Biography
Karel Roden (born 18 May 1962) is a Czech actor, popularly known for his roles in Hellboy and The Bourne Supremacy, and his voice work in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Nebelkind: The End of Silence
2025
as Franz Kovac
On the trail of a runaway wolf, wolf guardian Hannah reluctantly visits her grandmother's native Czech village, close to the Austrian border. Hannah's...

Gump – We Are Duo
2024
as veterinář
Gump's new journey begins exactly where the previous one ended. Together with his beloved Béďa Kozí Bobek, the main animal hero goes through a story t...

Marek Ztracený v Edenu
2023

Waltzing Matilda
2023
as Karel
A story of Karel Jaroš, an emotionally arid man, whose mother suffers from Alzheimer disease. It is not love, but the sense of duty that stops him fro...

A Christmas Story
2022
as Přemek
Three families, three festive stories. Uninvited guests, new love, and a quest for the perfect winter. 'A Christmas Story' weaves humor and holiday sp...

The Bohemian
2022
as Man under the marquise's skirts
The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talente...

Indián
2022
as Ondřej Jonáš
Andrew is a tough businessman and an arrogant workaholic. He runs a large, successful company in Prague. The meaning of his life is money. Ondřej has ...

Medieval
2022
as Václav IV.
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Nightline
2022
Under Czech law, most murders can be statute-barred in as little as 20 years. Radio presenter Eva gets involved in one case that is time-barred almost...

Večírek
2021
as Richard
Former classmates gradually gather at the party. This reunion would probably be marked by light banter and nostalgic memories, but instead of another ...

Gump
2021
as veterinář
A story told through the eyes of a stray dog called Gump . On a journey to find his way home to his owner, Gump encounters many challenges, meets new ...

The Racer
2020
as Viking
Summer 1998 - the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom Chabol (late 30s) has been one of the best “Domestiq...

Grap3s
2020
Honza and Klára became the owners of the winery and parents of mischievous twins. However, everyday worries can be extremely tiring at times, so thing...

The Glass Room
2019
as Rainer von Abt
Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her h...

Pes baskervillský
2019
as Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles is a detective classic that never fails to delight, with its clever plot, charmingly arranged s...

Little Crusader
2017
as Father
Knight Borek is searching for his missing son. Enthralled by the stories of children's crusades, little Jan has run away from home. Borek's crusade is...

A Prominent Patient
2017
as Masaryk
In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with ...

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
as Jan Němec
The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.

Family Film
2016
as Igor
A couple embark on an early vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected...

Zločin v Polné
2016
as T. G. Masaryk
An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town o...

Angel
2015
as Stevens
Angel, a woman who was horribly abused by her grandmother as a little girl and institutionalized after killing her, embarks on a killing spree as an a...

Sword of Vengeance
2015
as Durant
Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining t...

Confession of the Vanished
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The film follows the staging of the opera Olimpiade while at the same time exploring the dramatic life of its composer Josef Mysliveček, a friend and ...

Photographer
2015
as Jan
The story is freely inspired by the life and work of Jan Saudek, who is probably the most well-known Czech photographer internationally and has indisp...

Krásno
2014
as Luděk
Story follows two best friend on private investigation. They are going to their hometown to prove that Michals mother was killed by his stepmother.

Frankenstein’s Army
2013
as Viktor
Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun exper...

Four Suns
2012
as Karel
Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties and bring up Véna, his son from the ...

Signál
2012
as Pilka
Two young technicians, Filos and Kája, come to a small village that is a bit cut off from the rest of the world in order to find the best place to ins...

Alois Nebel
2011
as Němý (voice)
A train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland. The end of...

The Magical Duvet
2011
as tatínek
The great musical comedy by F. A. Brabec V perine is the first Czech film made entirely in 3D. This stimulating comedy, in true and thorough 3D, prese...

The Butcher of Prague
2011
as František Šíma
Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that ...

A Lonely Place to Die
2011
as Darko
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in th...

Cat Run
2011
as Carver
When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors ...

Heart Beat 3D
2010
A visual dreamscape of Prague streets, a hallucinatory vision of a world from the operating table for robotic heart surgeries, collaged together with ...

Habermann
2010
as Jan Březina
A story set in a small village in Sudetenland between 1937 and 1945. "Habermann" is based on true events.

