David Matásek

{{Infobox person

| name = David Matásek

| image = David Matásek 2017.jpg

| alt = David Matásek with short hair and facial hair, wearing brown jacket and glasses, looking left of camera

| caption = Matásek in 2017

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| nationality =

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor, musician

| alma_mater = Prague Conservatory

| years_active = 1982–present

| spouse = {{hlist|Eva Turnová (div.)|Eva Matásková}}

| known_for = {{hlist||Poets hexalogy|Orlík}}

}}

David Matásek (born 14 February 1963) is a Czech actor and musician. He is known for being a stable cast member of the "Poets hexalogy", which includes the 1982 film How the World Is Losing Poets, and as the guitarist in the early 1990s punk bands Orlík and Hagen Baden.

Biography

=Early life=

David Matásek was born in Prague in 1963. His father, Petr Matásek, was a theatre set designer, and his mother, Jana Matásková, was a graphic designer. Matásek attended the Prague Conservatory, graduating in 1984.

=Acting=

Matásek's first film appearance was a supporting role in Dušan Klein's How the World Is Losing Poets (1982). He would go on to reprise the character in the latter five parts of the so-called "Poets hexalogy".{{cite web|title=Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/revue/detail/zivot-je-kompromis-basnicka-hexalogie |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/revue/detail/zivot-je-kompromis-basnicka-hexalogie |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=filmovyprehled.cz |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy}}{{cbignore}}

Between 1991 and 1995, he was engaged at Prague's National Theatre, and he subsequently worked at Divadlo Komedie. Since 2002, the actor has been a member of the National Theatre again.

=Music=

In 1988, Matásek, who plays guitar, co-founded the oi! punk group Orlík, together with Daniel Landa. The band released two studio albums and broke up in 1991.{{cite web|title=Orlík – Čech |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/355822-orlik-cech/komentare/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128072701/http://www.csfd.cz/film/355822-orlik-cech/komentare/ |archive-date=28 November 2015 |url-status=live|website=csfd.cz |date= |accessdate=13 February 2022 |language=cs}} Matásek later played in Lou Fanánek Hagen's punk band Hagen Baden, until their breakup in 1993.

=Personal life=

Matásek's first wife was fellow musician Eva Turnová, who formerly played bass with The Plastic People of the Universe. His second wife, Simona, with whom he has one daughter, is a journalist and playwright. The actor also has a daughter and a son with his third wife, Kateřina.{{cite web|title=Už se nechci nikomu líbit, říká herec David Matásek |url=https://www.idnes.cz/onadnes/vztahy/uz-se-nechci-nikomu-libit-rika-herec-david-matasek.A100924_130553_spolecnost_bih |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.idnes.cz/onadnes/vztahy/uz-se-nechci-nikomu-libit-rika-herec-david-matasek.A100924_130553_spolecnost_bih |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=idnes.cz |date=30 September 2010 |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=I Don't Want Anyone to Like Me Anymore, Says Actor David Matásek}}{{cbignore}} He is currently married, for the fourth time, to fashion blogger Eva Matásková, with whom he has one son.{{cite web|title=Čtyři svatby stačí, drahoušku! David Matásek do toho znovu praštil, vzal si o 25 let mladší přítelkyni |url=https://www.extra.cz/ctyri-svatby-staci-drahousku-david-matasek-do-toho-znovu-prastil-vzal-si-o-25-let-mladsi-pritelkyni |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.extra.cz/ctyri-svatby-staci-drahousku-david-matasek-do-toho-znovu-prastil-vzal-si-o-25-let-mladsi-pritelkyni |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=extra.cz |date=27 April 2019 |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=Four Weddings Are Enough, Darling! David Matásek Hits the Jackpot Again, with a Girlfriend 25 Years His Junior}}{{cbignore}}

