As Actor
Forman vs. Forman
2019
7.7
Václav Havel
Acting
Birth Date
October 5, 1936
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Date of Death
December 18, 2011
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.
