Personal Info
Birth date
1950-01-01 (75 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Norway
Also known as
Viasta Vrana
Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrana
Biography
Vlasta Vrana is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. His surname means "crow" in Czech. Vrana was born to Czech parents in Norway but moved to Canada at the age of four. He has appeared on many television shows and films such as The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead and The Blue Man. He was awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence by ACTRA Montreal, and the Richard Kind Award for best actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival. He also played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow. His work as a voice actor includes Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, as well as documentaries and thousands of radio and television commercials. He also narrated Canada Vignettes films and several other films for The National Film Board of Canada.
Filmography
The Worst Witch
6.7
Overview:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.Due South
7.6
Overview:
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.War of the Worlds
6.2
Overview:
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.Transplant
7.6
Overview:
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.Blood & Treasure
6.6
Overview:
An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.Being Human
7
Overview:
Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.Ulysses 31
8
Overview:
Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.The Hunger
5.842
Overview:
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.Urban Angel
NYR
Overview:
Urban Angel is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1991 to 1993. Based on the memoirs of real-life Canadian journalist Victor Malarek, the show starred Louis Ferreira as Victor Torres, a crusading journalist for the Montreal Tribune. The series aired in the United States as part of CBS's late-night Crimetime After Primetime line up. The show's cast also included Vittorio Rossi, Dorothée Berryman, Vlasta Vrana, Ellen David, Dean Marshall, Michael Rudder, Macha Grenon and Sophie Lorain.Emily of New Moon
8.8
Overview:
Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg. The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off. Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.Killer Wave
6.179
Overview:
Two engineers try to save Boston after terrorists use nuclear missiles to create huge tidal waves.Counterstrike
7
Overview:
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.The Disappearance
7.3
Overview:
When Anthony Sullivan disappears on his tenth birthday, his family is devastated. However, as more and more time passes without the police being able to locate him, long-buried family secrets are dragged to the surface, turning the Sullivan family against one another.The Little Lulu Show
7.6
Overview:
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted. This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.The Tournament
5.5
Overview:
The Tournament was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 2005 and 2006. The series, a mockumentary show about a community minor hockey team, depicted the behind-the-scenes interactions between the players, their parents and coaches as the team competed for a spot in the annual youth hockey championship tournament. The cast included Alain Goulem, Paula Boudreau, Christian Potenza, Emily Tilson and Ari Cohen. Seven episodes were produced in the 2004-05 television season, airing in the winter of 2005, and ten episodes were produced in the 2005-06 season. The CBC announced on February 13, 2006, that the show would not be brought back for the 2006-07 television season.RED 2
6.525
Overview:
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.Secret Window
6.565
Overview:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.Timeline
5.715
Overview:
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream
6.828
Overview:
A world class ice skater eager to take the top prize in the biggest competition around finds his dreams going up in flames after his partner suffers a debilitating injury in this romantic sports drama starring Matt Lanter, Francia Rosa, and Christy Carlson Romano. Zack (Lanter) was headed for the gold when his partner suffered an injury that made competing impossible, but could a feisty female hockey player prove the key to keeping his illustrious career on track? Alexandra is an amateur Latina hockey player who has never skated professionally and doesn't much care for Zack, though a little determination goes a long way in helping Zack convince her to join him on the ice. Now, as this unlikely pair begins the arduous training process that could make them both bona-fide superstars, the girl with the icy attitude finds her handsome partner's warmth and charm bringing about a most unexpected thaw.Heavy Metal
6.508
Overview:
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.Highlander III: The Sorcerer
4.743
Overview:
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.Race
7.25
Overview:
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.Upside Down
6.3
Overview:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?Rabid
6.353
Overview:
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a retractable, vampiric stinger in her armpit and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.The Glass Castle
7.138
Overview:
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.Gotti
6.5
Overview:
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.Wicker Park
6.8
Overview:
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.The Human Stain
6.015
Overview:
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.Acting
TBAGagne ton ciel as Ben Novak
TBAOld Guys in Bed as Unknown
2021Sweet as Maple Syrup as The Dean
2021French Exit as Borius Maurus (Ship's Doctor)
2020Swept Up by Christmas as Alan Hawthorne
2020Hall as Peter
2020Within These Walls as Carl
2020Transplant (1 Episode) as Walter Monroe
2019Spookley and the Christmas Kittens as Narrator (voice)
2019Blood & Treasure (1 Episode) as Moshe Cohen
2017The Zone as Stalker
2017The Disappearance (3 Episodes) as Brother John
2017The Glass Castle as Mr. Lehocky
2016Race as St. John
2015Northpole: Open for Christmas as Salvation Army Santa
2013The Informant as Controller Nichols
2013RED 2 as General McKennon
2012Upside Down as Mr. Hunt
2011Secrets From Her Past as Mo Stefanokis
2011Being Human (1 Episode) as Douglas
2010Territories as Sheriff White
2010Arctic Blast as Narrator (voice)
2010The Child Prodigy as Hutcheson
2010The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice as Maitre D'
2009Ring of Deceit as Oscar Brown
2009Carny as Owen
2008WarGames: The Dead Code as Ivan Prokosh
2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Judge Shoehan
2008The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream as Official
2008Lava Storm as Mike Wilson
2007I Me Wed as Roy
2007A Life Interrupted as Committee Chairman
2007Killer Wave (2 Episodes) as Heinz Litchner
2006Black Eyed Dog as Andreas
2005A Year in the Death of Jack Richards as Jack Richards
2005Crimes of Passion as Malcolm McBradden
2005The Tournament (16 Episodes) as Coach Jenkins
2004When Angels Come to Town as Franz
2004Spookley the Square Pumpkin as Narrator (voice)
2004Manners of Dying as Doctor Lowe
2004Wicker Park as Jeweller
2004Baby for Sale as Ron Grazer
2004Secret Window as Fire Chief Wickersham
2004Bad Apple as Fleisig
2003The Reagans as Ed Meese
2003Timeline as Monk
2003The Human Stain as Solly Tabak
2003Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story as Ray Harding
2003Levity as Man on Parole Board
2002Memories of Earth as Self - Narrator
2002Scent of Danger as Dr. York
2002Gleason as Toots Shor
2002The Book of Eve as Steve Lock
2002Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher as Franklin D. Roosevelt
2002Redeemer as Edward Chase
2001Protection as Shimanski
2001No Ordinary Baby as Dr Dennis Griffiths
2001L'Or (10 Episodes) as Vlad Kovak
2001Varian's War as Unknown
2001Cause Of Death as Al Bailey
2001Requiem for Fanny as Narrator
2000The List as Unknown
2000Heavy Metal 2000 as Street Vendor
2000Where the Money Is as Jewelry Store Employee
2000The Audrey Hepburn Story as Uncle Willem
2000Believe as Mortimer Higgins
2000Reaper as Sheriff Norris
1999The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Mr. Van Tassle
1999Grey Owl as Harry Champlin
1999Eye of the Beholder as Mr. Hugo Sr.
