He came from a very old Czech theatrical family of Steimar and artistic family of Kodet, he was the son of Czech actress Jiřina Steimar and sculptor Jan Kodet. After her parents divorced, her mother married Jaroslav Juhan, a car racer, but he emigrated. This had an impact on the further studies of Jiří Kodet, who was expelled from the grammar school and was not admitted to the DAMU until the second time. He left the DAMU before graduating and began his theatre career at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice (1961-1962). In 1962-64 he was in the Artistic Military Ensemble, based in Pohořelec, Prague. With this ensemble he toured a large part of the former Czechoslovakia. His future colleagues from the Drama Club, Jiří Hrzán, Jiří Zahajský and Petr Skoumal, were in the ensemble with him. In Pardubice, he was sought out by Jan Kačer, who was assembling a troupe for the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava. Kodet worked in Ostrava from 1963-1965, and from 1966 he played at the Prague Drama Club, where some of the members of the Ostrava ensemble moved. In 1991 he became a member of the drama company of the National Theatre in Prague. During his lifetime he played a number of small and episodic roles in film and television, but it was not until the end of his life that he was able to play major roles, mainly thanks to director Jan Hřebejk, who cast him in his film Divided We Fall, and earlier also in Cosy Dens, which was his most successful film ever. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jiří Kodet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
125 movies · 23 shows
Sentiment
2003·6.3
Divided We Fall
2000·7.2
Přepadení
2000·9.0
Ex offo
1999·7.0
Cosy Dens
1999·8.0
Buttoners
1997·6.9
Ing.
1996·0.0
Accumulator 1
1994·6.9
Lepší pán
1994·0.0
Sólo pro mou ženu
1991·0.0
Eugene among Us
1990·8.5
Skřivánčí ticho
1990·8.0
Smrt v kruhu
1990·0.0
Mark of Cain
1989·10.0
Vážení přátelé, ano
1989·6.1
Dvě z Paříže
1989·7.0
Ohňostroj v Aspern
1989·0.0
Pan Tau – der Film
1988·6.4
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
1988·6.3
The Jester and the Queen
1988·6.8
Bogan
1988·0.0
Srdíčko
1987·0.0
Merry Christmas Octopus
1987·6.8
Betazóna
1987·0.0
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987·6.6
Můj hříšný muž
1987·4.6
Papilio
1987·4.3
My Daughter's Operation
1987·10.0
The Great Movie Robbery
1987·6.8
Grófinka
1986·0.0
Růžový Hubert
1986·5.0
Eine zauberhafte Erbschaft
1986·5.9
Zátah
1986·10.0
Jestli jednou odejdu
1985·0.0
Dissolved and Effused
1985·6.9
Bridal Tour to Jilji
1984·7.5
Žofka z Janovic
1984·6.0
Zaspala nevěsta
1984·6.0
Evo, vdej se!
1984·10.0
Byt je vykraden, maminko...
1984·0.0
Angel in a Devil's Body
1984·4.7
Modré z nebe
1984·9.0
Bergman a Bergman, detektivní kancelář
1984·0.0
Jen se spolehni
1983·0.0
Síť na bludičku
1983·0.0
Putování Jana Amose
1983·5.5
Duch soudce Pauknera
1983·0.0
Hearty Greetings from the Globe
1983·6.9
Plášť Marie Terezie
1983·0.0
The Death of a Talented Cobbler
1983·5.5
Smeč
1983·0.0
V hlavní roli obhájce
1983·0.0
Hráči
1983·6.5
How the World Is Losing Poets
1982·6.2
The Glass House
1982·6.0
Romance ze Savoy baru
1982·0.0
Plaché příběhy
1982·9.0
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
1981·7.2
Sobota odpoledne, počátek léta
1981·0.0
Tři v tom
1981·0.0
Drž se rovně, Kačenko
1981·0.0
Fénix
1981·7.0
Bulldogs and Cherries
1981·4.3
Sugar House
1981·7.0
Rána pod pás
1981·0.0
Just Whistle a Little
1981·8.5
Girl with Shells
1981·8.3
A na konci je začátek
1981·0.0
Run, Waiter, Run!
1981·7.2
Děti zítřků
1980·8.0
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový
1980·5.0
The Medal
1980·7.0
Escape Home
1980·8.0
Blues pro EFB
1980·9.0
Julek
1980·5.8
Friday Is No Holiday
1980·5.0
Blue Planet
1980·3.7
More v kvapke vody
1980·0.0
No Magic from Tomorrow
1979·7.6
The Secret of Steel City
1979·5.9
Pumpaři od Zlaté podkovy
1979·3.8
Bratři Kipové
1979·0.0
Past na kachnu
1978·2.3
Hrozba
1978·7.0
Alarm in the Clouds
1978·6.0
Zlaté rybky
1978·0.0
The Apple Game
1978·6.1
Noc klavíristy
1977·4.0
The Liberation of Prague
1977·5.3
Dům Na poříčí
1977·9.0
Město nic neví
1976·10.0
The Day That Shook the World
1975·6.1
Ten kůň musí pryč
1975·5.0
My Brother Has a Cute Brother
1975·5.6
Sokolovo
1975·4.3
Zbraně pro Prahu
1975·6.0
Egyptologové
1974·0.0
Zatykač na královnu
1974·4.3
Lovers in the Year One
1974·6.7
Rodeo
1973·8.0
Morgiana
1972·7.2
Lekce
1972·9.0
Chance
1971·4.5
Revizor
1971·9.0
Comrades
1971·8.0
The Great Unknown
1970·5.0
All My Good Countrymen
1969·7.7
Klec pro dva
1968·6.3
Dita Saxová
1968·5.9
Hotel for Strangers
1967·6.2
Lacrimae Rerum
1967·7.0
Closely Watched Trains
1966·7.2
Crime at the Girls School
1966·6.4
Assassination
1965·7.5
Krysař
1964·0.0
The Mysterious Mr. Hyde
1964·6.0
Something Different
1963·6.3
Love Without Words
1962·4.5
Pochodně
1961·7.0
Lidé jako ty
1960·6.6
Higher Principle
1960·8.2
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
1960·6.2
Probuzení
1960·5.3
Hlavní výhra
1959·6.5
Posel úsvitu
1951·8.0