Karel Roden

Karel Roden

1962-05-18 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 111 Credits

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.

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Nebelkind: The End of Silence

Nebelkind: The End of Silence

2025

as Franz Kovac

Acting

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

Gump – We Are Duo

2024

as veterinář

5.2
Acting

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

Marek Ztracený v Edenu

2023

Acting
Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

2023

as Karel

8.0
Acting

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

A Christmas Story

2022

as Přemek

3.8
Acting

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

The Bohemian

2022

as Man under the marquise's skirts

6.2
Acting

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

Indián

2022

as Ondřej Jonáš

4.3
Acting

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

Medieval

2022

as Václav IV.

6.9
Acting

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

Nightline

Nightline

2022

8.0
Acting

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

Večírek

2021

as Richard

3.5
Acting

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

Gump

Gump

2021

as veterinář

6.2
Acting

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

The Racer

2020

as Viking

6.0
Acting

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

Grap3s

2020

4.1
Acting

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

The Glass Room

2019

as Rainer von Abt

5.6
Acting

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

Pes baskervillský

2019

as Sherlock Holmes

5.5
Acting

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

Little Crusader

2017

as Father

6.5
Acting

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

A Prominent Patient

2017

as Masaryk

6.1
Acting

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

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

2016

as Jan Němec

3.3
Acting

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

Family Film

2016

as Igor

6.7
Acting

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

Zločin v Polné

2016

as T. G. Masaryk

6.5
Acting

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

Angel

2015

as Stevens

4.3
Acting

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

Sword of Vengeance

2015

as Durant

4.8
Acting

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

Confession of the Vanished

2015

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

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

Photographer

2015

as Jan

5.0
Acting

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

Krásno

2014

as Luděk

6.0
Acting

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

Frankenstein’s Army

2013

as Viktor

6.1
Acting

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

Four Suns

2012

as Karel

4.3
Acting

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

Signál

2012

as Pilka

4.4
Acting

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

Alois Nebel

2011

as Němý (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

The Magical Duvet

2011

as tatínek

3.7
Acting

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

The Butcher of Prague

2011

as František Šíma

6.7
Acting

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

A Lonely Place to Die

2011

as Darko

6.2
Acting

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

Cat Run

2011

as Carver

5.3
Acting

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

Heart Beat 3D

2010

Acting

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

Habermann

Habermann

2010

as Jan Březina

6.0
Acting

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

Oko ve zdi

Oko ve zdi

2009

4.2
Acting

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

Holy Money

2009

as Slender Man

Acting

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

Orphan

2009

as Dr. Värava

7.0
Acting

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

Jménem krále

Jménem krále

2009

as Oldřich z Chlumu

5.8
Acting

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

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009

6.0
Acting

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

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

2008

as Mikhail Korsky

6.0
Acting

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

Guard No. 47

2008

as Frantisek Dousa

5.8
Acting

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

RocknRolla

2008

as Uri Omovich

7.0
Acting

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

Bathory: Countess of Blood

2008

as Juraj Thurzo

5.6
Acting

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

Little Girl Blue

2007

as Richard

5.8
Acting

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

Bestiář

2007

5.5
Acting

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

Mr. Bean's Holiday

2007

as Emil

6.4
Acting

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

Krásný čas

2006

as Jáchym

Acting

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

Dead Man's Bounty

2006

as The Stranger

3.3
Acting

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

The Abandoned

2006

as Nicolai

5.5
Acting

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

The Last Drop

2006

as Hans Beck

4.1
Acting

Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

Running Scared

Running Scared

2006

as Anzor Yugorsky

7.0
Acting

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

Shut Up and Shoot Me

2005

as Pavel Zeman

5.5
Acting

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

Dead Fish

2005

as Dragan

5.5
Acting

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

Vaterland: A Hunting Logbook

2004

as Richard Czadsky

6.2
Acting

Returning to their ancestral lands, descendants of a formerly aristocratic family hunt for mythical creatures that occupy the nearby wilderness.

Rex-patriates

2004

6.0
Acting

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

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

as Yuri Gretkov

7.3
Acting

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

Hellboy

2004

as Grigori Rasputin

6.7
Acting

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

Bulletproof Monk

2003

as Strucker

5.5
Acting

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

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003

as (voice)

Acting

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

Acting
Blade II

Blade II

2002

as Kounen

6.6
Acting

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

Parallel Worlds

Parallel Worlds

2001

1.0
Acting

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

15 Minutes

2001

as Emil Slovak

5.9
Acting

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

Wild Flowers

2000

as Milenec

6.9
Acting

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

4.8
Acting

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

5.0
Acting

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

Prague Stories

1999

as Petr (segment "Absolutní láska")

5.0
Acting

A four-story omnibus depicting different Czech slices-of-life from the titular city.

Double Role

Double Role

1999

as chirurg

7.0
Acting

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

Spravedlivý Bohumil

1998

Acting

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

9.0
Acting

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

Traps

1998

as Dr. Marek

4.9
Acting

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

The Firebird

1997

as Magician Skeleton

4.8
Acting

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

Crackerjack 2

1997

as Hans Becker

3.1
Acting

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

Acting

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

7.8
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

Two women, one girl, and one man trapped by words.

The Dragon Ring

The Dragon Ring

1994

as Prince Lisandro

7.0
Acting

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

Test of Memory

1993

as Matyás

3.3
Acting

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

Acting
The Canary Connection

The Canary Connection

1993

as Don Giovanni

3.5
Acting

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

Don Gio

1992

as Giovanni

5.0
Acting

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

Acting
Corpus delicti

Corpus delicti

1991

as Jaromír Kadlec

4.5
Acting

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

Jen o rodinných záležitostech

1991

as kapitán StB

Acting

Life in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s and the punishments for going against the state.

Silnější než já

1991

as Šárka

3.0
Acting

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

Masseba

1990

as Tall Young Man

5.4
Acting

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

Acting
Waiting For Patrick

Waiting For Patrick

1990

as Mirek

4.0
Acting

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

Time of the Servants

1989

as Milan

4.8
Acting

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

1.0
Acting
Pan Tau – der Film

Pan Tau – der Film

1988

6.2
Acting

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

Acting
Who's That Soldier?

Who's That Soldier?

1988

as kapitán Tůma

7.0
Acting

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

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives

1988

as Jan Antoš

6.3
Acting

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

Ohnivé ženy mezi námi

1988

as Janek

6.0
Acting

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

Hauři

1988

as inženýr Cyril Urban

Acting

Building themes, however modified, permeated the nationalised cinema throughout its existence. This time, director Július Matula has focused on a youn...

Můj hříšný muž

Můj hříšný muž

1987

4.0
Acting

A Czech film about love and marital crisis as a work injury.

Ohnivé ženy se vracejí

Ohnivé ženy se vracejí

1987

7.0
Acting

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

O štěstí a kráse

1986

as Princ Petr

Acting

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

Acting

Šaty až na zem

1986

as Ríša

Acting

Pusu, pusu, pusu!

1985

Acting
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

1985

as Honza Antoš

6.0
Acting

A story about a young medical school student and his adventures.

Domek u lesa

1985

Acting

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

Acting

Nejdelší návrat

1984

Acting
The Infinity Castle

The Infinity Castle

1984

as Koblas

5.0
Acting

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

Ohnivé ženy

1984

8.0
Acting

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

The Way of the Wind

N/A

as Mamon

Acting

A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.