Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba 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 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba 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 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962.
Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide" – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and formed the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography (Movies)
Germán Araújo
Character:Himself (archival footage)
Release Date:30/10/2025
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:08/09/2025
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/09/2024
The Queen and the Prime Ministers
Character:Sig selv (arkiv)
Release Date:13/01/2024
The Padilla Affair
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/10/2022
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/08/2022
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Becoming Cousteau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2021
A History of an Assignment
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2021
537 Votes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/10/2020
Wasp Network
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/01/2020
Laboratory Greece
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/12/2019
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/2019
Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2019
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2019
Cuba, un aller et un retour
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2018
Another Day of Life
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:26/10/2018
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/2018
Karl Marx und seine Erben
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/04/2018
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe
Character:
Release Date:08/10/2017
Cuba and the Cameraman
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2017
El Che
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
Two Meetings and a Funeral
Character:
Release Date:07/06/2017
Angola: The War
Character:Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2017
Elián
Character:himself
Release Date:21/04/2017
Nobody
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/01/2017
Historien ska frikänna mig
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2016
Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship
Character:Himself
Release Date:07/12/2016
Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis
Character:Himself (Archive Footage)
Release Date:28/11/2016
Assassinating Franco
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2016
Castro: The World's Most Watched Man
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2015
Celia - la más hermosa flor
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Release Date:10/10/2015
Laissez-faire
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/01/2015
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Cuba, Batista et la mafia
Character:Fidel Castro
Release Date:23/12/2012
The Man Who Saved the World
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2012
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/2012
Palme
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/09/2012
The Mayor
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Release Date:18/08/2012
7 Days in Havana
Character:Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2012
Castro in Winter
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2012
Ethel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2012
Memories of Overdevelopment
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2011
Santiago Files
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2011
El día más largo
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Release Date:01/01/2011
Memória Cubana
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/09/2010
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/06/2010
Being Fidel Castro
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:19/01/2010
The Inconclusive Independence
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/01/2010
Did the Mob Kill JFK?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/11/2009
South of the Border
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/09/2009
Året var 1958
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/01/2008
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/11/2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/10/2007
Oswald's Ghost
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2007
The War on Democracy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/2007
Lejos de la isla
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:25/01/2007
Un Giorno con Fidel
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2007
Cuba, el valor de una utopía
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/12/2006
638 Ways to Kill Castro
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/2006
Looking for Fidel
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/06/2006
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2005
Kordavision: The man who shot Che Guevara
Character:
Release Date:27/04/2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2005
Salvador Allende
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/09/2004
Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution
Character:Self
Release Date:26/04/2004
Looking for Fidel
Character:Self
Release Date:14/04/2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2003
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2003
The Fog of War
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/2003
Comandante
Character:Self
Release Date:14/02/2003
Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2003
Naqoyqatsi
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/2002
Cuban Rafters
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/04/2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/2002
The Cuban Game
Character:Himself (footage)
Release Date:23/11/2001
Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/11/2001
Kubánske otázniky
Character:archívne zábery
Release Date:01/08/2000
The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/1996
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1995
8A
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1993
The JFK Conspiracy
Character:Self
Release Date:15/04/1992
JFK
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/12/1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Character:Himself
Release Date:07/04/1991
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:19/05/1990
Cuba 30 Anni Dopo
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1990
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/11/1988
The Uncompromising Revolution
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1988
Brascuba
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/06/1987
The CIA's War Against Cuba
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1987
Fidel Racconta il Che
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1987
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1986
Chile: A Genral Record
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1986
Volunteers
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1985
Improper Conduct
Character:Self - Politician (archive footage)
Release Date:21/03/1984
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/05/1983
Che, Today and Always
Character:Fidel Castro
Release Date:01/01/1983
On Company Business
Character:Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage)
Release Date:14/04/1980
The Necessary War
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1980
Mission Mind Control
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/01/1979
A Grin Without a Cat
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1977
The CIA's Secret Army
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1977
My Brother, Fidel
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1977
Waiting for Fidel
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/1975
General Idi Amin Dada
Character:Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/05/1974
The Society of the Spectacle
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/1974
Cuba and Fidel
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1974
Venceremos, solidaridad
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1973
Chile, el gran desafío
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1973
And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Exploitation of Man by Man
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/1972
Compromiso con Chile
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1972
The First Year
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1972
El Diálogo de América
Character:Él mismo
Release Date:01/06/1972
I Am a Son of America
Character:Él mismo
Release Date:02/01/1972
Fidel
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/1971
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1971
Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:20/10/1970
Topaz
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/1969
The Hour of the Furnaces
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/1968
Far from Vietnam
Character:Self (segment "Fidel Castro")
Release Date:18/10/1967
Hello Cubans
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:26/11/1963
Muerte al invasor
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/07/1962
¡Cuba Sí!
Character:Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1961
Island Ablazed
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1961
Yanki No!
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/1960
General Assembly
Character:Fidel Castro
Release Date:01/07/1960
Cuban Rebel Girls
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1959
Television Appearances
História do Comunismo
Character:Self
The Century of Icons
Character:Self (archive footage)
How to Become a Tyrant
Character:Self (archive footage)
Spycraft
Character:Self
Castro's Revolution vs. The World
Character:
Minnesota Experience
Character:Self (archive footage)
Explained
Character:Self (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
Character:Self (archive footage)
Код доступа
Character:Self
Легенды кино
Character:Self (archive footage)
Guerilleros
Character:Self (archive footage)
Mentiras verdaderas
Character:Self (archive footage)
La Case du siècle
Character:Self (archive footage)
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
Character:Self (archive footage)
Informe especial
Character:Self (archive footage)
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