Fidel Castro
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1926-08-13 · Birán, Cuba
- Died
- 2016-11-25
Known for
- JFK (1991) — Self (archive footage)
- Topaz (1969) — Self (archive footage)
- Wasp Network (2020) — Self (archive footage)
- Nixon (1995) — (Archive footage)
- The Fog of War (2003) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- How to Become a Tyrant (2021) — Self (archive footage)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Self (archive footage)
- Naqoyqatsi (2002) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Explained (2018) — Self (archive footage)
- Cuba and the Cameraman (2017) — Self
- Another Day of Life (2018) — Himself (archive footage)
- 7 Days in Havana (2012) — Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage)
- Spycraft (2021) — Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) — Self (archive footage)
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) — Self (archive footage)
- Hello Cubans (1963) — Self (uncredited)