Birth Place Matching "Prague, Czechoslovakia" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Vladimir Kulich
Actor | The Equalizer
Vladimir Kulich is known for his work in The Equalizer, Vikings, 13th Warrior, Smoking' Aces, Ironclad,The X Files, and as the voice of Ulfric Stormcloak in one of the most successful video games of all time, Skyrim-The Elder Scrolls. He has given memorable performances opposite academy award ...
2. Tereza Srbova
Actress | Jack Ryan
Tereza Srbova was born in Prague, Czech Republic. She holds a Master's degree in culture anthropology. During her studies she worked as a model in Paris and featured in high-end brand campaigns such as Dior. In 2007 she effortlessly transitioned from modeling to acting with her first audition, ...
3. David Nykl
Actor | Stargate: Atlantis
Prague born, Vancouver raised, David Nykl arrived in Canada at age two when his family emigrated from Czechoslovakia after the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of what was then Czechoslovakia.
David started early as an actor in Vancouver: community theater, small TV parts, and classes in dance and ...
4. Petr Jákl
Producer | Medieval
Director/writer/producer/actor
Petr Jákl was born on September 14th 1973 in the Czech Republic and got a master degree at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at the Charles University in Prague. From his childhood Petr devoted himself to sports and he became the Champion of the Czech ...
5. Vera Ralston
Actress | Storm Over Lisbon
After achieving modest fame as an ice skater in her native Czechoslovakia, Vera Hruba was brought to the United States by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie. After featuring her in two "Ice Capades" movies, he added "Ralston" to her name and ...
6. Jaroslava Schallerová
Actress | Valerie a týden divu
Jaroslava Schallerová was born on April 25, 1956 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras (1977) and Love (1973).
7. Miroslava
Actress | La muerte enamorada
Born in the pre-war Prague, young Miroslava Sternova (or simply Miroslava, as she was known in her film career) was brought to Mexico by her parents in the late 30s, leaving her childhood, her native Czechoslovakia and her beloved grandma. After winning a beauty contest in Mexico City, Miroslava ...
8. Adam Vacula
Actor | Jack Ryan
Adam Vacula is a Czech actor. He was born on October 19, 1987. He is known for portraying Francesco Grasso in the TV film Die Himmelsleiter (2015) and the Netflix series Freud (2020). Other interesting credits are Genius (2017), directed and produced by Ron Howard or Interlude in Prague (2017).
His ...
9. Jan Svankmajer
Director | Otesánek
After studying at the Institute of Industrial Arts and the Marionette Faculty of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Jan Svankmajer started working as a theatre director, chiefly in association with the Theatre of Masks and the Black Theatre. He first experimented with film-making after ...
10. Marek Vasut
Actor | Mission: Impossible
Marek Vasut was born on May 5, 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1996), xXx (2002) and Blade II (2002).
11. Edita Brychta
Actress | Conspiracy Theory
Edita Brychta was born in Prague but grew up in London, having fled with her family from the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. Her parents, Jan and Lida Brychta, are renowned artists who have exhibited all over the world, and her brother Alex Brychta MBE is a worldwide published book ...
12. Barbora Kodetová
Actress | Dune
Barbora Kodetová was born on September 6, 1970 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Dune (2000), Children of Dune (2003) and Tristan + Isolde (2006). She has been married to Pavel Sporcl since May 1, 2015. They have two children.
13. Anna Geislerová
Actress | Anthropoid
Born in 1976 in Prague, this prolific actress debuted before the cameras at the early age of 14. Also a top model, Anna Geislerová already has an impressive career behind her (110 films, TV films or series episodes in early 2013!) and has received several awards for her remarkable performances, ...
14. Jan Tríska
Actor | Ronin
Jan Tríska was born on November 4, 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Ronin (1998), Apt Pupil (1998) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). He was previously married to Karla Chadimová. He died on September 25, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.
15. Jirí Menzel
Director | Ostre sledované vlaky
Jirí Menzel was born on February 23, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Closely Watched Trains (1966), I Served the King of England (2006) and Larks on a String (1969). He was previously married to Olga Menzelová-Kelymanová. He died on ...
16. Tereza Ramba
Actress | Missing
Tereza Voriskova is a Czech actress. She has played in more than thirty films and series for Czech and international productions; e.g. in director Steve Shil's US series The Missing, starring Ashley Judd, Sean Bean and Cliff Curtis; in Paul Donova's Canadian series Clay's P.O.V., starring Guy ...
17. Jana Kaderabkova
Actress | Hostel
Jana Kaderabkova was born on January 15, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Hostel (2005), The Division (2022) and Hostel Dissected (2006).
18. Jeanette Sterke
Actress | A Stitch in Time
The English actress Jeanette Sterke was born in Prague in the former Czechoslovakia in 1933. Her parents escaped the Nazis by fleeing to England. After finishing her schooling, she attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her TV debut in an adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's Liebelei (...
19. Klára Issová
Actress | Killing Jesus
Klara was born in 1979 in Prague to a Czech mother and a Syrian father. Acting soon proved to be her calling, and she followed her early drama lessons by enrolling at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Her first major role came when she was only 15 in the movie Indianske leto (Indian Summer, 1995),...
20. Dana Vávrová
Actress | Herbstmilch
Dana Vávrová was born on August 9, 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress and director, known for Autumn Milk (1989), The Last Train (2006) and Amadeus (1984). She was previously married to Joseph Vilsmaier. She died on February 5, 2009 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
21. Alice Bendová
Actress | A Knight's Tale
Alice Bendová was born on November 1, 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for A Knight's Tale (2001), Love Lies Bleeding (1999) and Tvár pomsty. She has been married to Václav Benda since 2004.
22. Madeleine Albright
Actress | Madam Secretary
Madeleine Albright was born on May 15, 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Madam Secretary (2014), Gilmore Girls (2000) and Parks and Recreation (2009). She was previously married to Joseph Medill Patterson Albright. She died on March 23, 2022 in ...
23. Hana Vagnerová
Actress | Expozitura
Hana Vagnerová was born on February 21, 1983 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Expozitura (2008), Milada (2017) and Carte Blanche (2019).
24. Eliska Krenková
Actress | Vsechno bude
Eliska Krenková was born on January 31, 1990 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Winter Flies (2018), A Certain Kind of Silence (2019) and Martanské lode (2021).
25. Zdenek Sverák
Writer | Kolja
As a result of being a dedicated Czech language teacher, Mr. Svìrák had little time for his creative writing. However, he soon opted to write articles for magazines, short stories for the youth, and TV screenplays. He also worked in the Czechoslavakian Radio on an entertainment program. In 1966, Mr...
26. Martin Kotouc
Writer | Poslední setkání
Martin Kotouc was born on October 3, 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Prague, Czech Republic]. He is a writer, known for The Last Meeting (1998), Necenzurovaný Film o Filmu Hodinu nevis (2010) and The Last Bell (1998).
27. Dagmar Patrasová
Actress | Arabela se vrací
Dagmar Patrasová was born on April 27, 1956 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Arabela se vrací (1993), The Great Movie Robbery (1986) and Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras (1977). She has been married to Felix Slovacek since 1983. They have ...
28. Zora Kerova
Actress | La vera storia della monaca di Monza
Zora Kerova was born on August 11, 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for The True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980), Cannibal Ferox (1981) and Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper (1980). She was previously married to Petr Hapka.
29. Monika Foris Kvasnicková
Actress | The Aftermath
Monika Foris Kvasnicková was born on December 10, 1969 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for The Aftermath (2019), The Immortal (2000) and Carnival Row (2019).
30. Alena Penz
Actress | Der Kleine Schwarze mit dem roten Hut
Alena Penz was born on August 16, 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Trinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar (1975), 2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) and Maldoror (1977).
31. Ivan Passer
Director | Intimní osvetlení
Ivan Passer was one of the key authors of the "new wave" of Czech cinema, a group of young people who forged an energetic and transgressive film movement in the 1960s, breaking away from the precepts of hard socialist realism. Passer was not only the author of the scenarios of his own films, but he...
32. Zaneta Fuchsová
Actress | ...a zase ta Lucie!
Zaneta Fuchsová was born on March 31, 1972 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and assistant director, known for ...a zase ta Lucie! (1984), The Train of Childhood and Expectation (1989) and Lucie, postrach ulice (1984).
33. Jan Pinkava
Director | Ratatouille
Jan Pinkava was born on June 21, 1963 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a producer and director, known for Ratatouille (2007), Geri's Game (1997) and A Bug's Life (1998). He has been married to Kay Renard since September 1994.
34. Berenika Kohoutová
Actress | Fair Play
Berenika Kohoutová was born on February 15, 1991 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and director, known for Fair Play (2014), Naty Hrychová feat. Berenika Kohoutová: Holky sobe (2020) and An Unlikely Romance (2013). She was previously married to Pavel ...
35. Kai Fischer
Actress | Holocaust parte seconda: i ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta
Kai Fischer was born on March 18, 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She is an actress and writer, known for Holocaust 2: The Revenge (1980), Man on the Spying Trapeze (1966) and Girls for the Mambo-Bar (1959).
36. Martha Issová
Actress | Sedmero krkavcu
Martha Issová was born on March 22, 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for The Seven Ravens (2015), Deti noci (2008) and Buko (2022).
37. Emma Smetana
Soundtrack | Jordan Haj & Emma Smetana: By Now
Emma Smetana was born on February 11, 1988 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is a writer and actress, known for Jordan Haj & Emma Smetana: By Now (2021), Emma Smetana: Over (2019) and Emma Smetana & Jordan Haj: Lost and Found (2018).
38. Jirina Bohdalová
Actress | Fany
Jirina Bohdalová was born on May 3, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Fany (1995), The Immortal Aunt (1993) and Oldies But Goldies (2012).
39. Ivan G'Vera
Actor | Terminator Salvation
Ivan G'Vera was born on April 1, 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Terminator Salvation (2009), Casino Royale (2006) and The Hunt for Red October (1990).
40. Helena Ruzicková
Actress | Trhala fialky dynamitem
Helena Ruzicková was born on June 13, 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress and writer, known for Trhala fialky dynamitem (1992), The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) and Amerika oder der Verschollene (1969). She died on January 4, 2004 in Plzen, Czech ...
41. Jan Hammer
Soundtrack | Charlie's Angels
Jan Hammer's musical career is as firmly rooted in the fundamentals of classical, jazz and rock as it is committed to the future of electronics, synthesized sound, the possibilities of interactive media, television, film and animation. His walls are lined with Grammy awards and gold and platinum ...
42. Anna Polívková
Actress | Návrat idiota
Anna Polívková was born on March 24, 1979 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for The Idiot Returns (1999), Two Brides and One Wedding (2018) and Women at the Peak (2019).
43. Václav Marhoul
Producer | The Painted Bird
Václav Marhoul was born on January 30, 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and producer, known for The Painted Bird (2019), Tobruk (2008) and Smart Philip (2003).
44. Jana Svandová
Actress | Chained Heat II
Jana Svandová was born on July 3, 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Chained Heat 2 (1993), Dobrodruzství kriminalistiky (1989) and Wild Flowers (2000).
45. Linda Rybová
Actress | Tmavomodrý svet
Linda Rybová was born on November 10, 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Dark Blue World (2001), Maigret (1991) and Wild Flowers (2000).
46. Krystof Hádek
Actor | Tmavomodrý svet
Krystof Hádek was born on March 10, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Dark Blue World (2001), Under the Skin (2013) and 3 Seasons in Hell (2009).
47. Sandra Nováková
Actress | Hádkovi
Sandra Nováková was born on April 15, 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and writer, known for Hádkovi (2022), Mothers (2021) and Wild Flowers (2000). She has been married to Vojtech Moravec since June 30, 2022. They have one child.
48. Mahulena Bocanová
Actress | Kozí príbeh
Mahulena Bocanová was born on March 18, 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Goat Story (2008), Jonás II. aneb Jak je dulezité míti Melicharovou (1988) and Bylo nás sest (1986).
49. Lenka Vlasáková
Actress | Lea
Lenka Vlasáková was born on April 27, 1972 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Lea (1996), Women in Temptation (2010) and Kawasaki's Rose (2009). She is married to Jan Dolanský. They have one child.
50. Babak Karimi
Actor | Forushande
Babak Karimi was born on March 22, 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and editor, known for The Salesman (2016), The Past (2013) and A Separation (2011).