Martin Hub
{{short description|Czech character actor (born 1964)}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2017}}
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| image = Martin Hub 2014.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czech Republic
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| occupation = Actor, Stuntman
| years_active = 1986-present
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| children = 2
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Martin Hub (born 13 March 1964) is a Czech character actor, best known for his portrayals of immigrants with broken English, soldiers, secret agents and bodyguards. As a professional stuntman, he is best known for his work in James Cameron's Titanic, Saving Private Ryan, and Gladiator.
Life and career
A lifelong native of the Prague, Czech Republic, in high school Hub was an active athlete, playing football and handball, threw javelin, balls, disk, and boxing.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399103/bio|title=Martin Hub|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=http://flexo.wz.cz/portret.htm|title=Martin Hub: neznámý muž v nejslavnějších filmech|last=Procházková|first=Adéla|website=FLEXO - magazín nejen pro kaskadéry|language=cs|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071601/http://flexo.wz.cz/portret.htm|archive-date=2017-10-18|url-status=dead}} He attended the Czech stunt school, Jaroslav Toms, and made his film debut in Field Field in 1986. He later appeared in such blockbuster movies as Titanic, playing a non-English speaking Slovak father who goes down with the ship with his son in his arms, a Czech soldier in Saving Private Ryan, and was Russell Crowe's official stuntman in Gladiator. Hub acts in the stunt group of Filmka and coordinates and teaches stunts professionally.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/satisfaction-1720-review-1201809828/|title=Film Review: ‘Satisfaction 1720’|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=2016-07-08|work=Variety|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/frankensteins-army-review-1200562967/|title=Film Review: ‘Frankenstein’s Army’|last=Foundas|first=Scott|date=2013-07-18|work=Variety|access-date=2017-10-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmka.cz/hub-martin/|title=Hub Martin|website=FILMKA|language=cs-CZ|access-date=2017-10-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/140336/kaskader-martin-hub-ze-vseho-nejradsi-horim.html|title=Kaskadér Martin Hub: Ze všeho nejradši hořím|date=8 August 2010|work=Blesk.cz|access-date=2017-10-17|language=cs}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-serialy-filmy-kino-a-tv/411359/kdo-je-cesky-jean-reno-nataceni-filmu-adventurers-s-francouzskou-hvezdou-v-praze.html|title=Kdo je český Jean Reno? Natáčení filmu Adventurers s francouzskou hvězdou v Praze|date=9 August 2016|work=Blesk.cz|access-date=2017-10-18|language=cs}}
Filmography
- Cool Runnings (1993) – Czech Bobsled Driver
- Titanic (1997) – Slovakian Father{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviemania.sk/4542-retro-titanic-1997.html|title=Titanic (1997)|date=11 December 2016|website=Movie Mania|language=sk|access-date=2017-10-17}}
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) – Czech Wehrmacht Soldier{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/saving-private-ryan/cast/133062/|title=Saving Private Ryan|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17}}
- Hannibal Rising (2007){{Cite journal|date=2007-05-29|title=Capsule reviews of new DVD releases.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164309200.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071310/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164309200.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-18|journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=HighBeam Research}} – Lothar
- Life is Life (2015) – Pirate{{Cite web|url=https://gregi.net/clanky/spevacka-kristina-je-hviezdou-v-novej-ceskej-komedii-zivot-je-zivot/|title=Speváčka Kristína je hviezdou v novej českej komédii "Život je život"!|date=9 October 2014|website=gregi.net|language=sk-SK|access-date=2017-10-18}}
- Pěstírna (2017) – Šembera{{Cite news|url=http://www.moviezone.cz/clanek/33624-prvni-dojmy-pestirna|title=První dojmy: Pěstírna|last=Jablonský|first=Martin|date=4 September 2017|work=MovieZone.cz|access-date=2017-10-17|language=cs}}
References
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External links
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- {{imdb name|0399103}}
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Category:Czech male film actors
Category:Czech male television actors
Category:Czech stunt performers
Category:Male actors from Prague
Category:20th-century Czech male actors
Category:21st-century Czech male actors
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