Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána is a Czech-Canadian actor of stage, film, and television. He has appeared in over 285 films, television, and theatre productions, including voice roles, narration, and advertisements.
Early life
Vrána was born in Norway to Czech parents, and moved to Canada at age four.Career
He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's Shivers. Other film appearances include The Blue Man, The Kiss, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Waking the Dead, and Press Run. Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window, and Booker in The Day After Tomorrow. He also appeared in Pachamama.On television, Vrána has appeared in shows and films, including The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, The Hitchhiker, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, War of the Worlds, After Amy, Friday the 13th: the Series, Sirens, Windsor Protocol, All Souls, Mom P.I., and Varian's War.
Vrána speaks English, Czech, and French, and performs accents. As a voice actor his credits include the video games Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, animated films such as Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal 2000, Japanese animation such as The Mysterious Cities of Gold, narration, documentaries, and commercials on radio and television. He narrated the Canada Vignettes and other films for the National Film Board of Canada.
Awards
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Filmography
Film
Shivers as Kresimer SvibenRabid as Cop at ClinicOne Man as Gendron's ColleagueBlackout Canada Vignettes as NarratorJigsaw as Le gérant du clubHappy Birthday to Me as BartenderGas as Baron StuyvesantHeavy Metal as Barbarian Leader The Amateur as GuideTop Priority The Emperor of Peru as PolicemanHard Feelings as Mr. HollandA Room Full of Energy as NarratorCandy the Striper as Guy at BarHey Babe! as RoyThe Surrogate as BillBreaking All the Rules as DetectiveThe Blue Man as ScottThe Morning Man Cat City as Mr. Gatto Keeping Track as ChuckNowhere to Hide as Sonny CambriaThe Gnomes' Great Adventure as SwiftMario, Mike and the Great Gretzky as amusing NarratorThe Kiss as BishopJesus of Montreal as Fr. Leclerc Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as FrankNail Soup: Scandinavian Folktale as NarratorFalling Over Backwards as DrunkAngel Square as LoggWhispers as Sheriff LaurenskiMoney as Mel GlatzmanScanners II: The New Order as Lt. GelsonThe Jungle Book as GrizzleGulliver's Travels Sandokan Brainscan as FrankWarriors as Mr. ParkerStalked as SandersHighlander III: The Sorcerer as VorisekRelative Fear as Mr. SchulmanHollow Point as FBI Agent in ChaseMarked Man as Warden JacksonMother Night as August KrapptauerHawk's Vengeance as DuquesneNatural Enemy as StanleyNight of the Demons 3 as DewhurstStranger in the House as Alex AlexanderThe Peacekeeper as General DouglasThe Assignment as KGB Head OfficerKayla as Lyman SnowEscape from Wildcat Canyon as TullyKayla The Ultimate Weapon as 'Top' DrummondEye of the Beholder as Mr. Hugo Sr.Grey Owl as Harry ChamplinRunning Home as RobinsonWaking the Dead as Priest at Sarah's FuneralPress Run as Sam KettleRevenge as Dan McCartneyReaper as Sheriff NorrisBelieve as Mortimer HigginsWhere the Money Is as Jewelry Store EmployeeHeavy Metal 2000 as Street Vendor The List Cause of Death as Al BaileyProtection as ShimanskiFidel as NarratorRequiem for Fanny as NarratorThe Book of Eve as Steve LockAlone We Stand as NarratorLevity as Man on Parole BoardThe Human Stain as Solly TabakTimeline as MonkSecret Window as Fire Chief WickershamThe Day After Tomorrow as Booker Wicker Park as JewellerA Year in the Death of Jack Richards as Jack RichardsManners of Dying as Doctor LoweSpookley the Square Pumpkin as NarratorBlack Eyed Dog as AndreasWarGames: The Dead Code as Ivan ProkoshDead Like Me: Life After Death as GregorArctic Blast as NarratorTerritories as Sheriff WhiteUpside Down as Mr. HuntPinocchio as Mangiafuoco / The Jailer Red 2 as General McKennonThe Informant as Contrôleur NicholsThe Perfect Husband as GardenerGurov and Anna as Audiobook NarratorRace as St-JohnThe Glass Castle as Mr. LehockyThe Zone as StalkerPachamama as ShamanHall as PeterFelix and the Treasure of Morgäa as Tom- ''Old Guys in Bed''
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1977 | The New Avengers | Karavitch | 1 episode | |
| 1979 | The Spirit Adventure: Night Flight | Radio Operator | TV movie | |
| 1980 | The Littlest Hobo | Policeman | 2 episodes | |
| 1983 | Illusion | Ben Grover | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole | Murphy | TV movie | |
| 1983 | A Matter of Cunning | Ted Haskell | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Charlie Grant's War | Police Chief | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Secret Weapons | Ivan | TV movie | |
| 1985 | The Hitchhiker | Mark Greenburg / Undercover Cop #2 | 2 episodes | |
| 1985 | A Time to Live | Policeman Grosso | TV movie | |
| 1986 | Choices | Minister | TV movie | |
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | TV movie | ||
| 1986 | He Shoots, He Scores | Popov | 1 episode | |
| 1986 | Spearfield's Daughter | Gerd | TV miniseries | |
| 1987 | Amerika | Sergei | TV miniseries | |
| 1987 | ' | Katsender | TV movie | |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | William Murphy | TV movie | |
| 1988 | The Mills of Power | Frank Genereux | TV miniseries | |
| 1988 | God Bless the Child | Harold Matthews | TV movie | |
