--- name: "Karel Roden" canonical: "https://film.one/person/karel-roden" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 May 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-18T07:07:03.253026+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Karel Roden Actor. Born 18 May 1962 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 May 1962, České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] - **Also known as:** K. Roden, Karel Roden nejml. - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Roden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734558/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10841 ## Biography Karel Roden is a Czech actor born on 18 May 1962 in České Budějovice. He graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and followed his father and grandfather into the profession. Roden began his career in Czech theatre and film in the 1980s. He gained international recognition with roles in Hollywood productions, including Grigori Rasputin in *Hellboy* (2004), Yuri Gretkov in *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), Kounen in *Blade II* (2002), Uri Omovich in *RocknRolla* (2008) and Dr. Värava in *Orphan* (2009). He has also worked in voice acting, including for *Grand Theft Auto IV*. Roden has received several Czech Lion Award nominations and won for Best Actor for *Guard No. 47*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Hellboy* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Grigori Rasputin — [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md) - *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Yuri Gretkov — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md) ## Complete filmography (134) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Kollective* (2025), series, Acting - *Nebelkind: The End of Silence* (2025), as Franz Kovac - *Rise of the Raven* (2025), series, as Matejcik - *Gump – We Are Duo* (2024), as veterinář - *Marek Ztracený v Edenu* (2023), Acting - *Waltzing Matilda* (2023), as Karel - *Můžem i s mužem* (2023), as Karel Roden - *A Spy Among Friends* (2022), series, as Col. Sergei Brontov - *A Christmas Story* (2022), as Přemek - *The Bohemian* (2022), as Man under the marquise's skirts - *Indián* (2022), as Ondřej Jonáš - *Medieval* (2022), as Václav IV. - *Nightline* (2022), Acting - *Party* (2021), as Richard - *Gump* (2021), as veterinář - *The Racer* (2020), as Viking - *Grap3s* (2020), Acting - *The Pleasure Principle* (2019), series, as Viktor Seifert - *The Glass Room* (2019), as Rainer von Abt - *Pes baskervillský* (2019), as Sherlock Holmes - *McMafia* (2018), series, as Karel Beneš - *Little Crusader* (2017), as Father - *A Prominent Patient* (2017), as Masaryk - *The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street* (2016), as Jan Němec - *We Are Never Alone* (2016), Acting - *Family Film* (2016), as Igor - *Zločin v Polné* (2016), as T. G. Masaryk - *Murder in Polná* (2016), series, Acting - *Angel* (2015), as Stevens - *Sword of Vengeance* (2015), as Durant - *Confession of the Vanished* (2015), as Narrator (voice) - *Photographer* (2015), as Jan - *Krásno* (2014), as Luděk - *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Lev Marianski - *Frankenstein's Army* (2013), as Viktor - *Missing* (2012), series, as Viktor Azimoff - *Four Suns* (2012), as Karel - *Signál* (2012), as Pilka - *In Treatment* (2011), series, as Dr. Marek Pošta - *Alois Nebel* (2011), as Němý (voice) - *The Magical Duvet* (2011), as tatínek - *The Butcher of Prague* (2011), as František Šíma - *A Lonely Place to Die* (2011), as Darko - *Cat Run* (2011), as Carver - *Heart Beat 3D* (2010), Acting - *Habermann* (2010), as Jan Březina - *Oko ve zdi* (2009), Acting - *Holy Money* (2009), as Slender Man - *Orphan* (2009), as Dr. Värava - *The Philanthropist* (2009), series, Acting - *Jménem krále* (2009), as Oldřich z Chlumu - *The Ferrari Dino Girl* (2009), Acting - *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008), as Mikhail Korsky - *Guard No. 47* (2008), as Frantisek Dousa - *RocknRolla* (2008), as Uri Omovich - *Bathory: Countess of Blood* (2008), as Juraj Thurzo - *Little Girl Blue* (2007), as Richard - *Bestiář* (2007), Acting - *Mr. Bean's Holiday* (2007), as Emil - *Krásný čas* (2006), as Jáchym - *Dead Man's Bounty* (2006), as The Stranger - *The Abandoned* (2006), as Nicolai - *The Last Drop* (2006), as Hans Beck - *Running Scared* (2006), as Anzor Yugorsky - *Shut Up and Shoot Me* (2005), as Pavel Zeman - *Dead Fish* (2005), as Dragan - *Vaterland: A Hunting Logbook* (2004), as Richard Czadsky - *Rex-patriates* (2004), Acting - *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), as Yuri Gretkov — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-supremacy.md) - *Hellboy* (2004), as Grigori Rasputin — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md) - *Bulletproof Monk* (2003), as Strucker - *Late Night Talks with Mother* (2003), as (voice) - *Sen* (2002), Acting - *Spooks* (2002), series, as Miroslav Gradic — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *Věrní abonenti* (2002), as Ríša - *Blade II* (2002), as Kounen - *Černí andělé* (2001), series, Acting - *Parallel Worlds* (2001), Acting - *15 Minutes* (2001), as Emil Slovak - *Wild Flowers* (2000), as Milenec - *Victims and Murderers* (2000), as Miroslav - *Zkrocení zakletého řetězu* (2000), Acting - *Kuře melancholik* (1999), Acting - *Prague Stories* (1999), as Petr (segment "Absolutní láska") - *Double Role* (1999), as chirurg - *Pirates: Blood Brothers* (1999), series, as Manomorta - *Spravedlivý Bohumil* (1998), Acting - *Čas dluhů* (1998), as Milan - *Traps* (1998), as Dr. Marek - *The Firebird* (1997), as Magician Skeleton - *Crackerjack 2* (1997), as Hans Becker - *O sirotkovi z Radhoště* (1997), Acting - *Král Ubu* (1996), Acting - *Eine kleine Jazzmusik* (1996), as Bronzoryp - *Desideria e l'anello del drago* (1995), series, as Prince Lisandro - *Hrad z písku* (1994), Acting - *The Dragon Ring* (1994), as Prince Lisandro - *Test of Memory* (1993), as Matyás - *Jenny Marx, la femme du diable* (1993), Acting - *The Canary Connection* (1993), as Don Giovanni - *Don Gio* (1992), as Giovanni - *Franz a Felice* (1992), as Max Brod - *The Cave of the Golden Rose* (1991), series, as Goldeye - *Corpus delicti* (1991), as Jaromír Kadlec - *Jen o rodinných záležitostech* (1991), as kapitán StB - *Silnější než já* (1991), as Šárka - *Čardášová princezna* (1990), as Edwin - *Masseba* (1990), as Tall Young Man - *Sama uprostřed noci* (1990), as Karel - *Waiting For Patrick* (1990), as Mirek - *Time of the Servants* (1989), as Milan - *Vnitřní zrak* (1989), as Milenec - *The Seven* (1989), as Kamil - *Pan Tau – der Film* (1988), Acting - *Petr a Jan* (1988), as Petr - *Who's That Soldier?* (1988), as kapitán Tůma - *How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives* (1988), as Jan Antoš - *Ohnivé ženy mezi námi* (1988), as Janek - *Hauři* (1988), as inženýr Cyril Urban - *Maria Stuarda* (1988), as William Davison - *Můj hříšný muž* (1987), Acting - *Ohnivé ženy se vracejí* (1987), Acting - *O štěstí a kráse* (1986), as Princ Petr - *Rubínová pohádka* (1986), Acting - *Šaty až na zem* (1986), as Ríša - *Pusu, pusu, pusu!* (1985), Acting - *How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions* (1985), as Honza Antoš - *Domek u lesa* (1985), Acting - *Kmotři z blat* (1984), Acting - *Nejdelší návrat* (1984), Acting - *The Infinity Castle* (1984), as Koblas - *Ohnivé ženy* (1984), Acting - *Malý pitaval z velkého města* (1983), series, Acting - *The Way of the Wind*, as Mamon ## Gallery - ![Karel Roden](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-c8845f897c70.jpg) Karel Roden — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/1280px-Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Arly Jover & Karel Roden beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-c1eb1f3937ee.jpg) Arly Jover & Karel Roden beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Arly_Jover_%26_Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg/1280px-Arly_Jover_%26_Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Arly Jover & Karel Roden beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-5320ef35a513.jpg) Arly Jover & Karel Roden beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Arly_Jover_%26_Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/1280px-Arly_Jover_%26_Karel_Roden_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast & Crew beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017: Rudolf Biermann (Produzent/Producer) Petr Kolečko (Drehbuchautor/Screen](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-ee2d28599ae3.jpg) Cast & Crew beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017: Rudolf Biermann (Produzent/Producer) Petr Kolečko (Drehbuchautor/Screen — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Cast_%26_Crew_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Cast_%26_Crew_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karel Roden](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-645aaff8f59c.jpg) Karel Roden — Image via TMDB - ![Stanislav Hložek, Czech vocalist (left) and Karel Roden, Czech actor (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-d22a22ceba11.jpg) Stanislav Hložek, Czech vocalist (left) and Karel Roden, Czech actor (2015) — David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Hlo%C5%BEek_Roden_Praha_2015.JPG/1280px-Hlo%C5%BEek_Roden_Praha_2015.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Julius Ševčík & Cast beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/434805/gallery-41ce51c0dee3.jpg) Julius Ševčík & Cast beim Photo Call zu Masaryk / A Prominent Patient bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Julius_%C5%A0ev%C4%8D%C3%ADk_%26_Cast_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg/1280px-Julius_%C5%A0ev%C4%8D%C3%ADk_%26_Cast_Photo_Call_A_Prominent_Patient_Berlinale_2017_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 7 won - Czech Film Critics' Awards 2023: Czech Film Critics' Awards (won) - Czech Film Critics' Awards 2017: Czech Film Critics' Awards (won) - Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 2016: Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role (won), for *A Prominent Patient* - Sun in a Net Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 2016: Sun in a Net Award for Best Actor in Leading Role (won), for *A Prominent Patient* - Czech Film Critics' Awards 2010: Czech Film Critics' Awards (won) - Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role 2008: Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in Leading Role (won), for *Guard No. 47* - Alfréd Radok Awards 1998: Alfréd Radok Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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