# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-stepanek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:51:49.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-stepanek"
name: "Martin Štěpánek"
slug: "martin-stepanek"
description: "Martin Štěpánek was a Czech actor, journalist and politician. He joined Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet as Culture Minister in September 2006, serving in the position until January 2007. He was the son of actor Zdeněk Štěpánek. In 1981 he emigrated to Austria. In 1983 he moved to Munich, where he spent a significant part of his career working for Radio Free Europe. In Munich he joined Czech language exile Masonic Lodge U tří hvězd, which moved to Czechoslovakia in 1990, today part of the Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic. Štěpánek died in Prague in September 2010 due to suicide."
tagline: "Czech actor, journalist and politician (1947-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Praha%2C_Mal%C3%A1_Strana%2C_Kampa%2C_Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-01-11"
deathDate: "2010-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.538157333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mstepanekova"
    handle:    "mstepanekova"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827405/"
    handle:    "nm0827405"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Штепанек, Мартин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "مارتين ستيپانيك (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek_(herec)"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek (herec)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek_(actor)"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "مارتین اشتپانک (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek_(acteur)"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek_(aktor)"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek (aktor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/231244"
    title: "Martin Štěpánek"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump