Vladimír Marek

Biography

Vladimír Marek is a Czech actor and loutkoherec born on August 6, 1951, in Prague to a family of a cook and a dressmaker. He began his career at the age of 11, performing children's roles in the Říše loutek theater, where he met future collaborators Bohumír Koubek and Vojtěch Suchard. Marek studied at DAMU and later worked with notable directors like Josef Krofta and Jan Grossman, known for starring roles in musicals such as Cabaret and Joan of Arc.