Notable Alumni of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague [Sorted List]

1. Lenka Termerová

1947-. (aged 79)

television actor pedagogue actor film actor

Lenka Termerová is a Czech film, stage and television actress. She won the Czech Lion award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for her role in the film Děti noci. She is the mother of actress Martha Issová.

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2. Eva Podzimková

1990-. (aged 36)

film actor actor stage actor

Eva Podzimková, maiden name Josefíková is a Czech film and stage actress. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre.

3. Taťjana Medvecká

1953-. (aged 73)

actor

Taťjana Medvecká is a Czech actress. She starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007. Medvecká was named Best Supporting Actress at the 2011 Czech Lion Awards for her performance in The House. Medvecká won the equivalent award at Slovak cinema's Sun in a Net Awards a month later, for the same work.

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4. Rudolf Jelínek

1935-2024 (aged 89)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Rudolf Jelínek was a Czech film actor. He appeared in more than 122 films and television shows between 1955 and 2016 and participated in the dubbing of more than 60 films and television series. He played one of his most famous roles in the television series Thirty Cases of Major Zeman. He was awarded honorary citizenship of Kutná Hora (2015)....

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5. Roman Zach

1973-. (aged 53)

actor television actor composer

Roman Zach is Czech actor. He was born 13 June 1973 in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia.

6. Ladislav Trojan

1932-2022 (aged 90)

actor

Ladislav Trojan was a Czech actor.

7. Jan Němec

1981-. (aged 45)

opinion journalist writer journalist poet photographer

Jan Němec was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

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8. Lenka Krobotová

1977-. (aged 49)

actor film actor

Lenka Krobotová is a Czech actress. She won the Czech Lion award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for her role in the film Díra u Hanušovic. She is the daughter of actor and director Miroslav Krobot and the actress Hana Doulová.

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9. Rajko Grlić

1947-. (aged 79)

actor film theorist screenwriter university teacher film director

Rajko Grlić is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia.

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10. Lordan Zafranović

1944-. (aged 82)

screenwriter politician film director

Lordan Zafranović is an eminent Croatian-Yugoslav film director known for his World War II trilogy consisting of Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), The Fall of Italy (1981), and Evening Bells (1986), all co-written with Mirko Kovač (writer), for his experimental black and white early work, which mark him as a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave, and for his...

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11. Boris Rösner

1951-2006 (aged 55)

stage actor television actor pedagogue actor film actor

Boris Rösner was a Czech actor. He starred in the film Poslední propadne peklu under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982.

12. Miroslav Táborský

1959-. (aged 67)

actor television actor

Miroslav Táborský is a Czech actor who has appeared in Czech television series, as well as in American films.

13. Josef Suk

1929-2011 (aged 82)

conductor pedagogue composer chamber musician violinist

Josef Suk was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist.

14. Vladimír Brabec

1934-2017 (aged 83)

actor dub actor television actor

Vladimír Brabec was a Czech actor.

15. Karel Kachyňa

1924-2004 (aged 80)

film screenwriter teacher comics writer film director actor

Karel Kachyňa was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades.

16. Ivan Passer

1933-2020 (aged 87)

film screenwriter screenwriter film director

Ivan Passer was a Czech film director and screenwriter, best known for his involvement in the Czechoslovak New Wave and for directing American films such as Born to Win (1971), Cutter's Way (1981) and Stalin (1992).

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17. Ladislav Mrkvička

1939-2020 (aged 81)

actor television actor film actor child actor stage actor

Ladislav Mrkvička was a Czech actor.

18. Barbora Seidlová

1981-. (aged 45)

actor film actor

Barbora Seidlová is a Czech actress.

19. Naďa Konvalinková

1951-. (aged 75)

film actor actor stage actor

Naďa Konvalinková is a Czech actress.

20. Michaela Badinková

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Michaela Badinková is a Slovak actress.

21. Jiří Bělohlávek

1946-2017 (aged 71)

cellist conductor music educator pedagogue

Jiří Bělohlávek, CBE was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasions during a combined span of seven years (1990–92, 2012–17). He also served a six-year tenure as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from...

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22. Goran Paskaljević

1947-2020 (aged 73)

screenwriter film director costume designer film screenwriter film producer

Goran Paskaljević was a Serbian and former Yugoslav film director.

