Ivan Mládek (born 7 February 1942) is a Czech recording artist, composer, and comedian who gained success in the mid-1970s.

Born in Prague, He started his career in the mid-1950s, and moved to Paris in 1968, before returning to his homeland in the early 1970s.

[1] His father, a lawyer and painter, taught him to paint, but he preferred music and started his now-famous Banjo Band.

He has played in the Czech films "Ještě větší blbec, než jsme doufali" and himself in "Na druhé koleji".

Ivan Mládek has a regular cast for his shows, some members of the "Banjo Band" and some of them independent entertainers.

Some of Mládek's regulars include; Ivo Pešák, Lenka Plačková, Milan Pitkin, Jan Mrázek, Vítězslav Marek, Libuše Roubychová (Libuna), Lenka "Kalamity" Šindelářová, Pavel Skalník and others.