Herec (English: Actor) is a Czech drama television series directed by Peter Bebjak. It is set in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The title role in the series, the young actor Stanislav Láník, is played by Jan Cina. Láník finds himself in a difficult situation: State Security takes advantage of his homosexuality and uses him as bait to compromise influential figures, in exchange for help with his acting career. Jenovéfa Boková, Emília Vášáryová, Martin Finger and Adrian Jastraban also star in the series. The three-part series was broadcast every Sunday evening on the ČT1 channel from 11 to 25 October 2020. ()