Jiri Vales

Jiri Vales is a Czech actor, singer and lyricist from Prague. He was born in 1988 in Kladno, Czech Republic, to Ilona, a housewife, and Vaclav, an engineer. He grew up near a traditional European filmmaking venue Barrandov Studios and attended an Elementary School at Chaplin's Square. During the studies at a secondary grammar school he started his first music band and began to attend private singing classes. He also participated at the school musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as one of the brothers, Zebulun. After being accepted to the Charles University he found a funk music band, which performs until the present. During his preparation for the work of a geographer at the Faculty of Science he still inclined to performing arts. While completing his bachelor's degree, he decided to develop his singing skills and music theory knowledge at the Rock Department of the International Conservatory Prague. He graduated there in 2017 as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2