Ondřej Havelka

• Name — Ondřej Havelka • Born — 10 October 1954 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — * Actor • musician • Children — 4 • Mother — Libuše Havelková • Father — Svatopluk Havelka

Ondřej Havelka was born on 10 October 1954 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). He is the son of actress Libuše Havelková and composer Svatopluk Havelka. After graduating in acting from Prague's DAMU in 1980, he pursued postgraduate studies in opera directing at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, graduating in 1988. Between 1973 and 1983, he also worked at Prague's Studio Ypsilon theatre, and he did a sting at Prague's Karlín Music Theatre.

Havelka joined the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra (OPSO) in 1976 as its lead vocalist, releasing five studio albums with the group. He left in 1995 to form his own band in Berlin, the Golden Prague Syncopated Orchestra, taking several members of OPSO with him. The ensemble was later renamed Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers, and it remains active to this day.

Havelka has two sons, including actor and musician Vojtěch Havelka (who has played in his father's band) and singer, actress, dancer, and former model Rozálie Havelková.

• Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra at Breda Jazz Festival (live, 1979) • Originální Pražský Synkopický Orchestr (1979) • Stará, Natoč Gramofon (1982) • Jazz & Hot Dance Music 1923–31 (1984) • Sám s Děvčetem v Dešti (1989) • Hello Baby (1994)

• Ondřej Havelka uvádí The Swings (1995)

• Mě to tady nebaví (1998) • Šťastný nový rok '98 (1998) • Jen pro ten dnešní den (1999) • Rhapsody in Blue: Pocta George Gershwinovi (1999) • Swing It (2000) • Sing, Sing, Sing featuring Sestry Havelkovy (2001) • Vzpomínky na hvězdný prach (2002) • Nejlepší kusy z repertoiru Ondřeje Havelky a jeho Melody Makers (compilation, 2003) • Tentokrát zcela rozvrkočení (2005) • Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers vám přejí veselé vánoce. Bílé a oranžové (2005) • Rhapsody in Blue Room (2007) • Saturnin (2010) • Dávají perly swingu (2012) • Kríze sem, kríze tam... (2014) • Nás to tady furt baví (2015) • Cole Porter with Magdalena Kožená (2017) • Swing nylonového věku (2021) • Nebe Na Zemi with Adam Plachetka (2023)

List of appearances, with year, title, and role shown • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1977 — Řeknem si to příští léto — Karel • 1980 — Koncert na konci léta — Fenix • Krakonoš a lyžníci — Teacher • 1980–1985 — Bakaláři — Various roles — Television series; 4 episodes • 1982 — Incomplete Eclipse — Eye doctor • 1983 — Pod nohama nebe — Petr • Oblouk světla — Vencl — Television series; 2 episodes • 1984 — Cesta kolem mé hlavy — Professor Robert Kilián • 1985 — Rumburak — Mr. Tumlír • 1986 — Není sirotek jako sirotek — Jirka Spěváček • Chobotnice z druhého patra — Bóda — Television series; 1 episode • 1986–1990 — Malý televizní kabaret — Television series; 13 episodes • 1988 — Nefňukej, veverko! — Father's friend • Panoptikum města pražského — Dr. Souček — Television series; 10 episodes • 1989 — Dobrodružství kriminalistiky — Alphonse Bertillon — Television series; 1 episode • 1991 — Kafka — Friend of Kafka • 1994 — Saturnin — Jiří Oulický • 1995 — Zdravý nemocný Vlastimilený Brodský — Himself