23. Eliska Krenková

1990-. (aged 36)

stage actor television actor child actor actor film actor

Eliška Křenková is a Czech film and television actress. Křenková's film credits include Winter Flies, A Certain Kind of Silence and Princess Lost in Time. Her television credits include Wasteland, Specialisté and Sever.

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24. Radek John

1954-. (aged 72)

writer journalist screenwriter politician

Radek John is a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter and politician who served as the Minister of Interior from 2010 to 2011 and as Leader of the Public Affairs party from 2009 to 2013. His novel Memento is the first book examining the drug problem in the context of the former communist Czechoslovakia. The novel was translated into ten languages.

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25. Jan Hartl

1952-. (aged 74)

actor

Jan Hartl is a Czech actor who played Karel Horák in the 2000 Czech film Little Otik, also known as Otesánek. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia). Hartl is a member of the National Theatre in Prague.

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26. Pavel Landovský

1936-2014 (aged 78)

stage actor feuilletonist actor television actor writer

Pavel Landovský, nicknamed Lanďák, was a Czech actor, playwright, and director. He was a prominent dissident under the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia.

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27. Václav Vorlíček

1930-2019 (aged 89)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter actor

Václav Vorlíček was a Czech film director. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek. He also specialized in directing children's and fairytale films, most notably Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), a Christmas film classic in many European countries.

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28. Vladimír Čech

1951-2013 (aged 62)

actor presenter

Vladimír Čech was a Czech actor, presenter and politician.

29. Pavla Tomicová

1962-. (aged 64)

film actor actor screenwriter

Pavla Tomicová is a Czech actress. She won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in 1999 for her role of Maryša in the play Maryša - po pravdě však "Mařka" at the Klicpera Theatre in Hradec Králové. Tomicová has acted in various films, including Boredom in Brno, Rafťáci and Hrubeš a Mareš jsou kamarádi do deště.

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30. Zdeněk Troška

1953-. (aged 73)

screenwriter director film director

Zdeněk Troška is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He mainly directed comedies and fairy-tale films.

31. Jan Kačer

1936-2024 (aged 88)

film director writer actor film actor television actor

Jan Kačer was a Czech actor and theatrical director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 onwards.

32. Vanda Hybnerová

1968-. (aged 58)

screenwriter film director actor photographer

Vanda Hybnerová is a Czech stage and film actress. After studying at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague, she appeared in various theatres in Prague. She was named the Best Actress in a Play at the 2004 Thalia Awards. Following her award, she has appeared in numerous television series and films.

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33. Simona Postlerová

1964-2024 (aged 60)

actor

Simona Postlerová was a Czech film, stage and television actress.

34. Jiří Strach

1973-. (aged 53)

screenwriter film director television actor child actor actor

Jiří Strach is a Czech film director and actor. He is considered one of the most talented and kindest Czech film directors of the 21st century. Among his most successful films are the fairy tales Angel of the Lord (as film director) and Lotrando a Zubejda (as actor).

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35. Juraj Jakubisko

1938-2023 (aged 85)

cinematographer illustrator film screenwriter screenwriter director

Juraj Jakubisko was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer in his films, as well as writing or co-writing the scripts. In 2000 he was named the Best Slovak Director of the 20th century by film critics and journalists. His work is often described as...

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36. Jaroslav Satoranský

1939-. (aged 87)

actor pedagogue

Jaroslav Satoranský is a Czech actor. He belongs to famous Czech stage players and also to film actors.

37. Jan Svěrák

1965-. (aged 61)

film screenwriter film producer film director actor director

Jan Svěrák is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák, with whom he collaborated on his most successful films. He is among the most recognized Czech filmmakers. His best-known films are the Oscar-winning Kolya and the Oscar-nominated The Elementary School.

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38. Barbora Hrzánová

1964-. (aged 62)

singer actor film actor

Barbora Hrzánová is a Czech actress and musician. She won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in 1994 for her role in the play The Seagull at the Theatre on the Balustrade in Prague. At the 2003 Thalia Awards, she won Best Actress in a Play for her role in Hrdý Budžes at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in Příbram....

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39. Jiřina Jirásková

1931-2013 (aged 82)

actor film actor

Jiřina Jirásková was a Czech actress. She was born and died in Prague, Czech Republic.

40. Patrik Hartl

1976-. (aged 50)

theatrical director director film director writer playwright

Patrik Hartl is a contemporary Czech novelist, playwright and theatre director.

