Mikhail Gorbachev
Acting
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
2025AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
Self (archive footage)
2025JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
2024Gorbacheva
2023In the Grip of Gazprom
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023The Man Who Challenged Putin
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2022Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2021Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
Self (archive footage)
2021The Art of Dissent
Self - Subject (archive footage)
2021Stasi: A State Against Its People
Self (archive footage)
2021Gorbachev. Heaven
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2021Sakharov. Two Lives
Self (archive footage)
2021Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR
Self (archive footage)
2020The Long Breakup
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020Frenemies: Putin and Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Self (archive footage)
2020My Favorite War
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020The Way I See It
Self (archive footage)
201930 Years of Democracy
Self (archive footage)
2019Meeting Gorbachev
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2019Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019The Man Who Defied Beijing
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
2018Putin's Witnesses
Self - Politician (archive footage)