I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time. Finally, it is not complicated for me to find out which of the actors plays the oboe and who speaks Hungarian. If the database continues to expand, it will soon become the most important tool for casting new projects. ACTORSMAP is the best in its category.

Petr Zahrádka, director

Once there was an “acting catalog”, where there were all the actors and actresses, including their daily fees and titles – such as the national artist, etc. Even today, I sometimes peek into that massive book. Although Ondřej Vetchý, for example, is still there at the State Conservatory and Karel Roden at DAMU. In short, what I want to say is that it is very practical to have actors “together” somewhere, although without daily fees and without titles. Thanks for that!

JAN HŘEBEJK, DIRECTOR

ACTORSMAP is an excellent project of which I definitely want to be its part! I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time. For young, rising actors, a place where directors can easily find them, for us, ageing actresses, a place where we can watch growing young competition… But seriously, in our small Czech country, this way of cooperation seems to me to be the only possible and good. I am very happy that this was created!

MARTHA ISSOVÁ, ACTRESS

I thought that the ACTORSMAP project was useless for me, that I would never use the website because I knew Czech actors. I was wrong. ACTORSMAP helps me at work, inspires me and expands my overview of actors I didn’t know. Thank you!

Marléna Zachariášová, casting director, Jam Casting

I see ACTORSMAP as a useful and functional tool to facilitate the work of finding actors, which I have not yet had the opportunity to meet in person. I also really appreciate the team of people who put this website together and I trust them in their many years of experience and know-how.

ARWA SALMANOVA, CASTING DIRECTOR, SIMON SAYS CASTING

ACTORSMAP is a great platform that makes our work easier every day. It’s wonderful to have all the information about the actors together. For young actors, this is a good opportunity to make themselves known, and for established actors, an opportunity to refresh their picture.

Margareta Abena, CASTING DIRECTOR, CAST ME

In our profession, no one can ever guarantee that you will work again. Regardless of success, well-done work and awards, we always wait again for someone to choose us. And that’s why the unifying ACTORSMAP platform, almost as an actors and actresses menu, is an amazing tool for anyone who is looking for a talent and doesn’t want to search complicatedly or be dependent on the offer of one agency or agent. And I appreciate all those who have understood that there is a future in unity and sharing. Thank you!!!

AŇA GEISLEROVÁ, ACTRESS

ACTORSMAP is a service that was extremely lacking here, and I am sure that thanks to it, the opportunity to get an overview of the potential cast in one place will soon become indispensable for everyone in the Czech audiovisual industry. I especially appreciate the functional search by various criteria and the English language version.

ONDŘEJ ZACH, VICE DEAN, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMU INTERNATIONAL

ACTORSMAP is a brilliant idea which has been missing here for a long time. Undoubtedly, it will contribute to the original cast of new projects, and thanks to it, the directors will find a lot of new talents.

DAVID ONDŘÍČEK, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

I think that this is an excellent idea to have all Czech and Slovak professional actors on one central site for all film professionals to see. I support this initiative.

NANCY BISHOP, CSA

ACTORSMAP project is extremely useful, not only for actors, but especially for us film professionals, because with ACTORSMAP we can find the best actor for a character we created much easier.

KATEŘINA ONDŘEJKOVÁ, CREATIVE PRODUCER AT CZECH TELEVISION

To bring together competitors in one field is an almost unprecedented sighting in the Czech Republic. One would rather assume that agents guard their sheep to be the first one to offer them. It is an utterly pleasant surprise that six agencies were able to come together to create a database that included 142 artists representing these agencies at the time of launch.

VĚRA MÍŠKOVÁ, NOVINKY.CZ

This platform is a director’s dream coming true – a plethora of known and unknown actors and actresses under one umbrella, all well arranged and up-to-date. I believe this will be very successful.

RADIM ŠPAČEK, DIRECTOR

Why register with ACTORSMAP? Because I can authorise and update photos myself. Whenever and wherever I want. And most importantly, foreign productions will also find out about me, and thanks to the English version of the database they’ve already contacted me. And that’s what I always wanted.

Michal Dalecký, actor

The idea of acting database ACTORSMAP and its realisation is great. A database of actors together in one place and the ability to search by several criteria is extremely useful and practical. Everything is clear, fast and with contacts right away, it contains brief essential information and links to more detailed ones. I am very much a fan of it, the more it expands, the more film and theatre productions will use it.

ALŽBĚTA STEINEROVA, ACTING DIRECTOR OD STUDIO DVA

Thanks to ACTORSMAP I have the opportunity to work with interesting people on projects that I would not normally know about. As a beginning actress, I really appreciate that such a platform exists. I can be registered here and at the same time I have the opportunity to update my profile at any time, very easily and quickly.

Melika Yildiz, beginning actress

Something like ACTORSMAP had been hanging in the air for a long time. (I used to visit a similar “map” in the specialised department of Czech Television.) If this project manages to get a significant amount of Czech and Slovak actors into the database and update information about them regularly, it will be an almost superhuman performance, but for people working in the audiovisual field it will be an invaluable help. I keep my fingers crossed for this initiative, also because it is backed by Kateřina Oujezdská, who has a nose for great actors.

PETR ZELENKA, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

A great and practical tool for directors and producers to find actors according to the criteria that are crucial for them at the beginning of the casting process. I was pleased to see  important acting agents coming together to work on one goal – to cater to the creators. Pleasant graphic processing and intuitive search. I must say that we have been waiting for something like this for a long time, and thank you for that.

DAN SVÁTEK, DIRECTOR

We are very pleased that five established and successful Czech talent agencies have joined forces and created tool that will help not only the film environment in Central Europe, where we manage to work closely together on television and film  projects, but also open the door to actors abroad. In my work, in addition to money, we fight against time. The talent database, so intuitively and clearly processed, is what we need!

Mirka Grimaldi, producer

I am very happy for the ACTORSMAP application. I often spend a lot of time in my work calling the actors – finding out what languages ​​they speak, whether they have a driver’s license and so on – here I have the information all nicely in one place. And even though I try to keep an eye on the actors – going to the theatre and looking for new talent – I can’t grasp and know them all. That’s why ACTORSMAP is absolutely great. Even more so that there are people behind the project whose work I value.

MAJA HAMPLOVÁ, CASTING DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

Platform which nicely unites Czech actors is making my work easier. ACTORSMAP meets this completely!

MARTIN KOPP, DIRECTOR

It is good that ACTORSMAP finally embodies a platform that has been missing here so much. The possibility of having the profiles of most Czech and Slovak actors together saves me time, allows immediate comparison and keeps track of new talents. It has a functional search and I also appreciate the English version. I am very happy for the ACTORSMAP application. Thank you.

TOMÁŠ MAŠÍN, DIRECTOR AND ARTIST

I am very pleased by the existence of Czech and Slovak actors and actresses database. After the division of the republic, the knowledge of Czech actors in Slovakia dropped significantly. While I know almost all of Slovak actors in person, such a tool will come in very handy when looking for Czech actors. I believe that they will also appreciate the benefits of such a database for their work and hope there will be more and more of them. I wish, on the other hand, good luck to the admin in evaluating who is still an actor and who cannot even make an extra. 🙂

WANDA ADAMIK HRYCOVA, PRODUCER A PRESIDENT OF SLOVAK FILM AND TV ACADEMY