41. Vítězslav Jandák

1947-. (aged 79)

actor politician

Vítězslav Jandák is a Czech actor and politician who served as the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in Cabinet of Jiří Paroubek from 2005 to 2006. He also served as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 2006 to 2013 and from 2013 to 2017.

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42. Tomáš Töpfer

1951-. (aged 75)

stage actor director actor pedagogue teacher

Tomáš Töpfer is a Czech film and television actor and politician. He was named Best Actor at the 1995 Alfréd Radok Awards. At the 2006 Thalia Awards he won the category of Best Actor in an Operetta or Musical.

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43. Nina Divíšková

1936-2021 (aged 85)

stage actor teacher pedagogue actor film actor

Nina Divíšková was a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She was the wife of the film director Jan Kačer. Her sister is ceramist Tamara Divíšková.

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44. Halina Pawlowská

1955-. (aged 71)

journalist dramaturge television writer film screenwriter television actor

Halina Pawlowská is a Czech playwright, short story writer, journalist and editor. She has worked as a screenwriter and show presenter for Czech television.

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45. Jitka Schneiderová

1973-. (aged 53)

actor film actor

Jitka Schneiderová is a Czech film, television and stage actress. She studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. She acted at Studio Ypsilon in Prague between 1996 and 2003. Schneiderová took part in the Czech television series StarDance in 2015, finishing second with dancing partner Marek Dědík behind winners Marie Doležalová and Marek Zelinka.

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46. Barbora Poláková

1983-. (aged 43)

singer stage actor songwriter actor film actor

Barbora Poláková is a Czech actress and singer.

47. Martin Štěpánek

1947-2010 (aged 63)

politician writer film actor actor photographer

Martin Štěpánek was a Czech actor, journalist and politician. He joined Mirek Topolánek's First Cabinet as Culture Minister in September 2006, serving in the position until January 2007. He was the son of actor Zdeněk Štěpánek. In 1981 he emigrated to Austria. In 1983 he moved to Munich, where he spent a significant part of his career working for Radio...

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48. Vilma Cibulková

1963-. (aged 63)

actor film actor

Vilma Cibulková is a Czech film and stage actress. She won a Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress at the 2003 Czech Lion Awards, for her role in the film Pupendo. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, before being awarded another prize in the same category at the 2014 Thalia Awards...

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49. Martin Hofmann

1978-. (aged 48)

actor film actor

Martin Hofmann is a Czech actor.

50. Klára Melíšková

1971-. (aged 55)

film actor actor stage actor

Klára Melíšková is a Czech stage and film actress. She is married to the actor Lukáš Hlavica, daughter-in-law of actor and painter Miloš Hlavica and actress Růžena Merunková and sister-in-law Anna Bendová.

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51. Viktor Preiss

1947-. (aged 79)

film actor film director university teacher television actor actor

Viktor Preiss is a Czech actor. He popularly known for his roles in Hospital at the End of the City or Give the Devil His Due. He starred in dozens of Czech films and television programs, including the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.

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52. Martin Dejdar

1965-. (aged 61)

actor television actor film actor voice actor film producer

Martin Dejdar is a Czech actor, writer, comedian, director, television presenter, producer and entertainer.

53. Luděk Munzar

1933-2019 (aged 86)

audiobook narrator television actor actor director voice actor

Luděk Munzar was a Czech actor. He appeared in the Czech New Wave film The Joke (Jaromil Jireš, 1969) and starred in the film Poslední propadne peklu under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982.

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54. Jiří Štěpnička

1947-. (aged 79)

film actor actor stage actor

Jiří Štěpnička is a Czech actor and dubber.

55. Eva Holubová

1959-. (aged 67)

actor

Eva Holubová is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film Ene Bene, and in 2006, she won the award for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival for her role in Účastníci zájezdu.

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56. Dana Batulková

1958-. (aged 68)

actor film actor

Dana Batulková is a Czech actress.

57. Jakub Kohák

1972-. (aged 54)

screenwriter director film director writer actor

Jakub Kohák is a Czech actor and film director. He is best known for directing commercials and has been an actor in a number of films including Tiger Theory and The Good Plumber.

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58. Josef Koudelka

1938-. (aged 88)

photographer photojournalist

Josef Koudelka is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and has won awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson (1991), and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (1992). Exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art and...

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59. Saša Rašilov

1972-. (aged 54)

director actor

Saša Rašilov is a Czech film and stage actor. He studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague, later performing on stage at theatres including the Theatre on the Balustrade. He is the grandson and namesake of Czechoslovak actor Saša Rašilov (1891–1955). He was married to actress Vanda Hybnerová, with whom he has two daughters, between 1993 and 2014. His...

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60. Jana Preissová

1948-. (aged 78)

pedagogue actor teacher

Jana Preissová is a Czech film and stage actress. She won a Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress at the 1994 Czech Lion Awards, for her role in the film Řád. She has also been recognised as the Best Female Performance twice at the František Filipovský Awards for dubbing, in 1995 and 1998.

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61. Goran Marković

1946-. (aged 80)

screenwriter film director director actor

Goran Marković is a Serbian film and theatre director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright. He has directed approximately 50 documentaries, 13 feature films, and 3 theatre plays. He has also written five books.

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62. Juraj Herz

1934-2018 (aged 84)

screenwriter film director director actor

Juraj Herz was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status. He directed for both film and television,...

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63. Jenovéfa Boková

1992-. (aged 34)

violinist actor

Jenovéfa Boková is a Czech actress and violinist. At the 2018 Czech Lion Awards she won the category of Best Actress, for her performance in the film Moments. For her performance in the 2013 film Revival, she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2013 Czech Lions, but the winner was announced as Jaroslava Pokorná. She is the...

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64. Hana Vagnerová

1983-. (aged 43)

actor screenwriter

Hana Vagnerová is a Czech stage and television actress.

65. Jiří Schmitzer

1949-. (aged 77)

guitarist singer-songwriter television actor actor poet

Jiří Schmitzer is a Czech actor and musician, the son of actor Jiří Sovák. He is a four-time holder of the Czech Lion Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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66. Daniela Kolářová

1946-. (aged 80)

film actor actor stage actor

Daniela Kolářová is a Czech actress.

67. Kateřina Brožová

1968-. (aged 58)

singer actor presenter

Kateřina Brožová is a Czech actress and singer.

68. Jiří Krampol

1938-2025 (aged 87)

stage actor actor television actor director writer

Jiří Krampol was a Czech actor, comedian and television presenter. He was best known as a Czech voice actor of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Louis de Funès, and was the recipient of the František Filipovský Award for lifetime contribution to Czech voice acting.

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69. Oldřich Kaiser

1955-. (aged 71)

actor television actor screenwriter writer film actor

Oldřich Kaiser is a Czech television, film, and stage actor known mostly for his comedic roles.

70. Jiří Kodet

1937-2005 (aged 68)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Jiří Kodet was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1951 and 2003. His mother Jiřina Steimarová and his daughter Barbora Kodetová are also actresses.

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71. David Švehlík

1972-. (aged 54)

actor child actor television actor

David Švehlík is a Czech actor.

72. František Němec

1943-. (aged 83)

actor university teacher

František Němec is a Czech actor, voice actor, and theatre pedagogue.

73. Jana Hlaváčová

1938-2024 (aged 86)

stage actor pedagogue actor university teacher theater artist

Jana Hlaváčová was a Czech actress. She starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007. Hlaváčová died on 13 January 2024, at the age of 85.

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74. Martin Stropnický

1956-. (aged 70)

politician director writer diplomat actor

Martin Stropnický is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2017 to June 2018, and was previously minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. From 2 January 1998 to 22 July 1998 he also served as the minister of Culture. Before entering politics, he was an actor, songwriter, author and director.

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75. Jiří Lábus

1950-. (aged 76)

screenwriter stage actor television actor actor film actor

Jiří Lábus is a Czech actor, comedian and voice actor.

76. Hana Maciuchová

1945-2021 (aged 76)

stage actor television actor pedagogue actor film actor

Hana Maciuchová was a Czech actress. She often played in TV series. In addition to theatre, television and film, she was also intensively involved in voice acting and acting in radio plays, for which she was awarded many times.

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77. Věra Chytilová

1929-2014 (aged 85)

screenwriter film director director pedagogue

Věra Chytilová was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave 1966 film Sedmikrásky (Daisies). Her subsequent films screened at international film festivals, including Vlčí bouda (1987), which screened at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival, A Hoof Here, a Hoof...

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78. Hynek Čermák

1973-. (aged 53)

audiobook narrator director actor photographer

Hynek Čermák is a Czech actor.

