky
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 17, 1989
Type: TV
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Karel Gott v Lucerně
Title: Karel Gott v Lucerně
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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The Great Cheese Conspiracy
Title: The Great Cheese Conspiracy
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Three mice live in a cinema. One day, inspired by the gangster movies, they decide to conduct a grand robbery in a cheese shop.
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Bandité
Title: Bandité
Character: Treasurer of Duke of Mantova
Released: April 5, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: The Flying Cestmir
Released: October 14, 1984
Type: TV
Young boy Cestmir finds a magic rock which allows him to bring the seeds of the flowers which allow flying from Blue Planet...
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Inzerát
Title: Inzerát
Released: April 22, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Pletky paní Operetky
Released: November 12, 1983
Type: TV
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Únos Moravanky
Title: Únos Moravanky
Character: Standa
Released: August 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Title: Hearty Greetings from the Globe
Character: Vanerka
Released: July 1, 1983
Type: Movie
​Two aliens stir up trouble on Earth in order to study humans. Misunderstandings ensue.
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Title: Možná přijde i kouzelník
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Noc na zámku
Title: Noc na zámku
Released: January 14, 1983
Type: Movie
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20 let Olympicu
Title: 20 let Olympicu
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Románek za tři krejcary
Title: Románek za tři krejcary
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
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Let the Princess Stay with Us
Title: Let the Princess Stay with Us
Character: Otec
Released: December 27, 1981
Type: Movie
Modern version of Snowhite fairytale. Girl Katka is frustrated and restless. She escapes from home and find herself in the orphanage. Seven orphan boys hide her and call her "Princess". But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way...
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Bulldogs and Cherries
Title: Bulldogs and Cherries
Released: September 11, 1981
Type: Movie
The dreaded Italian mafioso, Marian Labuda, will also be convinced. Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence. The convict runs away from the killer through Vienna to Prague, which his Austrian colleague in crime recommended as a safe hiding place. None of them knows that the Czechs learned so much tricks under real socialism that a seasoned Italian professional is not enough to watch.
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Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Title: Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Released: May 29, 1981
Type: Movie
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Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
Title: Co je doma to se počítá, pánové...
Character: René Novák
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Czech comedy from the 70ties.
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Nebožtíci na bále
Title: Nebožtíci na bále
Character: pacient Leytritz
Released: September 27, 1980
Type: Movie
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Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Title: Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
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Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Title: Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
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O chudém královstvíčku
Title: O chudém královstvíčku
Character: Dragon (voice)
Released: December 24, 1979
Type: Movie
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Silvestr 1978
Title: Silvestr 1978
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1978
Type: Movie
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How to Get Daddy to Change
Title: How to Get Daddy to Change
Character: Vlk, Máňa's crew
Released: December 24, 1978
Type: Movie
Adventures of the "How to Rip Whale Tooth" (1977) heroes continue...
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Let Him Face the Music!
Title: Let Him Face the Music!
Released: July 7, 1978
Type: Movie
School supply teacher timid folk art Ales Brabec won first prize at a music festival and will therefore offer to work for the Prague little theater in the basement. Its director Soukup just needs a few songs for the upcoming musical, and so is willing to do everything to Alex to create the right atmosphere for composing.
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'Okay, Boss...!'
Title: 'Okay, Boss...!'
Released: January 6, 1978
Type: Movie
Láda Pitras (Ludek Sobota) and Oto Vacák (Petr Nározný) founded in the company Pragokov a Research department of recruitment of labor. For recruitment of workers in professions sought after both recruiters worked out an effective, often almost illegal methods. They followed secretly for instance the welder Niederle and managed to record his lovesick courting to his colleague Anicka. The fear of his jealous wife made him to join Pragokov.
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Vondráčkovo pozdní odpoledne
Title: Vondráčkovo pozdní odpoledne
Character: Vondráček
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Sláva, nazdar výletu
Title: Sláva, nazdar výletu
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
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Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí
Title: Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1977
Type: Movie
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Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Title: Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Released: November 25, 1977
Type: Movie
A model Communist village is visited by a flying saucer.
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We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Title: We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling...
Character: René Novák
Released: November 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Mr. Novak tells a lie to his neighbor Mrs. Bartackova that her husband is unfaithful to her and that is how it all started.
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Silvestr je za dveřmi
Title: Silvestr je za dveřmi
Character: Self – Host
Released: December 31, 1974
Type: Movie
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Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Title: Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Character: automechanik František Koudelka
Released: August 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical days and few successful days. The clumsy luckless person Frantisek has finally a guidance for his life.
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Ze Soboty na Šimka aneb Návštěvní den v divadle Semafor
Title: Ze Soboty na Šimka aneb Návštěvní den v divadle Semafor
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Bakaláři
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Lekce
Title: Lekce
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
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Fruit of Paradise
Title: Fruit of Paradise
Character: Man with flowers
Released: July 31, 1970
Type: Movie
An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of the loss of innocence.
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Zázračný hlavolam
Title: Zázračný hlavolam
Released: April 5, 1968
Type: Movie
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Private Torment
Title: Private Torment
Released: December 22, 1967
Type: Movie
A worker steals bits and pieces of building materials from work to construct a new home for himself and his girlfriend. When he discovers that she’s having an affair with his boss, he devises one elaborate plot after another to murder the rival, each time with pathetic results.
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Title: Zajíc v pytli
Character: Luděk Sobota
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV