[3][4] Film critic John Simon described Somr's performance as "so spontaneous, unconcerned, and complete … that it affects our entire sensorium – finger tips, nostrils, and palate no less than eyes and ears".

[6] Somr subsequently played scientist Ludvík Jahn in the lead role of The Joke (1969) by Jaromil Jireš.

He played the marshal in The White Disease by Karel Čapek, as well as the town councillor Jakub Busek in Naši furianti.

Somr's portrayal of Mister Frantisek in Romance pro křídlovku garnered him a Thalia Award in 1998.

[2] He also did voice acting for radio, audiobooks, and poetry readings, and featured in film adaptations of Czech fairy tales.