Václav Havel

Václav Havel

Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1936
Died
December 18, 2011 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Biography

Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.

Known For

Filmography

2024
Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me? poster

Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Zánik Československa v parlamentu

Zánik Československa v parlamentu

Movie · as Self

2023
Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic poster

Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Zappa poster

Zappa

Movie · as Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)

2019
Forman vs. Forman poster

Forman vs. Forman

Movie · as Self - Friend (archive footage)

2018
Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

Movie · as Self

2017
Mečiar: The Lust For Power poster

Mečiar: The Lust For Power

Movie

2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words poster

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Jak odchází prezident... poster

Jak odchází prezident...

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Olga poster

Olga

Movie · as Self

2014
Václav Havel - Living in Freedom poster

Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2012
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

Movie · as Self

2012
Věra 68 poster

Věra 68

Movie · as Himself

2011
I am Fishead poster

I am Fishead

Movie · as himself

2011
Czech Made Man poster

Czech Made Man

Movie · as jako host

2011
Leaving poster

Leaving

Movie

2011
Divadlo Svoboda

Divadlo Svoboda

Movie · as Self

2010
Life Is Bearable at Times... poster

Life Is Bearable at Times...

Movie

2010
Eye Over Prague poster

Eye Over Prague

Movie

2009
Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

Movie · as lui-même

2009
Citizen Havel Rolls Another Barrel

Citizen Havel Rolls Another Barrel

Movie · as Self

2009
The Lost World of Communism poster

The Lost World of Communism

TV · 3 eps

2008
Citizen Havel poster

Citizen Havel

Movie · as Self

2008
Anatomie gagu

Anatomie gagu

Movie

2008
Wisdom poster

Wisdom

Movie · as Self

2007
Hammer & Tickle poster

Hammer & Tickle

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation poster

Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

Movie

2003
The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton poster

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Movie · as Self

2003
Late Night Talks with Mother poster

Late Night Talks with Mother

Movie · as Václav Havel

2001
The Plastic People of the Universe poster

The Plastic People of the Universe

Movie · as Self

2000
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

Movie

1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart poster

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Movie · as Self

1997
HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk

TV · 1 ep

1996
A znovu Žebrácká opera

A znovu Žebrácká opera

Movie · as Self

1996
Stone Bridge poster

Stone Bridge

Movie · as President

1996
What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

Movie · as Self

1995
Drawn from Memory poster

Drawn from Memory

Movie · as Self (voice)

1995
Goldene Henne

Goldene Henne

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe poster

Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe

Movie · as Self

1993
Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen poster

Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen

Movie · as Self

1992
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

Movie · as Self

1991
Why Havel? poster

Why Havel?

Movie · as Václav Havel

1991
November's Children: Revolution in Prague poster

November's Children: Revolution in Prague

Movie

1991
Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate poster

Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate

Movie

1990
TGM the Liberator

TGM the Liberator

Movie · as Self

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

1981
The Stock-Check

The Stock-Check

Movie

1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy poster

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

Movie · as Self

1966
Every Young Man poster

Every Young Man

Movie · as trpěliví

1966
An Occasion to Speak

An Occasion to Speak

Movie · as Self

1966
Mlha

Mlha

Movie