Jiří Lábus is a Czech

Czech people

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 actor.
In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

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joined theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains employed to this day. He also appeared several times as guest actor in other theatres (National Theatre

National Theatre (Prague)

The National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition which was created and maintained by the most distinguished...

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Theatre Viola, Theatre Ungelt).

He performed several roles in both television and film. He gained
popularity in Germany for his role of evil wizard Rumburak in the TV series Arabela

Arabela (TV series)

Arabela is a television series for children produced for television in Czechoslovakia between 1979 and 1981. The series had 13 episodes and was in the Czech language. Its plot revolved around the members of a regular Czech family, who encounter people who came from the Kingdom of Fairy Tales...

. In the 1980s, he gave his voice to a stuffed moderator called Jů in the popular children's TV show Studio Kamarád. He also gave his voice to Marge Simpson in the Czech adaptation of The Simpsons

The Simpsons

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, to the narrator of TV series M.A.S.H., and to ground sloth Sid in Ice Age

Ice Age (film)

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Together with Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser is a Czech comedy actor, in film and on stage. Together with Jiří Lábus, he performed as a comedy duo "Kaiser a Lábus", which, in particular, took part in the TV comedy shows Ruská ruleta , Možná přijde i kouzelník , etc.Since 1980 to 2005 he was...

, he performed as a comedy

Comedy

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 duo "Kaiser a Lábus", which, in particular, took part in the TV comedy shows Ruská ruleta (Russian Roulette, 1994), Možná přijde i kouzelník ("Perhaps a Magician Will Come Too", 1982), etc.

Selected performances

• 2005 – The referee in Ivánek, my friend (Ivánku, kamaráde. Based on wiretrapped phone calls, revealing bribery in Czech soccer)
• 2003 – Edgar in Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
  
  , Divadlo Ungelt, winner of an unofficial poll organized by portal i-divadlo
• 1996 – Antoine Boneau in Tete de Meduse by Boris Vian
  Boris Vian
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  , received Thálie Award
• 1991 – Casanova in Mozart in Prague
• Kecal in The Bartered Bride
  The Bartered Bride
  The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the...
  
  
• Celestin in Mam'zelle Nitouche
  Mam'zelle Nitouche
  Mam'zelle Nitouche is a vaudeville-opérette by Hervé. The libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.-Performance history:It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 26 January 1883.- Roles :-Synopsis:...
  
  

Selected filmography

• 2006 – I Served the King of England
  I Served the King of England (film)
  I Served the King of England is a 2006 Czech film, directed by Jiří Menzel and based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal. This film is Menzel's sixth adaptation of the works of Hrabal for film...
  
  
• 1996 – Forgotten Light (Zapomenuté světlo)
• 1994 – Amerika, received Czech Lion Award as best supporting actor
• 1993 – Arabela se vrací ("Arabela Returns")
• 1984 – Rumburak
• 1979 – Arabela
  Arabela (TV series)
  Arabela is a television series for children produced for television in Czechoslovakia between 1979 and 1981. The series had 13 episodes and was in the Czech language. Its plot revolved around the members of a regular Czech family, who encounter people who came from the Kingdom of Fairy Tales...
  
   (TV series)
• 1977 - Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea