Vlasta Vrana

Vlasta Vrána
Born	Norway

Vlasta Vrána is a Canadian actor of Czech descent, known for playing Jack Richards in A Year in the Death of Jack Richards. His surname means "crow" in Czech and several other Slavic languages.

Career

Vrána was born to Czech parents in Norway but later moved to Canada.

He has appeared on many television shows and films such as The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Final Dimension, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead and The Blue Man.

He also played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow.

His work as a voice actor includes Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

He also narrated all Canada Vignettes films and several other films for The National Film Board of Canada.

Filmography

• Shivers: Kresimer Sviben
• Back Alley Blue: Star
• Strangers at the Door: Star
• Rabid: Cop at Clinic
• The New Avengers: Karavitch
• One Man: Star
• Canada Vignettes: Narrator
• Meet the Martians: Narrator
• No Fighting Habitat: Narrator
• Jigsaw: Le gérant du club
• The Spirit Adventure: Night Flight: Radio Operator
• Hey Babe!: Roy
• Astro Boy: Additional Voices (Cinelume dub)
• Atmos: Narrator
• The Littlest Hobo: Guest Star
• Happy Birthday to Me: Bartender
• The Amateur: Guide
• Heavy Metal: Barbarian Leader (segment "Taarna")
• Ulysses 31: Zeus
• The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Narrator and Kokapelt
• Hard Feelings: Mr. Holland
• End Game in Paris: Guest appearance
• A Room Full of Energy: Narrator
• The Forbes Home: Narrator
• The Emperor of Peru: Policeman
• A Matter of Cunning: Ted Haskell
• Illusions: Ben Grover
• Candy the Striper: Guy at Bar
• Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole: Murphy
• Belle and Sebastian: Additional Voices
• Charlie Grant's War: Police Chief
• The Surrogate: Bill
• Keeping Track: Chuck
• The Blue Man: Scott
• A Time to Live: Policeman Grosso
• One Step Away: Guest appearance
• The Hitchhiker: Undercover Cop #2
• Secret Weapons: Ivan
• Breaking All the Rules: Inspector
• The Hitchhiker: Mark Greenburg
• Choices: Minister
• Cat City: Mr. Gatto
• C.A.T. Squad: Guest Star
• Spearfield's Daughter: Gerd
• He Shoots, He Scores: Popov
• Age of the Rivers: Narrator
• The Lonely Passion of Brian Moore: Narrator
• Life on Ice: Narrator
• Edge of Ice: Narrator
• Great Collections from the Montreal Botanical Garden: Narrator
• Dreams of a Land: Narrator
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Additional Voices
• The World of David the Gnome: Swift and Additional Voices
• The Man Who Stole Dreams: Narrator
• Hitting Home: Phil Grande
• Midnight Magic: Ryan Burr
• First Offender: Guest star (uncredited)
• Arctic River: Narrator
• Equatorial River: Narrator
• A Safety Net: Narrator
• Opération Ypsilon: Katsender
• Ford: The Man and the Machine: Star
• Nowhere to Hide: Sonny Cambria
• Amerika: Sergei
• The Kiss: Bishop
• God Bless the Child: Harold Matthews
• Hallmark Hall of Fame: Paul Revere
• C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf: Guest Star
• Champagne Charlie: Guest Star
• Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!: Frank
• Red Earth, White Earth: William
• Day One: Hans Bethe
• Nail Soup: Scandinavian Folktale: Narrator
• Bumpety Boo: Additional Voices
• The Jungle Book: Grizzle
• Friday the 13th: The Series: Webster Eby and Sheriff
• Falling Over Backwards: Drunk
• Whispers: Sherrif Laurenski
• War of the Worlds: Jonathan Laporte
• Angel Square: Logg
• Counterstrike: Detective Samuelson and Lt. Samuelson
• Bob in a Bottle: Additional Voices
• Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid: Additional Voices
• Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan: Additional Voices
• Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio: Additional Voices
• Mom P.I.: Guest Star
• On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919: Narrator
• Scanners II: The New Order: Lt. Gelson
• Urban Angel: Lieutenant Drabeck
• Deadly Surveillance: Palatzo
• Gulliver's Travels: Additional Voices
• Sharky and George: Additional Voices
• Sandokan: Additional Voices
• The Legend of White Fang: Additional Voices
• A Bunch of Munsch: Misc. Characters
• Christopher Columbus: Additional Voices
• Spirou: Additional Voices
• The Adventures of Grady Greenspace: Rafia Rat
• Around the World in 80 Dreams: Additional Voices
• Street Legal: Howard Champion and Mario Pestano
• The Rise and Fall of English Montreal: Narrator
• Flight from Justice: Nathan
• Vendetta II: The New Mafia: Benny
• Papa Beaver's Storytime: Misc. Characters
• Stalked: Sanders
• Brainscan: Frank
• Warriors: Mr. Parker
• The Lifeforce Experiment: Dr. Robbie Allman
• Sirens: Arnold Freize
• Relative Fear: Mr. Schulman
• Crosswinds: Harry
• Hiroshima: Gen. Tom Farrell
• Aventures dans le Grand Nord: Jacques
• Marked Man: Warden Jackson
• Highlander III: The Final Dimension: Vorisek
• Due South: Henri Cloutier
• Windsor Protocol: Hardy's Aide
• Mother Night: August Krapptauer
• Midnight in Saint Petersburg: Hans Screiber
• Hollow Point: FBI Agent in Chase
• Gotti: Romual Piecyk
• For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story: Dr. Zimmerman
• Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games: Additional Voices
• The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo: Frollo
• Night Hood: Additional Voices
• The Little Lulu Show: Additional Voices
• Princess Sissi: Additional Voices
• Ivanhoe: Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
• Hawk's Vengeance: Dan
• Lobby: Guest Star
• The Peacekeeper: General Douglas
• Stranger in the House: Alex Alexander
• While My Pretty One Sleeps: Guest appearance
• Night of the Demons III: Dewhurst
• To a Different Beat: Narrator
• The Ultimate Weapon: 'Top' Drummond
• Team S.O.S.: Additional Voices
• Flight Squad: Additional Voices
• Dog's World: Additional Voices
• Animal Crackers: Additional Voices
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures: Additional Voices
• Glory and Hunger: Morris Jesup
• L'ombre de l'épervier: De LaRosbille
• Thunder Point: Additional Voice
• Escape from Wildcat Canyon: Tully
• The Hunger: Reporter and Boatman
• Rotten Ralph: Additional Voices
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Additional Voices
• Billy and Buddy: Additional Voices
• Bizby: Character Voice
• Turtle Island: Additional Voices
• A Miss Mallard Mystery: Additional Voices
• Kayla: Lyman Snow
• Big Wolf on Campus: Professor Flugelhoff
• Revenge of the Land: Star
• Grey Owl: Harry Champlin
• The Girl Next Door: Howard Poolin
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Mr. Van Tassle
• Bonnano: A Godfather's Story: Franklin Roosevelt
• Revenge: Dan McCartney
• The Maurice Rocket Richard Story: Voix à la radio
• Running Home: Robinson
• Cold Squad: Guest appearance
• Eye of the Beholder: Mr. Hugo Sr.
• The Collectors: Sgt Grander
• Where the Money Is: Jewelry Store Employee
• Cause of Death: Al Bailey
• Waking the Dead: Priest at Sarah's Funeral
• Press Run: Sam Kettle
• Reaper: Sheriff Norris
• The List: Voice
• Wunschpunsch: Maledictus Maggot
• Heavy Metal 2000: Street Vendor
• Lucky Luke: Joe Dalton
• Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings: Additional Voices
• Iron Nose: Additional Voices
• Wombat City: Additional Voices
• Belphegor: Additional Voices
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within: Dr. Charles Cook
• After Amy: Guest appearance
• L'or: Vlad Kovak
• Fidel: Narrator
• Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story: Guest appearance
• Requiem for Fanny: Narrator
• Protection: Shimanski
• All Souls: Dr. Lyman Brisco
• Varian's War: Franz Werfel
• Alone We Stand: Narrator
• Scent of Danger: Dr. York
• The Book of Eve: Steve Lock
• Emily of New Moon: Wendell McKay
• Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher: Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Just a Walk in the Park: Publisher
• Redeemer: Edward Chase
• Splinter Cell: Misc. Characters
• Pig City: Additional Voices
• The Lost World: Additional Voices
• The Human Stain: Solly Tabak
• Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story: Ray Harding
• Levity: Man on Parole Board
• Timeline: Monk
• Life and Times, John Paul II: Narrator
• Ocean Tales: Additional Voices
• The Three Pigs: Additional Voices
• Potatoes and Dragons: Additional Voices
• Ratz: Additional Voices
• Wicker Park: Jeweller
• The Boy: Dad
• Tripping the Rift: Additional Voices
• Winx Club: Additional Voices
• Dragon Hunters: Additional Voices
• The Perfect Husband: Gardener
• Baby for Sale: Guest Star
• Bad Apple: Fleisig
• When Angels Come to Town: Franz
• Manners of Dying: Doctor Lowe
• The Day After Tomorrow: Booker (MPC)
• Secret Window: Fire Chief Wickersham
• A Year in the Death of Jack Richards: Jack Richards
• Canadian Case Files: Narrator
• Crimes of Passion: Malcolm McBradden
• Human Trafficking: Tommy
• The Tournament: Coach Jenkins (Season 1)
• Black Eyed Dog: Andreas
• My Goldfish is Evil: Additional Voices
• Race to Mars: Space Agency Narrator
• I Me Wed: Roy
• A Life Interrupted: Committee Chairman
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Judge Shoehan
• Lava Storm: Mike Wilson
• Wargames: The Dead Code: Ivan Prokosh
• The Christmas Choir: Star
• The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream: Official
• The Last Templar: Taxi Driver
• Dead Like Me: Life After Death: Gregor
• Carny: Guest Appearance
• The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice: Maitre D'

External links

• Vlasta Vrana at the Internet Movie Database