Karel Heřmánek

Karel Heřmánek (17 October 1947 – 24 August 2024) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of Lucifer in 1984's S čerty nejsou žerty (Give the Devil His Due).^[1]

Karel Heřmánek
Heřmánek in 2015
Born	(1947-10-17)17 October 1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	24 August 2024(2024-08-24) (aged 76) Příbram, Czech Republic
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–2024
Spouse	Hana Heřmánková
Children	5
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Heřmánek died on 24 August 2024, at the age of 76, when he committed suicide by gunshot at the shooting range in Příbram. During the previous spring, he had been suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, which causes episodes of paralysis and excruciating pain, and has depression as a complication.^[2]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Revival	Milan
2012	Goat Story 2	Devil	Voice
2008	Goat Story	Devil	Voice
2005	Wrong Side Up	The Boss
2000	Divided We Fall	Captain
1996	Kolya	Musil
1994	Thanks for Every New Morning	Orest
1993	Stalingrad	Hauptmann Hermann Musk
1986	Forbidden Dreams	Father
1985	Give the Devil His Due	Lucifer
1984	Fešák Hubert	Hubert Hrabě
1983	Angel in a Devil's Body	Bulis
1979	The Young Man and Moby Dick	Udo Vízner