Acting
Mikhail Gorbachev
Born March 2, 1931 · Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] · Died August 30, 2022
Biography
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.
Known for
7.5
The Abyss
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.7
Zero Days
Self (archive footage)
7.2
Faraway, So Close!
Mikhail Gorbachev
6.9
History 101
Self (archive footage)
7.2
The 11th Hour
Self
7.2
Meeting Gorbachev
Self
8.2
The Battle of Chernobyl
Self
8.4
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
7.0
Putin's Witnesses
Self - Politician (archive footage)
7.0
South of the Border
Self (archive footage)
7.9
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
8.0
The Soviet Story
Self (archive footage)
6.2 TMDB
The Russian Woodpecker
Former President Russia (archive footage)
8.2
The Way I See It
Self (archive footage)
7.6
Palme
Self (archive footage)
8.6
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Self
7.5
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
2010 · Movie
6.1 TMDB
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
6.8
Quando c'era Berlinguer
Himself
8.6
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2026Staatsgeheimnis RAF – Terroristen in der DDRSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2026Chernobyl: Inside the MeltdownSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2025JFK Assassination: A New PerspectiveSelf - Former General Secretary CCCPMovie
- 2025AUM: The Cult at the End of the WorldSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2024Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Self (archive footage)Series
- 2024TraitorsSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2024GorbachevaMovie
- 2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2023Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a DictatorSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2023The Man Who Challenged PutinSelfMovie
- 2023In the Grip of GazpromSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
- 2023Three WarsSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2022Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZoneSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2022Chernobyl: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2021Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2021Gorbachev. HeavenSelfMovie
- 2021The Art of DissentSelf - Subject (archive footage)Movie
- 2021Stasi: A State Against Its PeopleSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2021Hullu vuosi 1991SelfSeries
- 2021Sakharov. Two LivesSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2021Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSRSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2020The Long BreakupSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2020First LadiesSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2020My Favorite WarSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2020The Way I See ItSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2020History 101Self (archive footage)Series
- 2020Frenemies: Putin and TrumpSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2020Stalin and the Katyn MassacreSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 201930 Years of DemocracySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2019Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed EuropeSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy CohnSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2019Tiananmen: The People Versus the PartySelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2019The Man Who Defied BeijingSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2019Meeting GorbachevSelfMovie
- 2018Lusia in WonderlandSelfMovie
- 2018Putin's WitnessesSelf - Politician (archive footage)Movie
- 2018Our AfricaSelfMovie
- 2017The Arrow of TimeSelfMovie
- 2017Road to 9/11Self (archive footage)Series
- 2017À la recherche de... Pierre RichardSelf - Soviet and Russian statesman (archive footage)Movie
- 2017Oscar Arias: Without a Shot FiredSelfMovie
- 2017How to Stage a CoupMovie
- 2017Free to RockSelfMovie
- 2017Era Of DanceSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2016Legends of CinemaSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2016Загадки века с Сергеем МедведевымSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2016Cuba, l'histoire secrèteMovie
- 2016Zero DaysSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2015Those Who DareSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2015The Russian WoodpeckerFormer President Russia (archive footage)Movie
- 2015Laissez-faireSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2014Quando c'era BerlinguerHimselfMovie
- 2012Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United StatesSelfSeries
- 2012PalmeSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 201241Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2012Der Sturz - Honeckers EndeSelfMovie
- 2011The Last Days of the USSRSelfMovie
- 2011A Bitter Taste of FreedomSelfMovie
- 2011He Came to Give Us FreedomMovie
- 2010The Autobiography of Nicolae CeausescuMovie
- 2009South of the BorderSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2009Disco and Atomic WarSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2009Here to StaySelfMovie
- 2008Hype: The Obama EffectSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2008The Soviet StorySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2008AlbumSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
- 2007The 11th HourSelfMovie
- 2007The Battle of ChernobylSelfMovie
- 2007Hammer & TickleSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2006Freedom's FuryMovie
- 2006Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!Self (archive footage)Movie
- 2006The Collapse of The Soviet UnionSelfMovie
- 2004Zero HourSelf (archival footage)Series
- 2004Looking for FidelSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2004Disaster at ChernobylSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2003Days That Shook the WorldSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2003Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le mondeMovie
- 2002The School for ScandalSeries
- 2002Guts and GlorySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1999maybrit illnerSelfSeries
- 1999Die SekretäreSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1999Faith of the Century: A History of CommunismSelf (archive footage)Series
- 1999BeckmannSelfSeries
- 1999The Secret KGB JFK Assassination FilesSelfMovie
- 1999When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldSelfMovie
- 1998Ein Herz für KinderSelfSeries
- 1998ReaganSelfMovie
- 1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelfSeries
- 1997HARDtalkSeries
- 1996Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2Self (archive footage)Movie
- 1995Satans mördareSelfMovie
- 1995Coup-2: Yet Another Uprising or the Shadow of Civil WarMovie
- 1995Goldene HenneSelfSeries
- 1994But... SeriouslySelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1993Faraway, So Close!Mikhail GorbachevMovie
- 1992New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodSelfMovie
- 1991Desert Storm: The War BeginsSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1991Latest News About DoomsdaySelfMovie
- 1991The Second Russian RevolutionSelfSeries
- 1991Ceausescu: Behind the MythSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1991DAS!SelfSeries
- 1990Streng vertraulich oder Die innere VerfassungSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
- 1989The AbyssSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
- 1989Day of RevelationMovie
- 1988Children of the 20th Congress(archive footage)Movie
- 1987Der springende PunktMovie
- 1984Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerSelfMovie
- 1982MenschenSelfSeries
- —Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the WorldSelfMovie