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Karel Roden

Karel Roden

Highest Rated: 83% We Are Never Alone (2016)

Lowest Rated: 13% Sword of Vengeance (2015)

Birthday: May 18, 1962

Birthplace: Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia

Born in the Czech Republic, actor Karel Roden has enjoyed critical success in his native country as well as in Hollywood. Roden began acting in Europe, during the early 1980s, appearing in character roles mainly on television and made the transition to more feature films in the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s. Roden would receive a Czech Lions Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1996 film "Kral Ubu," which earned him worldwide recognition as a formidable character actor. The critical praise Roden enjoyed during the late 1990s made it possible for him to move on to more profitable roles in Hollywood feature films. During the early 2000s, he gained small parts in action films like "15 Minutes," "Blade II," and "Bulletproof Monk"; almost always played the role of some sort of Eastern European villain, thug, or criminal. A larger part would follow these films as Roden acted the part of Rasputin in Guillermo del Toro's wildly imaginative thriller "Hellboy" before assuming the role of a Russian mobster again, this time in the action film "Running Scared" starring Paul Walker in 2006. One of Roden's more notable parts would follow two years later when Guy Ritchie called upon him to play the Russian billionaire, Uri, in his action caper "RocknRolla." Roden based his performance on real life Russian billionaire and owner of London's Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich.

Highest rated movies

83% We Are Never Alone
82% 90% The Bourne Supremacy 81% 66% Hellboy 78% 50% The Racer
74% 50% A Lonely Place to Die
60% 71% RocknRolla
59% 63% Orphan
58% 41% Frankenstein's Army

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Head of the Tribe Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gump: The Dog Who Taught People to Love Unknown (Character) - 2021
78% 50% The Racer Viking (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Crusader Father (Character) - 2017
20% No Score Yet Masaryk Masaryk (Character) - 2016
83% No Score Yet We Are Never Alone Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fotograf Jan Saudek (Character) - 2015
13% 19% Sword of Vengeance Durant (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angel Stevens (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Film Igor (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Krásno Kos (Character) - 2014
58% 41% Frankenstein's Army Viktor (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Signál Pilka (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 47% Four Suns Karel (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 68% Lidice Frantisek Sima (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 47% Alois Nebel The Mute (Voice) - 2011
74% 50% A Lonely Place to Die Darko (Character) - 2011
20% 33% Cat Run Daniel Carver (Character) - 2011
33% 77% Habermann Karel Brezina (Character) - 2010
59% 63% Orphan Dr. Varava (Character) $41.6M 2009
No Score Yet 50% Bathory Juraj Thurzo (Character) - 2008
50% 49% Largo Winch Mikhail Korsky (Character) $7.6K 2008
60% 71% RocknRolla Uri Omovich (Character) $5.7M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guard No. 47 Frantisek Dousa (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 56% Little Girl Blue Richard (Character) - 2007
51% 49% Mr. Bean's Holiday Emil Duchevsky (Character) $32.6M 2007
33% 15% Summer Love The Stranger (Character) - 2006
36% 42% The Abandoned Nicolai (Character) $1.3M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shut Up and Shoot Me Pavel Zeman (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 21% The Last Drop Sgt. Hans Beck (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 38% Dead Fish Dragan (Character) - 2004
82% 90% The Bourne Supremacy Gretkov (Character) $176.0M 2004
81% 66% Hellboy Grigori Rasputin (Character) $59.0M 2004
23% 38% Bulletproof Monk Struker (Character) $23.0M 2003
57% 68% Blade II Carter Kounen (Character) $81.6M 2002
32% 37% 15 Minutes Emil Slovak (Character) $24.4M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Role Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Melancholic Chicken Father (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crackerjack 2 Hans Becker (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alisea and the Dream Prince The Proprietor (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dragon Ring Prince Lisandro (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crimson Dawn Unknown (Character) - 1992

TV

Credit
88% 83% A Spy Among Friends Sergei (Character) 2022
71% 88% McMafia Karel Benes (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Missing Unknown (Guest Star),
Guest
2012