Jan Rubeš
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 well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Our Fathers as Pope John Paul
- 2005 · Tilt as Frank Modeste
- 2004 · Daniel and the Superdogs as The Colonel
- 2001 · Anthrax as Arthur Kowalski
- 2000 · The Christmas Secret as Andree
- 2000 · Believe as Jason Stiles
- 1999 · Snow Falling on Cedars as Ole Jurgensen
- 1999 · What Katy Did as Dr. Reinhart
- 1999 · Nightmare Man as Evan Hannibal
- 1998 · The White Raven as Markus Strand
- 1998 · Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples as Hendrick de Vries
- 1998 · Music from Another Room as Louis Klammer
- 1997 · Flood: A River's Rampage as Jacob Gunderson
- 1997 · The Third Twin as
- 1997 · Sarabande as Dr. Kassovitz
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Nicholas Ballard
- 1996 · Never Too Late as Joseph
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Robert Greene / Older Karl Rademacher
- 1995 · Roommates as Bolek Krupa
- 1995 · Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Far
- 1994 · Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio as Phantom
- 1994 · Due South as Dr. Mort Gustafson
- 1994 · ER as Mr. Duzak
- 1994 · Mesmer as Professor Stoerk
- 1994 · D2: The Mighty Ducks as Jan
- 1994 · The Birds II: Land's End as Karl
- 1993 · The X-Files as Vassily Peskow (uncredited)
- 1993 · The X-Files as Vassily Peskow
- 1993 · On My Own as The Colonel
- 1992 · By Way of the Stars as Hausierer Nathan
- 1992 · Devlin as Vittorio Di Fabrizi
- 1992 · The Witches of Eastwick as Fidel
- 1991 · Deceived as Tomasz
- 1991 · Class Action as Pavel
- 1990 · Descending Angel as Bishop Dancu
- 1990 · Cold Front as Zoubov
- 1990 · The Amityville Curse as The Priest
- 1990 · Courage Mountain as Grandfather
- 1990 · Divided Loyalties as
- 1989 · The Experts as Illyich
- 1989 · Blind Fear as Lasky
- 1988 · No Blame as
- 1988 · Something About Love as
- 1988 · The Kiss as Gordon Tobin
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Dr. Von Deer
- 1988 · The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick as Augustus Glick
- 1988 · Blood Relations as Andreas
- 1987 · Dead of Winter as Dr. Joseph Lewis
- 1986 · The Marriage Bed as Max Ehrlich
- 1986 · Kay O'Brien as
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1985 · Kane & Abel as The Polish Consul
- 1985 · Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Giorgi Denerenko (uncredited)
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Gregory Denarenko
- 1985 · Witness as Eli Lapp
- 1985 · Charlie Grant's War as Jacob
- 1982 · Little Gloria... Happy at Last as
- 1981 · The Amateur as Kaplan
- 1981 · Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Psychiatrist
- 1981 · Mr. Patman as Vrakettas
- 1977 · Deadly Harvest as Swenson
- 1963 · The Incredible Journey as Carl Nurmi