WJan Bor, real name Jan Jaroslav Strejček was a Czech director and playwright. He was a pupil of Max Reinhardt. His drama became the basis of Jiří Pauer's libretto for the opera Zuzana Vojířová (1958).
WJosef Dvořák is a Czech actor. He started his career in Kadaň from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem. He was an external actor in theatre Semafor in 1972-1990. In 1990 he established his own theatre company Divadelní společnost Josefa Dvořáka. He is famous for his many movie roles of Vodník.
WPatrik Hartl is a contemporary Czech novelist, playwright and theatre director.
WRudolf Hrušínský was a Czech actor. He was one of Czechoslovakia's most famous actors and an icon of Czech culture. He was awarded the Legion of Honor by France and National Artist in his home country of Czechoslovakia. Jiri Menzel once described him as "the Czech Jean Gabin." Many of his movies such as The Cremator are internationally renowned and have received awards abroad.
WJan Kačer is a Czech actor and film director. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1960.
WVáclav Kašlík was a Czech composer, opera director and conductor, known for his operas, both on the stage and on television.
WOndřej Kepka is a Czech actor, film director, screenwriter, presenter and photographer.
WPřemysl Kočí was a Czech operatic baritone, actor, music educator, stage director, theatre manager and official of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
WAndrej Krob is a Czech theater director and screenwriter, known for stage directing plays about Václav Havel.
WMiroslav Krobot is a Czech theatre director and actor. He starred in the film The Man from London, which was entered into the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
WAdolf Krössing was a German Bohemian operatic tenor, stage director, and actor of both the stage and film. Possessing a smaller voice, Krössing impressed audiences not with his vocal prowess but with his dramatic gifts. A master of improvisation and comic timing, he excelled in character roles. He is particularly remembered for creating roles in several world premieres by Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák.
WJiří Kroha was a Czech architect, painter, sculptor, scenographer, designer and pedagogue. He was an important exponent of Czech architecture and design during inter-war period.
WPetr Lébl was a Czech theatre director, scenographer, actor, designer and artistic director of the Theatre on the Balustrade. Lébl is considered one of the most significant personalities of the 20th century Czech theatre.
WVáclav Lohniský was a Czech film actor. He appeared in 120 films and television shows between 1950 and 1980.
WMiroslav Macháček was a Czech theatre director and an actor.
WJiří 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.
WVladimír Morávek is a Czech theatre, film and television director, screenwriter and actor. His 2003 film Boredom in Brno won five Czech Lions. Between 1996 and 2005 he was art director of Klicperovo divadlo in Hradec Králové, since 2005 he is art director of Divadlo Husa na provázku.
WJaroslav Průcha was a Czechoslovakian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1963. He is buried at the Vyšehrad Cemetery.
WAlfréd Radok was a distinguished Czech stage director and film director. Radok's work belongs with the top Czech stage direction of the 20th century. He is often cited as a formalist in his work.
WFrantišek Salzer was a Czechoslovak Theatre Director, Theatre Actor, Film Actor, University Professor and Translator.
WEvald Schorm was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 26 films between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave.
WLadislav Smoček is a Czech writer, playwright and theater director.
WLadislav Smoljak was a Czech film and theater director, actor and screenwriter. He was born in Prague.
WOndřej Sokol, is a Czech director, actor, television presenter and translator.
WHelena Štáchová was a Czech puppeteer, voice actress and playwright. Štáchová served as the head and director of the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theater (S+H), which opened in 1930 as the former Czechoslovakia's first professional puppet theater, from 1996 until her death in 2017. She also provided the voice of popular puppets, Manicka and Mrs. Katerina, who are the female equivalents of the Spejbl and Hurvínek puppet characters. In addition, Štáchová worked as a voice actress as well. Notably, Štáchová provided the Czech language-voice of Lisa Simpson on the Czech version of the American animated sitcom, The Simpsons.
WZdeněk Svěrák is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and scriptwriter, and one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities. Since 1968 he has appeared in 32 films.
WPetr Weigl was a Czech director and playwright.
WPetr Zelenka is a Czech playwright and director of theatre and film. His films have been recognized at international festivals in Moscow and Rotterdam. In 2008, his film Karamazovi was the Czech Republic's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.