| 1988 | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Doctor | TV movie | |
| 1988 | Hitting Home | Phil Grande | TV movie | |
| 1988 | Midnight Magic | Ryan Burr | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Red Earth, White Earth | William | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Day One | Hans Bethe | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie | Hawkins | TV movie | |
| 1990 | April Morning | Paul Revere | TV movie | |
| 1990 | War of the Worlds | Jonathan Laporte | 1 episode | |
| 1989, 1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Webster Eby / Sheriff | 2 episodes | |
| 1989, 1993 | Street Legal | Howard Champion / Mario Pestano | 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Detective Lt. Samuelson | ||
| 1991 | Deadly Surveillance | Palatzo | TV movie | |
| 1991 | Mom P.I. | 1 episode | ||
| 1991–1992 | Urban Angel | Lieutenant Drabeck | 15 episodes | |
| 1992 | A Bunch of Munsch | Episode: "David's Father/Pigs" | - | |
| 1993 | Flight from Justice | Nathan | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Benny | TV movie | |
| 1994 | The Lifeforce Experiment | Dr. Robbie Allman | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Tales of the Wild | Jacques | aka Aventures dans le Grand Nord Episode: "Kazan" | |
| 1995 | Sirens | Arnold Freize | 1 episode | |
| 1995 | Hiroshima | Gen. Tom Farrell | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Crosswinds | Harry | TV movie | |
| 1996 | For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story | Dr. Zimmerman | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Midnight in Saint Petersburg | Hans Schreiber | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Due South | Henri Cloutier | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | Gotti | Romual Piecyk | TV movie | |
| 1997 | While My Pretty One Sleeps | Bishop | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Windsor Protocol | Hardy's Aide | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Lobby | Jacques Baldwin | 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Reginald Front-de-Boeuf | TV miniseries | |
| 1997, 1998 | The Hunger | Boatman / Rhys | 2 episodes | |
| 1998 | Glory & Honor | Morris Jesup | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Thunder Point | TV movie | ||
| 1998 | The Girl Next Door | Howard Poolin | TV movie starring Tracey Gold | |
| 1998 | ' | De LaRosbille | ||
| 1999 | Cold Squad | Valentin Kucharek | 1 episode | |
| 1999 | Bonnano: A Godfather's Story | Franklin Roosevelt | TV movie | |
| 1999 | The Collectors | Sgt Grander | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Emily of New Moon | Wendall McKay | 1 episode | |
| 1999 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Mr. Van Tassle | TV movie | |
| 1999 | ' | Voix à la radio | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Revenge of the Land | TV movie | ||
| 2001 | Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story | George McBlair | TV movie | |
| 2001 | All Souls | Dr. Lyman Brisco | 1 episode | |
| 2001 | Varian's War | Franz Werfel | TV movie | |
| 2001 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within | Dr. Charles Cook | TV movie | |
| 2001 | ' | Vlad Kovak | TV miniseries. French-Canadian original title: L'Or | |
| 2001 | After Amy | Dr. Dennis Griffiths | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Obsessed | Psychiatrist | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher | Franklin D. Roosevelt | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Redeemer | Edward Chase | TV movie | |
| 1999, 2002 | Big Wolf on Campus | Professor Flugelhoff / King Augustus | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | Just a Walk in the Park | Publisher | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Scent of Danger | Dr. York | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story | Ray Harding | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Bad Apple | Fleisig | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Baby for Sale | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | When Angels Come to Town | Franz | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Life and Times, John Paul II | Documentary video | ||
| 2005 | The Tournament | Coach Jenkins | 3 episodes | |
| 2005 | Crimes of Passion | Malcolm McBradden | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Human Trafficking | Tommy | TV miniseries | |
| 2005 | Canadian Case Files | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
| 2007 | A Life Interrupted | Committee Chairman | TV movie | |
| 2007 | I Me Wed | Roy | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Race to Mars | Space Agency Narrator | TV miniseries | |
| 2008 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Judge Shoehan | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Lava Storm | Mike Wilson | TV movie | |
| 2008 | The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream | Official | TV movie | |
| 2008 | The Christmas Choir | TV movie | ||
| 2009 | Carny | Pastor Owen | TV movie | |
| 2009 | The Last Templar | Taxi Driver | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice | Maitre D' | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Northpole: Open for Christmas | Salvation Army Santa | TV movie | |
| 2014–2016 | 19-2 | Ben's Father | 11 episodes | |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Voice Director | TV miniseries | |
| 2020 | Swept Up by Christmas | Alan Hawthorne | TV movie | |
| 2020 | Transplant | Walter Monroe | 1 episode |