Němec studied acting at
DAMU from 1960 to 1964 and has been teaching there since 1982. He went on to work at Městská divadla pražská, where he stayed until 1982. That year, he received an offer from theatre director
Miroslav Macháček to take on the titular role in
Shakespeare's
Hamlet at the
National Theatre in Prague. He remains a member of the National Theatre's drama company to this day. In 2021, he received the František Filipovský Award for long-term acting mastery in dubbing, and a year later, the Thalia Award for Lifetime Achievement. ==Selected filmography==