Jan Rubeš

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-06-06 (89 years old)

Deathday

2009-06-29

Place of Birth

Volyně, Czechoslovakia

Jan Rubeš

Biography

Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As w...

Acting

1981

The Amateur

as Kaplan

1985

Witness

as Eli Lapp

1985

One Magic Christmas

as Santa Claus

1992

Devlin

as Vittorio Di Fabrizi

1990

2005

Our Fathers

as Pope John Paul

1998

Music from Another Room

as Louis Klammer

1994

Mesmer

as Professor Stoerk

1987

Dead of Winter

as Dr. Joseph Lewis

1989

The Experts

as Illyich

1977

Deadly Harvest

as Swenson

1988

The Kiss

as Gordon Tobin

2004

2000

Believe

as Jason Stiles

1989

Cold Front

as Zoubov

1999

What Katy Did

as Dr. Reinhart

1988

Blood Relations

as Andreas

1993

On My Own

as The Colonel

1997

Sarabande

as Dr. Kassovitz

1989

Blind Fear

as Lasky

1995

Roommates

as Bolek Krupa

1985

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)

1998

The White Raven

as Markus Strand

1999

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Ole Jurgensen

1991

Class Action

as Pavel

2001

Anthrax

as Arthur Kowalski

1963

1986

The Marriage Bed

as Max Ehrlich

1991

Deceived

as Tomasz

1990

Descending Angel

as Bishop Dancu

1990

Courage Mountain

as Grandfather

1985

Murder in Space

as Gregory Denarenko

1996

1997

Flood: A River's Rampage

as Jacob Gunderson

1981

Mr. Patman

as Vrakettas

1999

Nightmare Man

as Evan Hannibal

2002

The Burial Society

as Marvin Telekunsky

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