Václav Havel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-10-05

Day of death

2011-12-18 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Václav Havel

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

  • Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

    Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

  • An Occasion to Speak

    An Occasion to Speak

  • New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

    New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

  • 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)

  • 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

  • November's Children: Revolution in Prague

    November's Children: Revolution in Prague

  • Zappa

    Zappa

  • Why Havel?

    Why Havel?

  • Goldene Henne

    Goldene Henne

  • Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic

    Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic

  • Mlha

    Mlha

  • Late Night Talks with Mother

    Late Night Talks with Mother

  • Stone Bridge

    Stone Bridge

  • Mečiar: The Lust For Power

    Mečiar: The Lust For Power

  • Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate

    Bill Moyers: Beyond Hate

  • Wisdom

    Wisdom

  • Every Young Man

    Every Young Man

  • The Stock-Check

    The Stock-Check

  • The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

    The Presence of Arnošt Lustig

  • TGM the Liberator

    TGM the Liberator

  • Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

    Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague

  • Drawn from Memory

    Drawn from Memory

  • Forman vs. Forman

    Forman vs. Forman

  • Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

    Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

  • Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

    Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation

  • The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

    The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

  • Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe

    Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe

  • Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen

    Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen

  • A znovu Žebrácká opera

    A znovu Žebrácká opera

  • Hammer & Tickle

    Hammer & Tickle

  • The Lost World of Communism

    The Lost World of Communism

  • I am Fishead

    I am Fishead

  • Eye Over Prague

    Eye Over Prague

  • Olga

    Olga

  • Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

    Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

  • Anatomie gagu

    Anatomie gagu

  • Věra 68

    Věra 68

  • Czech Made Man

    Czech Made Man

  • Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

    Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti

  • Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

    Václav Havel - Living in Freedom

  • Life Is Bearable at Times...

    Life Is Bearable at Times...

  • Citizen Havel

    Citizen Havel

  • Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

    Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

  • The Plastic People of the Universe

    The Plastic People of the Universe

  • Zánik Československa v parlamentu

    Zánik Československa v parlamentu

  • Jak odchází prezident...

    Jak odchází prezident...

  • Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

    Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé