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Fidel Castro Ruz was the fifth of nine children born to Angel Castro, a plantation owner originally from Galicia, Spain who operated a plantation in Cuba's Oriente Province. His mother, Lina Ruz Gonzalez, was a servant in his father's home who bore Fidel out of wedlock (they later were married several years after Angel's first wife died)... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1986 Araaayyyyy!!!
 
1946 Holiday in Mexico
Extra (uncredited)
 
1946 Easy to Wed
Poolside Spectator (uncredited)
 
???? Braveheart Reloaded (video)
Bir Sonraki Film'de Cikacak (credit only)
 
Show ShowSelf (43 titles)
2013 Marilyn Monroe: Murder on Fifth Helena Drive (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2012 Castro in Winter (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 La Cuba De Fidel (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up? (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Fidel Castro: A Life of Revolution (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Memorias del desarrollo
Himself
 
2008 Maradona by Kusturica (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 20 heures le journal (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Looking for Fidel (documentary)
Fidel Castro
 
2005 La noche del 10 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.12 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Kordavision (documentary)
President of Cuba
 
2004 Kung fu 2003 (documentary short)
Fidel Castro
 
2004 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
Himself
Looking for Fidel (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Moi Fidel Castro (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Comandante (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Les dix
Himself
 
2001 Directives Are Directives (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Fidel (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Our Manics in Havana (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Backyard (1998) … Himself (also archive footage) (as President Fidel Castro)
Conclusions (1998) … Himself (as President Fidel Castro)
Cuba (1998) … Himself (also archive footage) (as President Fidel Castro)
Good Guys, Bad Guys (1998) … Himself (as President Fidel Castro)
 
1997 Ricardo, Miriam y Fidel (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1996) … Himself
 
1995-1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob (1996) … Himself
Pierre Trudeau (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Juan Carlos I: Crónica de 20 años (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Art of Governing (1968-1972) (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1994 The Making of a Leader (1919-1968) (TV documentary)
Himself - Friend
 
1992 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Cuando pienso en el Che (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Improper Conduct (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Ritratto di Fidel (documentary short)
Himself
 
1974 Waiting for Fidel (documentary)
Himself (with Erich Honecker)
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 September 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 ABC's Wide World of Sports (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 28 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1967-1969 World in Action (TV series documentary)
Himself
Castro (1969) … Himself
The End of a Revolution (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Far from Vietnam (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1961 ¡Cuba Sí! (documentary)
Himself - Cuban Politician (uncredited)
 
1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #6.20 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.110 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (137 titles)
2012 Palme (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Ethel (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 King Kennedy
Himself
 
2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Zombies: A Living History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Santiago Files (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 20/20 (TV series documentary)
 
2011 The Kennedys (TV mini-series)
 
2011 Kennedys' Home Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Sexocracy: The man of Bunga Bunga (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cuéntame (TV series)
 
2010 The Kennedy Detail (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Moy otets Evgeniy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (TV series documentary)
 
2010 A polos 25 (TV series)
 
2010 Being Fidel Castro (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 50 años de (TV series)
 
2009 Double Take (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007-2008 Mobsters (TV series)
 
2007-2008 Dorfers Donnerstalk (TV series)
 
2008 Superpower (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 A President to Remember (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2007 Atrapats pel cap d'any (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Oswald's Ghost (documentary)
Himself - Cuban President
 
2007 The War on Democracy (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2007 20 heures le journal (TV series)
 
2007 Lejos de la isla (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Good Shepherd
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Hércules 56 (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 On n'est pas couché (TV series)
 
2006 Tagesschau (TV series documentary)
 
2006 638 Ways to Kill Castro (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005-2006 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 Declassified (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Alberto Iglesias, el músico fiel (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 ESPN Outside the Lines Nightly (TV series)
 
2006 The First Miracle: 1960 US Olympic Hockey Team (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995-2006 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 They Made History (TV series)
 
2005 Movies That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Husker du... (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Fidel Castro: L'enfance d'un chef (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Wrong Side Up
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2005 I am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Last Laugh '04 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Allende - Der letzte Tag des Salvador Allende (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)
 
2004 Odd People Out (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Salvador Allende (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Doomsday Clock (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995-2003 The Men Who Killed Kennedy (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2003 Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Castro (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Bola de Nieve (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 The Weather Underground (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Naqoyqatsi (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Power and Beauty (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Cuban Rafters (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Dreaming a New Cuba (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Dear Fidel (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Secret KGB Paranormal Files (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 ESPN Outside the Lines Primetime (TV series)
 
2001 Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2001 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Danmark i den kolde krig (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Before Night Falls
Himself (anti-Marielito speech) (uncredited)
 
2000 Seven Days (TV series)
 
2000 The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Film 1
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Blast from the Past
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Cronkite Remembers
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 The Fifties
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 The X-Files (TV series)
 
1997 On the Brink: Doomsday (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Dangerous World: The Kennedy Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Wide World of Sports 35th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Motorworld (TV series documentary)
 
1996 100 Years of Olympic Glory (TV documentary)
Himself - Plays Basketball, Baseball (uncredited)
 
1995 Nixon
Himself - Smoking Cigar (uncredited)
 
1995 The Perez Family
Himself (during Mariel exodus) (uncredited)
 
1995 Ernesto Che Guevara (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Moon Shot (TV documentary)
Himself - Prime Minister of Cuba (uncredited)
 
1994 The Century of Warfare
Himself
 
1993 Fame in the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The JFK Conspiracy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (documentary)
Himself - Interviewed in 1974 (uncredited)
 
1991 JFK
Himself (uncredited)
 
1989 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1988 The 1960's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself (during Bay of Pigs)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Call to Glory (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Scarface
Himself (uncredited)
 
1983 Vietnam: A Television History (TV series documentary)
 
1983 A Good Turn Daily (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 Cuba
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 The Late Great Planet Earth (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1977 Grin Without a Cat (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1974 General Idi Amin Dada (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1973 La société du spectacle (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Malcolm X (documentary)
Himself - Carries Rifle (uncredited)
 
1971 Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000 (documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Topaz
Himself (uncredited)
 
1969 First Tuesday (TV series)
 
1969 I due Kennedy (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 The Hour of the Furnaces (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1966 NBC White Paper (TV series documentary)
 
1966 Kuuba tänään (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1965 John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1997) Re-elected as leader of Cuba's Communist Party.

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 4 Interviews  | 9 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

President Fidel Castro

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[from a 1957 NY Times interview] Power does not interest me. After victory I want to go back to my village and just be a lawyer again. See more »

Trivia:

Was a good friend of the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and late author Ernest Hemingway. See more »

Trademark:

Almost always appears in public in solid green military fatigues See more »

Nickname:

El Comandante See more »

Star Sign:

Leo