1999Revenge as Dan McCartney
1999The Girl Next Door as Howard Poolin
1999The Collectors as Sgt. Grander
1998The Windsor Protocol as Hardy's Aide
1998The Worst Witch (1 Episode) as The Dragon Lord
1998Escape from Wildcat Canyon as Tully
1998The Ultimate Weapon as 'Top' Drummond
1998Glory & Honor as Morris Jesup
1998Emily of New Moon (1 Episode) as Wendall MacKay
1997Night of the Demons III as Dewhurst
1997The Assignment as KGB Head Officer
1997The Peacekeeper as General Douglas
1997Heritage Minutes: Jackie Robinson as Mr. Rickey
1997The Hunger (1, 1 Episode) as Rhys, Boatman
1997While My Pretty One Sleeps as Bishop
1997Stranger in the House as Alex Alexander
1996Natural Enemy as Stanley
1996Mother Night as August Krapptauer
1996Hollow Point as FBI Agent in Charge
1996Midnight in Saint Petersburg as Unknown
1996Hawk's Vengeance as Duquesne
1996Gotti as Romual Piecyk
1996For Love Alone: The Ivana Trump Story as Dr. Zimmerman
1995The Little Lulu Show (77 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Relative Fear as Mr. Schulman
1994Highlander III: The Sorcerer as Vorisek
1994Due South (1 Episode) as Henri Cloutier
1994Brainscan as Frank
1994The Lifeforce Experiment as Dr. Robbie Allman
1994Eye of the Wolf as Jacques
1994Stalked as Sanders
1993The Rise and Fall of English Montreal as Narrator (voice)
1992A Cry in the Night as Captain Murphy
1992Twin Sisters as Reeves
1991Urban Angel (11 Episodes) as Lieutenant Drabeck
1991The Final Heist as Larivière
1991Deadly Surveillance as Palatzo
1991Scanners II: The New Order as Lt. Gelson
1991Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad as Narrator (voice)
1990Whispers as Sherrif Laurenski
1990Falling Over Backwards as Drunk
1990Counterstrike (1 Episode) as Lt. Samuelson
1990The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty as King (voice)
1990The Real Story of Rain Rain Go Away as Boondoggle (voice)
1989The Phone Call as Ben
1989Dracula: Live from Transylvania as Announcer
1989The Morning Man as Gates
1989Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as Frank
1989Day One as Hans Bethe
1989Snake Treaty as Unknown
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte as Unknown
1988Les Tisserands du pouvoir as Unknown
1988The Kiss as Bishop
1988War of the Worlds (1 Episode) as Jonathan Laporte
1988Hitting Home as Phil Grande
1988C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf as Unknown
1987Dreams of a Land as Narrator
1987Nowhere to Hide as Sonny Cambria
1987Keeping Track as Chuck
1987The Man Who Stole Dreams as (voice)
1987A Safety Net as Narrator
1986Life on Ice as Narrator
1986Choices as Minister
1986Edge of Ice as Narrator
1985Breaking All the Rules as Detective
1985Secret Weapons as Ivan
1985Eternal Evil as Scott
1984The Surrogate as Bill
1984The Slavers as Unknown
1983Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole as Murphy
1983Les six saisons des attikameks as Self
1983Candy the Stripper as Unknown
1983A Matter of Cunning as Ted Haskell
1983Hey Babe! as Roy
1982Hard Feelings as Mr. Holland
1982The Emperor of Peru as Unknown
1982End Game in Paris as Unknown
1981The Amateur as Guide
1981Ulysses 31 (26 Episodes) as (voice)
1981Heavy Metal as Barbarian Leader (voice)
1981Happy Birthday to Me as Bartender
1980Canada Vignettes: Under the Pole as Narrator
1980Canada Vignettes: Arctic Seascape as Narrator
1979The Angry Man as Le gérant du club
1979The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight as Radio Operator
1979Canada Vignettes: Métis Coat as Narrator
1979Canada Vignettes: Indian Pipe as Narrator
1978Blackout as Unknown
1978Canada Vignettes: The Horse as Narrator
1977One Man as Gendron's colleague
1977Rabid as Cop at Clinic
1977Strangers at the Door as Unknown
1975Shivers as Kresimer Sviben