Oko ve zdi
2009
The aging couple might have been enjoying a gracious autumn of their lives had it not been for a crack in the wall that revealed a secret that changed...

Holy Money
2009
as Slender Man
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineya...

Orphan
2009
as Dr. Värava
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

Jménem krále
2009
as Oldřich z Chlumu
In 13th-century Bohemia, King Přemysl Otakar II sends his Bezděz castle steward Oldřich of Chlum north to broker a peace-marriage between the feuding ...

The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009
It's nighttime in Prague, 21 August 1968. Soviet troops and tanks are occupying the city - random attacks, soldiers shooting, bodies lying dead on the...

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
2008
as Mikhail Korsky
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taki...

Guard No. 47
2008
as Frantisek Dousa
A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attent...

RocknRolla
2008
as Uri Omovich
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their shar...

Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
as Juraj Thurzo
Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind...

Little Girl Blue
2007
as Richard
Julie is a woman who seemingly has everything. A handsome husband, teenage daughter and a thriving, undemanding job as a translator and now even a new...

Bestiář
2007
Bestiary is the story of a young woman, Karolína, whose life is profoundly changed by her relationship with Alex, a mysterious and elusive man. It is ...

Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
as Emil
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers Franc...

Krásný čas
2006
as Jáchym
The third installment in a loose series featuring the character Renáta Soukupová. Renáta is on the threshold of her thirties and is determined to conq...

Dead Man's Bounty
2006
as The Stranger
A mysterious loner rides into a small town carrying the body of a sought-after outlaw. But after he gambles his bounty away in a card game with the sh...

The Abandoned
2006
as Nicolai
Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-emp...

The Last Drop
2006
as Hans Beck
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

Running Scared
2006
as Anzor Yugorsky
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wro...

Shut Up and Shoot Me
2005
as Pavel Zeman
Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he de...

Dead Fish
2005
as Dragan
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Ba...

Vaterland: A Hunting Logbook
2004
as Richard Czadsky
Returning to their ancestral lands, descendants of a formerly aristocratic family hunt for mythical creatures that occupy the nearby wilderness.
Rex-patriates
2004
In 1990, Alan Levy, Editor in Chief of the Prague Post, proclaimed that Prague was the "Left Bank of the 90s," -- the new European haven for American ...

The Bourne Supremacy
2004
as Yuri Gretkov
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and M...

Hellboy
2004
as Grigori Rasputin
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is takin...

Bulletproof Monk
2003
as Strucker
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ulti...

Late Night Talks with Mother
2003
as (voice)
Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialog...
Sen
2002

Blade II
2002
as Kounen
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

Parallel Worlds
2001
Krystof, an architect whose main priority is his job, has been living for several years with Tereza, who has a somewhat different outlook on life. The...

15 Minutes
2001
as Emil Slovak
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts fil...

Wild Flowers
2000
as Milenec
Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The...
Victims and Murderers
2000
as Miroslav
Two half-siblings Jana and Miroslav are ineffectually trying to escape their mutual attraction and break free from their fatal relationship. Two time ...
Kuře melancholik
1999
The story takes place at the beginning of the 20th century. Little Lojzík, whose mother was killed by lightning, lives on a farm with his father and a...

Prague Stories
1999
as Petr (segment "Absolutní láska")
A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.

Double Role
1999
as chirurg
An intimate psychological film which elaborates the Faustian theme about the dispute between the body and the soul - a study on human identity. Two yo...

Spravedlivý Bohumil
1998
A childless royal couple begs God in vain for a child. The impatient king then asks the devil himself. Soon after, the queen gives birth to a beautifu...
Čas dluhů
1998
as Milan
Milan has already achieved a respectable career, holding an important position as a sales representative in Morocco and living the life of an exclusiv...

Traps
1998
as Dr. Marek
After two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and removes their testicles.

The Firebird
1997
as Magician Skeleton
The sick King Jorgen worries about the marriage of his daughter Elena. The fairytale-like, dramatic confusion triggers a shimmering golden fire bird w...

