
Jiří Štěpnička
Biography
Jiří Štěpnička, by his own name Jiří Samec (* 16 April 1947 London) is a Czech actor.
He is the son of Czech actress Jiřina Štěpničková and a drawing professor from Strakonice Jan Samka, for whom Jiřina Štěpničková married shortly before the son's birth. The place of his birth was given English citizenship, and he received five names in baptism according to his godparents: Jiří Jan Jaroslav Martin Otto. After the return of her family to Czechoslovakia, Jiřina Štěpničková was cast down and, based on a frightened letter from director František Čáp, she attempted to emigrate to Šumava through the state border with a three-year-old son in her arms, the generalist Hruška was a confederate of the State Security, detained and sentenced to 15 years . She was imprisoned until the amnesty for ten years and raised her grandparents. He completed his primary school in the countryside of the country. At 13, her mother returned from prison to her son and lived thanks to director Martin Fricov in Prague 4 - Hodkovičky.
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Acting (33 movies)

Quiet American in Prague
1978

Hastrmanská povídačka
1979

Eyewitness
2021

Tažní ptáci
1961

In the Shadow
2012

Škola hříšníků
1966

The Limping Devil
1968

Slasti Otce vlasti
1969

Ta třetí
1969

Svatby pana Voka
1971

Jackpot
2022

Tři životy
2007

Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
1979

Poprask na silnici E 4
1980

Bride with big legs
2002

The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley
1984

Hněv
1978

Modelky s.r.o.
2014

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
1985

Caught by Night
1986

Rok na vsi
1997

Lord Hoven
2013

Svatojánský věneček
2015

Strach má velké oči
1980

Fragile Relationships
1980

Případ dvou sester
2019

Kočky neberem
1967

Marathon
1968

Stupně poražených
1988

Jan Hus – Cesta bez návratu
2015

The Compatriot
2024

How to Deserve a Princess
1995

Fichtelberg
2025
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