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Karel Dobrý

Karel Dobrý

Actor, also writer · Born May 2, 1969 (57) · Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Karel Dobry, born 1969, is an award winning Czech film and stage actor. He has been critically acclaimed for his portrayals of complex characters. Karel was awarded the Czech Lion in 2019 for best leading actor. He was raised in Prague and spent part of his childhood in Syria. He is fluent in English, Czech, Russian and German. In 2014 he won the Alfred Radok award for Best Actor, the Theater News Award for Best Actor, and also garnered a nomination for a Czech Thalie as Best Actor.He has embodied more than 90 roles in film and TV.His recent credits include Genius-Einstein for Fox, directed and produced by Ron Howard, as well as The Catcher Was a Spy acting opposite Paul Rudd. Other interesting credits are Glass Room, Milada, Child 44 and Mission Impossible. He is an avid horseman who has been trained in driving and weaponry and performs many of his own stunts.

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Born
May 2, 1969 (57)
From
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28

What are Karel Dobrý's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Morality
24%
Power
11%
Survival
11%
Ideas
9%
Self
8%
Society
4%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
6
Dread
5
Romantic
3
Warm
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Karel Dobrý's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Karel Dobrý's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page.

  • Resident Evil(2026)

    as Farmer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Filter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as otec Radka

  • Final Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Hauptkommissar Beran

  • Last Routine(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fichtelberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Zikmund Smiřický

  • Franz(2025)

    as Pfohl

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Secret Delivery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Erlebach

  • Nosferatu(2024)

    as Captain Yusou

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Crow(2024)

    as Roman

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Brothers(2023)

    as STB Colonel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Restore Point(2023)

    as ředitel Rohan

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Chambermaid(2022)

    as Milostpán

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Terezín(2023)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Princezna zakletá v case 2(2022)

    as velmistr prostoru

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Enchanted Cave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Oplan

  • Šéfka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Kristián Menzel

  • Blood Kin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Otfried Hille

  • Ubal a zmiz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Oslo(2021)

    as Johan Jørgen Holst

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Maestro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Otto Hubert

  • Daria(2020)

    as Smíd

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Scene of the Crime Ostrava (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · as kpt. Richard Lukeš

  • Carnival Row(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pact Ambassador Anrep

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Defenestrace 1618 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Affair(2019)

    as Láník

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Případ dvou sester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Rudolf Káš

  • In Love and War(2018)

    as Læge

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Tátové na tahu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · Actor

  • Death of a Nation(2018)

    as Gestapo Chief

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Catcher Was a Spy(2018)

    as Cold-Eyed German

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • May the Lord Be With Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Jindřich Matyáš Thurn

  • The Hastrman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Baron Johann Salmon de Caus

  • Pure Devilry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Lucifer

  • Garden Store: Suitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Karel Rohn

  • Milada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Garden Store - Part 2: Deserter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Karel Rohn

  • The Adventurers(2017)

    as Yelyuk (The Buyer)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Summer of '44 - The Lost Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as McKee

  • Garden Store - Part 1: Family Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Karel Rohn

  • Genius(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Mikhail Ivanushkin

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Bohéma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as ministr Kopecký

  • Četníci z Luhačovic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · as Radomír Vlach

  • Slavkovský advent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Spooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as upír Ignác

  • The Devil's Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Gerhard Lamprecht - Film Director

  • Child 44(2015)

    as Photographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Line of Separation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Kommandant Kowaljew

  • 1864 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as von Goeben

  • Život a doba soudce A. K. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Advokát Rytíř

  • Scribblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Helen Dorn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Milan Jerabek

  • Případy 1. oddělení (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as JUDr. Janák

  • The Czech Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 9 episodes · as Generál Lev Prchala

  • The Transporter(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Jetmir

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Recon: Alpha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Chevchenko

  • Missing(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · as Coffee Man

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Faust(2011)

    as soldier

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • 4teens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Láďa Kocman

  • Znamení koně (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 26 episodes · as Karel Dejmek

  • Klub osamělých srdcí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Burnt by the Sun 2(2010)

    as German pilot

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Dům U Zlatého úsvitu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Acrux

  • Jménem krále (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Albert z Jestřebí

  • Wingless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Čihák

  • The Counterpart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Italian Captain

  • Bathory: Countess of Blood(2008)

    as Royal Guard Commander

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Flame & Citron(2008)

    as Seibold

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Maharal – Tajemství talismanu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Maharal – Tajemství talismanu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Hui Buh - Das Schlossgespenst(2006)

    as Ritter Ottokar

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Ninth Day(2004)

    as Raportführer Bertram

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Before the Fall(2004)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • P.F. 77 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Tajemný svícen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · as Korba

  • Krysař (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Ďábel-osud

  • Doctor Zhivago(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mayakovsky

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge of the Rats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Commandment

  • A Knight's Tale(2001)

    as Flanders King of Arms

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Wild Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Král

  • Frank Herbert's Dune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dr. Pardot Kynes

  • Jabloňová panna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Spring of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Odillo

  • The Girl of Your Dreams(1998)

    Writer · as Leo

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Racek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Boris Trigorin

  • Jak se dělá opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Sacred Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Barishvili

  • Mission: Impossible(1996)

    as Matthias

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • UŽ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • How to Deserve a Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Nejsilnější

  • Elektro, má lásko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

The Adventurers (2017)

$37M worldwide

Highest rated

The Ninth Day (2004)

Midcredits 77th

Most popular right now

The Crow (2024)

Film career

19912026

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 93: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rd

By decade

1990s9 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s39 · acting2020s22 · acting

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 25 roles
96061621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Karel Dobrý's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 28; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive3
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Death of a Nation (2018)

99th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Resident Evil (2026)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Karel Dobrý work with?

People who share at least 2 of Karel Dobrý's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Bowles shares the most, 2.

Actors

Editors