Crackerjack 2
1997
as Hans Becker
Police officer Jack Wild discovers that the well-known international terrorist Hans Becker is on a train, carrying a wealthy business man and his girl...
O sirotkovi z Radhoště
1997
The story of little orphan Michálek, whom the greedy greengrocer Haboš wants to rob of his cottage, so he lures him on a journey to find treasure and ...
Král Ubu
1996
A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of ...
Eine kleine Jazzmusik
1996
as Bronzoryp
The story of student love in the most difficult times, because even during the Protectorate, young people liked to have fun, dance, and fall in love. ...
Hrad z písku
1994
Two women, one girl, and one man trapped by words.

The Dragon Ring
1994
as Prince Lisandro
The Dragon Ring is an italian film of two parts. It's about Desideria, the dragon king's daughter and Selvaggia, her adopted and magical sister. To ge...

Test of Memory
1993
as Matyás
Fifteen years after being the cause of an alleged love suicide there, writer Paul Herzog returns to Prague where he meets Clarissa, the sister of the ...
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
1993

The Canary Connection
1993
as Don Giovanni
An interesting attempt at a postmodern crazy comedy with elements of parody. The plot turns on the search for the recipe of a liqueur made by the film...

Don Gio
1992
as Giovanni
The full-length film which, though based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, is more about the complexity of the time and the world. We witness the creati...
Franz a Felice
1992
as Max

Corpus delicti
1991
as Jaromír Kadlec
The subject of this film, which takes an analytical look at the life of all of us with an analytical eye, is the evil microbe that has slowly infiltra...

Jen o rodinných záležitostech
1991
as kapitán StB
Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.
Silnější než já
1991
as Šárka
A story inspired by true events, the fate of a multiple juvenile murderer, takes place in an apprentice boarding school. "A series of sexual murders! ...

Masseba
1990
as Tall Young Man
A tribe of survivors take possession of a large but rundown building, killing all who put up resistance - but they don't know that the building is cur...
Sama uprostřed noci
1990
as Karel

Waiting For Patrick
1990
as Mirek
Helenka, a textile industrial student, invents an ideal man who is the envy of all her friends. The dreamy and delusional Helenka resists her complexe...

Time of the Servants
1989
as Milan
Dana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can't deal with life, people and even not with herself. After her boyfriend leaves her, she cha...
Vnitřní zrak
1989
as Milenec

Pan Tau – der Film
1988
Pan Tau, the friend of all children, now also helps the adults. A movie producer is in trouble and decides to shoot another Pan-Tau movie. But the ol...
Petr a Jan
1988
as Petr

Who's That Soldier?
1988
as kapitán Tůma
In the Czech film comedy from 1988, you can see for yourself that the war was not easy, but otherwise it was great fun. Sergeant Kouba serving with th...

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives
1988
as Jan Antoš
While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán Šafránek, equipped with his...

Ohnivé ženy mezi námi
1988
as Janek
The final part of the ghost triptych will take Marta, Magdalena and Janko to the world of television. The 700th anniversary of the town of Milotín is ...

Hauři
1988
as inženýr Cyril Urban
Building themes, however modified, permeated the nationalised cinema throughout its existence. This time, director Július Matula has focused on a youn...

Můj hříšný muž
1987
A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury.

Ohnivé ženy se vracejí
1987
A loose continuation of the production of The Fiery Women. The souls of the witches Marta and Magdalena, burned in the 17th century, enter the bodies ...

O štěstí a kráse
1986
as Princ Petr
A fairy tale about Princess Marion, the laundress Madeleine, and the magic apples. Who would have thought that a princess could be dissatisfied with b...
Rubínová pohádka
1986
Šaty až na zem
1986
as Ríša
Pusu, pusu, pusu!
1985

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
1985
as Honza Antoš
A story about a young medical school student and his adventures.
Domek u lesa
1985
Every one of us has certainly been in a situation for which he or she is not prepared and is not able to orient him or herself immediately and correct...
Kmotři z blat
1984
Nejdelší návrat
1984

The Infinity Castle
1984
as Koblas
Technical school student Pavel Brychta, arrives at a youth correctional facility located within a chateau in Konečno. He is an atypical, but not hopel...

Ohnivé ženy
1984
When he didn't want her, a stick or a charmer was used, in more serious cases the love stone helped. When he wanted her too much, an extract of wormwo...

The Way of the Wind
N/A
as Mamon
A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.