Jiří Mádl

Jiří Mádl Czech pronunciationⓘ (born October 23, 1986, in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor, director and screenwriter.

Jiří Mádl
Born (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Occupation(s)actor, director
Years active2004-
Websitejirimadl.com

Among his most prominent roles are a part in the 2008 film Night Owls, for which received the Best Actor award at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[1] Jiří Mádl participated in creating a plagiary of Sarah Silverman's election commercial in 2010. However, people claimed that the plagiary is based on antigerontism[2] not present in the original commercial.[3] He came to prominence when he starred in Czech movies Konfident (The Confidant), Snowboarďáci (Snowboarders), Gympl (The Can), Probudím se Včera (I Wake Up Yesterday), Děti noci (Night Owls) and Hra (The Play). He also appeared in international projects Borgia, Interlude in Prague and Berlin Eins.

Mádl made his directorial debut with the movie Pojedeme k moři.[4] His second movie Na Střeše (On the Roof) was released in 2019.

He is the youngest actor to win Crystal Globe for the best actor in the leading role at The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

He is a member of The European Film Academy and The Council of Dramaturgy at The Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth.   

Charity activities  

He is the founder of ArteFond, which financially supports children gifted in arts in children´s homes. Jiří and his brother Jan Mádl are organizers of a charity football match in České Budějovice, which has been held since 2009. He has been a patron of The Day of Children´s Oncology in the Czech Republic for several years, and he has been supporting Arpida Centre in České Budějovice.

Other activities 

In March 2010, he participated together with Martha Issová and Petr Zelenka in the preparations on a political video focused on youth titled “Encourage your grandma and grandpa not to vote for a left wing”. After the release of the video, a disgruntlement aroused, and its content became a huge topic for both personal blogs and online newspapers.

He is one of the founders of Hugo Bike. He sold his part of the business in 2016.

In 2018, he founded the project "Europe in Data" with Tomáš Jindříšek and Radek Špicar.

He has been a shareholder of The Outdoor Trip company since 2018.

Partial filmography
  • 2014 - Vejška
  • 2013 - Colette
  • 2012 - Čtyři slunce
  • 2009 - Peklo s princeznou (It Is Hell With the Princess) - Prince Jeroným[5]
  • Ctrl Emotion
  • 2008 - Night Owls[6]
  • 2007 Gympl
  • 2006 - Bathory - Monk Cyril[7]
  • Snadné je žít (It Is Easy To Live) - Brother of Madona
  • 2005 - Rafťáci - Filip[8]
  • Jak se krotí krokodýli (Taming Crocodiles) - Vašek Rychman[9]
  • Hypnóza (Hypnosis - TV film) - Péťa
  • 2004 - Snowboarďáci (Snowboarders) - Jáchym[8]

References
  1. Tizard, Will (13 July 2008). "'Happy' ending at Karlovy Vary". Variety.
  2. Čulík, Jan (23 April 2010). "Otevřená nenávist vůči starším lidem v Zelenkově propagandistickém klipu". Britské listy (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. "Zelenkovy urážky, které v americkém klipu nejsou". Britské listy (in Czech). 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. Spáčilová, Mirka (9 April 2014). "RECENZE: Film pro všechny generace. Jiří Mádl vzkřísil Pány kluky". iDnes.cz.
  5. It Is hell with the Princess on IMDb
  6. Wise, Damon (11 July 2008). "DISPATCH FROM CZECH REPUBLIC: Karlovy Vary Mixes the Big Cheese with Local Gems". Indie Wire.
  7. "Mádl si odskočil na maturitní ples" (in Czech). iDNES. 9 February 2006.
  8. "Jiří Mádl: Sebevědomí mi nechybí" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  9. "Mádla preslávil snowboard, on by zimu najradšej strávil v teple" (in Slovak). Pravda (Slovakia). 26 December 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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