79. Tomáš Klus

1986-. (aged 40)

actor pentathlete guitarist singer-songwriter recording artist

Tomáš Klus is a Czech musician and songwriter from the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

80. Marek Vašut

1960-. (aged 66)

photographer child actor graphic artist film actor stage actor

Marek Vašut is a Czech film, stage, and television actor, best known for his appearances in Solomon Kane and Blade II. He voiced the character Tommy Angelo for the Czech version of the video game Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. Vašut later reprised his role as Tommy in the 2020 remake Mafia: Definitive Edition. He also portrays Otto von...

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81. Ivana Chýlková

1963-. (aged 63)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Ivana Chýlková is a Czech actress. She appeared in more than eighty films since 1983.

82. Vojtěch Dyk

1985-. (aged 41)

singer actor lyricist

Vojtěch Dyk is a Czech actor and singer. The son of the literary critic Radko Pytlík, as a singer he is known for being frontman of musical groups Nightwork and Tros Discotequos.

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83. Jiří Menzel

1938-2020 (aged 82)

actor pedagogue screenwriter writer theatrical director

Jiří Menzel was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.

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84. Veronika Žilková

1961-. (aged 65)

actor pedagogue screenwriter

Veronika Žilková is a Czech actress.

85. Radoslav Brzobohatý

1932-2012 (aged 80)

film actor actor television actor

Radoslav Brzobohatý was a Czech actor. He acted in film, television and theatre, portraying around 200 roles during his career.

86. Ivan Trojan

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter stage actor actor film actor

Ivan Trojan is a Czech actor, widely considered to be one of the greatest Czech actors of all time. With four Czech Lions for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he has also won two for his supporting roles in Seducer and One Hand Can't Clap, making him the most awarded performer at the Czech Lion Awards.

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87. Simona Stašová

1955-. (aged 71)

actor

Simona Stašová is a Czech stage, film and television actress. Since making her theatre debut in 1976, she has acted on stage in theatres and appeared in numerous films and television productions. Stašová has won multiple awards for her acting, both inside her native Czech Republic and internationally.

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88. Ondřej Sokol

1971-. (aged 55)

stage actor film director director actor presenter

Ondřej Sokol, is a Czech actor, director, television presenter and translator.

89. Iva Janžurová

1941-. (aged 85)

film actor actor stage actor

Iva Janžurová is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinohrady Theatre and since 1988 has been a member of the National Theatre in Prague. She has appeared in many films, such...

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90. Jan Tříska

1936-2017 (aged 81)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Jan Tříska was a Czech actor who played over 160 roles across stage, film, and television. He worked in the United States after emigrating there in the 1970s, but later returned to his native country following the Velvet Revolution. He was a three-time Czech Lion Award nominee, for Best Actor in Leading Role (Lunacy, 2005), and twice for Best Supporting...

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91. Anna Polívková

1979-. (aged 47)

actor

Anna Polívková is a Czech actress.

92. Emir Kusturica

1954-. (aged 72)

film director director manufacturer spy musician

Emir Kusturica is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s.

93. Agnieszka Holland

1948-. (aged 78)

screenwriter director film director writer theatrical director

Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her cultural and political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland.

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94. Jiřina Bohdalová

1931-. (aged 95)

actor film actor child actor teacher voice actor

Jiřina Bohdalová is a Czech actress. She played over 200 film roles during her career and is among the most popular Czech actresses. For her lifelong contribution to Czech film and theatre, she has received several awards and state distinctions. She is the mother of actress Simona Stašová.

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95. Josef Abrhám

1939-2022 (aged 83)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Josef Abrhám was a Czech film and theatre actor.

96. Jan Švankmajer

1934-. (aged 92)

puppet designer scenographer exhibition curator painter sculptor

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech retired filmmaker, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the early 1960s, he explored informel, which later became an important part of the visual form of his animated films. He is a leading representative of late Czech surrealism. In his film work, he created...

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97. Milan Kundera

1929-2023 (aged 94)

novelist writer translator poet screenwriter

Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.

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98. Václav Havel

1936-2011 (aged 75)

director film director dissident writer philosopher

Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December, before he became 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...

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99. Miloš Forman

1932-2018 (aged 86)

playwright film producer film actor film director actor

Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman was a Czech-American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Throughout Forman's career he won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Bear, a César Award, and the Czech Lion.

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100. Ondřej Havelka

1954-. (aged 72)

musician film director jazz musician singer actor

Ondřej Havelka is a Czech jazz and swing singer, actor, and director. He began his musical career singing with the jazz band Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra in 1976 and went on to form his own group, Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers, in 1995. He has worked as an actor since the 1970s, and he is the director of several...

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