Jan Vladimír Kraus[1] (born 15 August 1953) is a Czech actor and TV host.

Kraus was also a judge on Česko Slovensko má talent (Czecho Slovakia's Got Talent).

His father Ota Kraus, a Holocaust survivor, was a journalist and writer.

The writer Ivan Kraus is his brother.

He has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions.