Budař was born in Frýdlant, a short distance from the city of Liberec. He graduated from Brno's Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in 2000. He started his career in Brno's theatres under the tutelage of Vladimír Morávek, one of the most acclaimed Czech theatre directors. This creative partnership culminated in their first film, Boredom in Brno. Budař also co-authored the script and composed the music. The comedy was awarded five Czech Lions in 2003, including Best Male Actor for Jan Budař's performance. This success led to roles in such films as Marek Najbrt's debut Champions and Jan Hřebejk's recent Up and down, the Czech entry for the Academy Awards, which won the top awards at the Czech Lions Awards 2005. The team of Morávek and Budař created their second film, Hrubeš and Mareš best friends: come rain or shine. Having achieved his first life's ambition of acting on screen, he has only two more: playing alongside Audrey Tatou in a film directed by Pedro Almodóvar and touring with his Eliščin Band, "the Band of Shy Elise". Besides acting, writing, composing and singing with his band, Budař also makes his own short films, documentaries and videoclips. In March 2005, Budař won the Czech Lion award for "Best Supporting Actor" in Champions. In February 2005, Budař was sent to Berlin as a shooting star to represent Czech cinemathography at the Berlinale Film Festival 2005. Source: http://www.janbudar.cz/http://www.velkaepocha.sk/200903109741/Jan-Budar-Jezdit-s%C2%A0traktorem-po-poli-je-lehky.htmlhttp://zivotopis.osobnosti.cz/jan-budar.phphttp://zena-in.cz/clanek/jan-budar-prirodni-ukaz-na-poli-hudebnim-i-hereckem?preview=on
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Documentary films
2011: Film o filmu: Czech Made Man
2008: Anatomie gagu
2008: Film o filmu: Protektor (TV film)
2008: Peníze Jiřího Krejčíka
2007: Film o filmu: Václav (TV film)
2006: Přestávka
Film direction
He directed several short films and videoclips mostly for his new album.
2011: Novoměstský hrnec smíchu Festival (Nové Město nad Metují) - Best Male Actor - Czech Made Man
2007: Václav – Czech Lion - Best Supporting Actor
2005 - Studio Hamburg Shooting Stars Award
2004: Mistři (Champions) - Czech Lion - Best Supporting Actor
2004: The Alfréd Radok Award (Ceny Alfréda Radoka) Best Actor for Mr. Stavrogin in The Devils (The Alfréd Radok Award in collaboration with the Aura–Pont agency and the magazine Svět a Divadlo (The World and Theatre) for achievements in Czech theatre
2003: Boredom in Brno - Best script (co-authored with Vladimír Morávek)
2003: Boredom in Brno - Best Male Actor
2003 - Trilobit Award by FITES (Film and Television Association), Prague, Czech Republic
Budař has composed over 50 songs in Czech, English and Spanish. He has also composed music for the films Boredom in Brno and Hrubeš and Mareš and for over 20 theatre performances. With his band Eliščin Band, Budař released four albums. Source: http://www.janbudar.cz/
CDs
Písně pro Hrubeše a Mareše, 2005
Uletěl orlovi, 2006
Proměna, 2008
Lehce probuzený, 2012
DVDs
Uletěl orlovi, 2006
Film music
Lidice, 2011
Protector, 2009
Hrubeš a Mareš Reloaded, 2009
Nebe a Vincek [TV film], 2008
Hrubeš a Mareš jsou kamarádi do deště, 2005
Boredom in Brno, 2003
Rasistické historky, 2000
Books
2013 The fairy tales ' 'NEJVĚTŠÍ TAJEMSTVÍ LEOPOLDA BUMBÁCE' ' . The book is published with a fairy tale of Antonín Dočekal in Mladá fronta .