Between 2012 and 2014, Matásek, along with ninety other people, was criminally prosecuted for alleged bribery in a driving license scam.{{cite web|title=Herci Matásek a Dolanský jdou k soudu kvůli falešným řidičákům |url=https://www.novinky.cz/krimi/clanek/herci-matasek-a-dolansky-jdou-k-soudu-kvuli-falesnym-ridicakum-217755 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.novinky.cz/krimi/clanek/herci-matasek-a-dolansky-jdou-k-soudu-kvuli-falesnym-ridicakum-217755 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=novinky.cz |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=Actors Matásek and Dolanský Go to Court for Fake Driver's Licenses}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|title=Stíhání herců Matáska a Dolanského bylo zastaveno |url=https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/krimi/stihani-hercu-mataska-a-dolanskeho-bylo-zastaveno_309336.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/krimi/stihani-hercu-mataska-a-dolanskeho-bylo-zastaveno_309336.html |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=tyden.cz |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=13 February 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=The Prosecution of Actors Matásek and Dolanský Stops}}{{cbignore}}

Discography

=with Orlík=

Oi! (1990){{cite web|title=Orlík – Oi! |url=https://www.discogs.com/Orl%C3%ADk-Oi/master/44956 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719214841/http://www.discogs.com/Orl%C3%ADk-Oi/master/44956 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live|website=discogs.com |year=1990 |accessdate=13 February 2022}}
Demise (1991){{cite web|title=Orlík – Demise |url=https://www.discogs.com/Orl%C3%ADk-Demise/master/44958 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916065834/http://www.discogs.com/Orl%C3%ADk-Demise/master/44958 |archive-date=16 September 2013 |url-status=live|website=discogs.com |year=1991 |accessdate=13 February 2022}}

=with Hagen Baden=

Hagen Baden (1992){{cite web|title=Lou Fanánek, Hagen Baden – Hagen Baden |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/127605-Lou-Fan%C3%A1nek-Hagen-Baden-Hagen-Baden |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.discogs.com/master/127605-Lou-Fan%C3%A1nek-Hagen-Baden-Hagen-Baden |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=discogs.com |year=1992 |access-date=13 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}
Ahoj kluci (1993){{cite web|title=Lou Fanánek, Hagen Baden – Ahoj Kluci |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/127606-Lou-Fan%C3%A1nek-Hagen-Baden-Ahoj-Kluci |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220314/https://www.discogs.com/master/127606-Lou-Fan%C3%A1nek-Hagen-Baden-Ahoj-Kluci |archive-date=14 March 2022 |url-status=live|website=discogs.com |year=1993 |access-date=13 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}

Selected filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Sronly\|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1982 \|How the World Is Losing Poets \|Kendy \|
1985 \|How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions \|Kendy \|
1988 \|How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives \|Kendy \|
1993 \|Konec básníků v Čechách \|Kendy \|
2000 \|Loners \|Radio owner \|
2003 \|One Hand Can't Clap \|Jan \|
2004 \|Jak básníci neztrácejí naději \|Kendy \|
2014 \|Three Brothers \|King \|
2016 \|How Poets Wait for a Miracle \|Kendy \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1982

|How the World Is Losing Poets

|Kendy

1985

|How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

|Kendy

1988

|How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

|Kendy

1993

|Konec básníků v Čechách

|Kendy

2000

|Loners

|Radio owner

2003

|One Hand Can't Clap

|Jan

2004

|Jak básníci neztrácejí naději

|Kendy

2014

|Three Brothers

|King

2016

|How Poets Wait for a Miracle

|Kendy

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Sronly\|List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1985 \|Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka \|Waiter Ferda \|4 episodes
1986 \|Bylo nás šest \|Honza Špaček \|6 episodes
1989 \|Fabrik der Offiziere \|Fähnrich Andreas \|4 episodes (miniseries)
1996 \|Hospoda \|Assistant magazine editor \|1 episode
1998 \|Three Kings \|Frajer \|1 episode
rowspan=2\| 2001 \|Zdivočelá země \|Dlouhý \|2 episodes
Četnické humoresky \|Buzek \|1 episode
2004–05 \|Redakce \|Viktor Seidl \|39 episodes
2005 \|Ulice \|Viktor Seidl \|1 episode
2006–07 \|Letiště \|Karel Halama \|74 episodes
2009–10 \|Přešlapy \|David Mareš \|39 episodes
2012 \|Obchoďák \|Ivan Marák \|32 episodes
2013 \|PanMáma \|Michal Kabeš \|4 episodes
2015 \|Znamení koně \|Ivan Loukota \|11 episodes
2016–21 \|Polda \|Michal Bříza \|48 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}}

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1985

|Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka

|Waiter Ferda

|4 episodes

1986

|Bylo nás šest