Karel Roden
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.
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Karel Roden
Filmography
Movies
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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 |
76% |
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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% |
|
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 |
56% |
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Frankenstein's Army | Viktor (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Signál | Pilka (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Four Suns | Karel (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Lidice | Frantisek Sima (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Alois Nebel | The Mute (Voice) | - | 2011 |
73% |
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A Lonely Place to Die | Darko (Character) | - | 2011 |
20% |
|
Cat Run | Daniel Carver (Character) | - | 2011 |
40% |
|
Habermann | Karel Brezina (Character) | - | 2010 |
60% |
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Orphan | Dr. Varava (Character) | $41.6M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Bathory | Juraj Thurzo (Character) | - | 2008 |
47% |
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Largo Winch | Mikhail Korsky (Character) | $7.6K | 2008 |
60% |
|
RocknRolla | Uri Omovich (Character) | $5.7M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guard No. 47 | Frantisek Dousa (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Little Girl Blue | Richard (Character) | - | 2007 |
51% |
|
Mr. Bean's Holiday | Emil Duchevsky (Character) | $32.6M | 2007 |
33% |
|
Summer Love | The Stranger (Character) | - | 2006 |
34% |
|
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 |
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The Last Drop | Sgt. Hans Beck (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Fish | Dragan (Character) | - | 2004 |
82% |
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The Bourne Supremacy | Gretkov (Character) | $176.0M | 2004 |
81% |
|
Hellboy | Grigori Rasputin (Character) | $59.0M | 2004 |
23% |
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Bulletproof Monk | Struker (Character) | $23.0M | 2003 |
57% |
|
Blade II | Carter Kounen (Character) | $81.6M | 2002 |
32% |
|
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 | ||||
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88% | 82% | 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 |