Václav Havel

Personal Info

Birthday

October 5, 1936

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

Stone Bridge

Every Young Man

Late Night Talks with Mother

Czech Made Man

Why Havel?

Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé

Filmography

2024
Zánik Československa v parlamentu
as Self
Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Ján Langoš – strážca pamäti
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Zappa
as Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage)
2019
Forman vs. Forman
as Self - Friend (archive footage)
2018
Rolling Stones – Hearts for Prague
as Self
2016
Jak odchází prezident...
as Self (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Václav Havel - Living in Freedom
as Himself (archive footage)
Olga
as Self
2012
Věra 68
as Himself
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
as Self
2011
I am Fishead
as himself
Czech Made Man
as jako host
2009
Václav Havel : L'éternel insurgé
as lui-même
2008
Citizen Havel
as Self
2007
Hammer & Tickle
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton
as Self
Late Night Talks with Mother
as Václav Havel
2001
The Plastic People of the Universe
as Self
1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
as Self
1996
Stone Bridge
as President
What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government
as Self
A znovu Žebrácká opera
as Self
1995
Drawn from Memory
as Self (voice)
1993
Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe
as Self
Vaclav Havel, ein böhmisches Märchen
as Self
1992
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood
as Self
1991
Why Havel?
as Václav Havel
1990
TGM the Liberator
as Self
1968
Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
as Self
1966
An Occasion to Speak
as Self
Every Young Man
as trpěliví