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Fidel Castro
Known for JFK · Nixon · The Fog of War
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist…
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1926
- Died
- Nov 25, 2016
- Birthplace
- Birán, Cuba
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
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Known For
MOVIE
JFKSelf (archive footage) · 1991
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
MOVIE
Nixon(Archive footage) · 1995
★ 6.8
★ 6.8
MOVIE
The Fog of WarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2003
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
MOVIE
Cuba and the CameramanSelf · 2017
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
MOVIE
Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatSelf (archive footage) · 2024
★ 7.8
★ 7.8
MOVIE
The Hour of the FurnacesSelf (archive footage) · 1968
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
MOVIE
Looking for FidelSelf · 2004
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
MOVIE
James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf (archive footage) · 1983
★ 6.7
★ 6.7
Filmography
Movies
Cuban Rebel GirlsSelf (uncredited)
1959
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!Self
1960GA
General AssemblyFidel Castro
1960E1
Extra 1ero 26 de julio socialista (Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 60)
1961
Island AblazedSelf
1961
¡Cuba Sí!Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited)
1961
Muerte al invasorSelf (archive footage)
1962
Guest from the Island of FreedomSelf
1963
Hello CubansSelf (uncredited)
1963PJ
Primeros Juegos Deportivos Nacionales en Cuba (Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano)
1965
Far from VietnamSelf (segment "Fidel Castro")
1967
World in Action: End of a Revolution
1967
The Hour of the FurnacesSelf (archive footage)
1968
TopazSelf (archive footage)
1969
Report on Brazil: Carlos MarighellaHimself (archive footage)
1970
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
1971
FidelSelf
1971
Compromiso con Chile
1972
El Diálogo de AméricaÉl mismo
1972
I Am a Son of AmericaÉl mismo
1972
The Exploitation of Man by ManSelf
1972
The First YearSelf
1972
About Extra Hours and Volunteer WorkSelf (archive footage)
1973
And Heaven Was Taken by StormSelf
1973
Chile, el gran desafíoSelf
1973
Venceremos, solidaridadSelf (archive footage)
1973
Cuba and FidelSelf
1974
General Idi Amin DadaHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
History of BrazilSelf (archive)
1974
The Society of the SpectacleSelf (archive footage)
1974
Waiting for FidelSelf
1975
A Grin Without a CatSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
My Brother, FidelSelf
1977TC
The CIA's Secret ArmySelf
1977
Mission Mind ControlSelf (archive footage)
1979
A propósito de nuestra historiaArchive
1980
La marcha del pueblo combatiente
1980
On Company BusinessSelf - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage)
1980
The Necessary WarHimself
1980
Che, Today and AlwaysFidel Castro
1983
James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf (archive footage)
1983
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old ManSelf (archive footage)
1984
Improper ConductSelf - Politician (archive footage)
1984
Chile: A Genral Record
1986
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986
BrascubaSelf (archive footage)
1987
Fidel Racconta il CheHimself
1987
Parlez-moi du CheSelf
1987
The CIA's War Against Cuba
1987
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?Self (archive footage)
1988
The Uncompromising RevolutionSelf
1988
Cuba 30 Anni DopoHimself
1990HC
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A ManSelf (archival footage)
1990
JFKSelf (archive footage)
1991
Lest We ForgetSelf (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991PO
Portrait of Castro's CubaHimself
1991
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under AmericaSelf(archive footage)
1991
The JFK ConspiracySelf
1992
8ASelf
1993
The World of PolygoonSelf (archive footage)
1994
El último panfletoSelf
1995
Ernesto Che GuevaraSelf(archive footage)
1995
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
1995
Nixon(Archive footage)
1995
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2Self (archive footage)
1996
The Secret KGB JFK Assassination FilesSelf (archive footage)
1999KO
Kubánske otáznikyarchívne zábery
2000DF
Dear Fidel: Marita's StorySelf (archive footage)
2001TC
The Cuban GameHimself (footage)
2001
BalserosSelf (archive footage)
2002
Fond Memories of CubaHimself
2002
NaqoyqatsiSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002RR
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002CG
Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre
2003
ComandanteSelf
2003
Jack Paar: Smart TelevisionSelf
2003
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being ConsumersSelf
2003
The Fog of WarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
el moroSelf
2004
Fidel Castro: Life for the RevolutionSelf
2004
Looking for FidelSelf
2004
Salvador AllendeSelf (archive footage)
2004
I Am Cuba, the Siberian MammothSelf (archive footage)
2005
Kordavision: The man who shot Che Guevara
2005
The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf (archive footage)
2005
638 Ways to Kill CastroSelf (archive footage)
2006
Cuba, el valor de una utopíaHimself
2006
Looking for FidelHimself
2006LD
Lejos de la islaHimself (archive footage)
2007
Oswald's GhostSelf (archive footage)
2007
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby KennedySelf (archive footage)
2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol FlynnSelf (archive footage)
2007
The War on DemocracySelf (archive footage)
2007
Un Giorno con FidelHimself
2007
Året var 1958Self (archive footage)
2008
Did the Mob Kill JFK?Self (archive footage)
2009
South of the BorderSelf (archive footage)
2009
Being Fidel CastroHimself (archive footage)
2010
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting ImperialismHimself
2010
Memória CubanaSelf (archive footage)
2010
The Inconclusive IndependenceSelf (archive footage)
2010ED
El día más largo
2011
Memories of OverdevelopmentSelf (archive footage)
2011
Santiago FilesSelf (archive footage)
2011
7 Days in HavanaSelf (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage)
2012CI
Castro in WinterSelf
2012
Cuba, Batista et la mafiaFidel Castro
2012
EthelSelf (archive footage)
2012
My boy, look at the starsSelf (archive footage)
2012
PalmeSelf (archive footage)
2012
The Day That Lasted 21 YearsSelf (archive footage)
2012
The Man Who Saved the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2012
The Mayor
2012
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Self (archive footage)
2013
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to LiveSelf (archive footage)
2013
American ComandanteSelf (archival footage)
2015
Castro: The World's Most Watched ManHimself (archive footage)
2015
Celia - la más hermosa flor
2015
Laissez-faireSelf (archive footage)
2015
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)Self
2016
Assassinating FrancoSelf
2016
Cuba, l'histoire secrète
2016
Fidel Castro: America's NemesisHimself (Archive Footage)
2016
Franco and Fidel: A Strange FriendshipHimself
2016
Historien ska frikänna migSelf
2016
Angola: The WarHimself - President of Cuba (archive footage)
2017
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe
2017
Cuba and the CameramanSelf
2017
El CheSelf (archive footage)
2017
Eliánhimself
2017N
NobodyHimself
2017TM
Two Meetings and a Funeral
2017
Another Day of LifeHimself (archive footage)
2018
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st CenturySelf (archive footage)
2018
Cuba, un aller et un retourHimself (archive footage)
2018
Karl Marx und seine ErbenSelf (archive footage)
2018
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangersSelf (archive footage)
2019
Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.PSelf (archive footage)
2019
Laboratory GreeceSelf (archive footage)
2019
ReMastered: Massacre at the StadiumSelf (archive footage)
2019
537 VotesSelf (archive footage)
2020
Wasp NetworkSelf (archive footage)
2020
A History of an AssignmentSelf (archive footage)
2021
Becoming CousteauSelf (archive footage)
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self (archive footage)
2021
Under the spell of the bombSelf (archive footage)
2021
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth CarvalhoSelf (archive footage)
2022
Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
2022
The Padilla AffairSelf (archive footage)
2023
Mário
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatSelf (archive footage)
2024
Suite Tortilla #59: The Celluloid WomenSelf (Voice)
2024
The Queen and the Prime MinistersSig selv (arkiv)
2024
Germán AraújoHimself (archival footage)
2025
JFK Assassination: A New PerspectiveSelf (archive footage)
2025
A-Bomb Museumhimself (footage)
2026
Nostalgia for the FutureSelf (archive footage)
2026
Revolution's DaughterSelf (archive footage)
2026
Station HopeSelf - Archival Footage
2026AO
Attack on the AmericasHimself
Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959
FC
Fidel Castro: We Shall Overcome!
UI
Un italiano per Fidel
Television
World in Action2 eps
1963FT
First Tuesday1 eps
1983
Vietnam: A Television HistorySelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1983
Informe especialSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1984
Rogues GallerySelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
1997
Faith of the Century: A History of CommunismSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1999
La Case du SiècleSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2010
Mentiras verdaderasSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2011
GuerillerosSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2015
Legends of CinemaSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2016
Bobby Kennedy for PresidentSelf (archive footage) · 4 eps
2018
ExplainedSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2018
Minnesota ExperienceSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2018
Castro's Revolution vs. The World2 eps
2019
How to Become a TyrantSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2021
SpycraftSelf · 1 eps
2021
The Century of IconsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2022
História do ComunismoSelf · 6 eps
2024
America Who Are You?Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
2026Photos
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