Mikhail Gorbachev
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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
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The Abyss (1989)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Soviet Story (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The 11th Hour (2007)
as Self
Zero Days (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Palme (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
as Mikhail Gorbachev
Putin's Witnesses (2018)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Laissez-faire (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock (2017)
as Self
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe (2019)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
The Way I See It (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
But... Seriously (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Hammer & Tickle (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Disaster at Chernobyl (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Hype: The Obama Effect (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Guts and Glory (2002)
as Self (archive)
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Chernobyl (2007)
as Self
Meeting Gorbachev (2019)
as Self
Freedom's Fury (2006)
Actor
The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
as Former President Russia (archive footage)
The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files (1999)
as Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo! (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Reagan (1998)
as Self
In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
41 (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Desert Storm: The War Begins (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
30 Years of Democracy (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party (2019)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Disco and Atomic War (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
as Self - Soviet and Russian statesman (archive footage)
Frenemies: Putin and Trump (2020)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
My Favorite War (2020)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Those Who Dare (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Long Breakup (2020)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2 (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende (2012)
as Self
The Last Days of the USSR (2011)
as Self
Era Of Dance (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
A Bitter Taste of Freedom (2011)
as Self
Die Sekretäre (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World (1999)
as Self
Sakharov. Two Lives (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Ceausescu: Behind the Myth (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
as Self
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose! (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Stasi: A State Against Its People (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
How to Stage a Coup (2017)
Actor
The Art of Dissent (2021)
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Streng vertraulich oder Die innere Verfassung (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)
as Self
Satans mördare (1995)
as Self
The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Gorbachev. Heaven (2021)
as Self
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective (2025)
as Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
Children of the 20th Congress (1988)
as (archive footage)
Day of Revelation (1989)
Actor
Lusia in Wonderland (2018)
as Self
Our Africa (2018)
as Self
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
Actor
Der springende Punkt (1987)
Actor
The Arrow of Time (2017)
as Self
He Came to Give Us Freedom (2011)
Actor
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)
as Self
Here to Stay (2009)
as Self
Gorbacheva (2024)
Actor
Quando c'era Berlinguer (2014)
Actor
The Collapse of The Soviet Union (2006)
as Self
Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le monde (2003)
Actor
Latest News About Doomsday (1991)
as Self
Coup-2: Yet Another Uprising or the Shadow of Civil War (1995)
Actor
The Man Who Challenged Putin (2023)
as Self
Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the World (—)
as Self
Bukharin and the Terror (1988)
Actor