Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
2 März 1931
Died
30 August 2022
Place of birth
Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Also known as
Михаил Горбачев · Mikhail Gorbachyov · Michail Sergejewitsch Gorbatschow · Mikhaïl Gorbatchev
Biography
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.
Bekannt für
0.0
Film
Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!
Self (archive footage)
2006
6.5
Film
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Self
1984
7.0
Film
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
7.4
Film
Zero Days
Self (archive footage)
2016
8.6
Series
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
Self (archive footage)
2022
6.4
Film
Free to Rock
Self
2017
8.2
Series
Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
Self (archive footage)
2023
7.3
Film
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2022
6.3
Film
Putin's Witnesses
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018
7.8
Film
The Way I See It
Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Film
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
Self (archive footage)
2025
6.5
Film
Meeting Gorbachev
Self
2019
8.4
Film
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR
Self (archive footage)
2021
6.1
Film
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
2019
7.8
Film
Gorbachev. Heaven
Self
2021
6.0
Film
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
Self
2017
8.0
Film
Era Of Dance
Self (archive footage)
2017
10.0
Film
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
2025
6.5
Film
The Man Who Defied Beijing
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
6.7
Film
How to Stage a Coup
2017
6.0
Film
The Long Breakup
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
7.0
Film
Sakharov. Two Lives
Self (archive footage)
2021
7.7
Film
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
Self (archive footage)
2021
9.0
Film
Stasi: A State Against Its People
Self (archive footage)
2021
Acting credits 24 titles
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
2025
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
as Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
10.0
2025
Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
as Self (archive footage)
8.2
2023
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
as Self (archive footage)
8.6
2022
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
7.3
2022
Gorbachev. Heaven
as Self
7.8
2021
Sakharov. Two Lives
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
2021
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
as Self (archive footage)
7.7
2021
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR
as Self (archive footage)
8.4
2021
Stasi: A State Against Its People
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
2021
The Long Breakup
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
6.0
2020
The Way I See It
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
2020
Meeting Gorbachev
as Self
6.5
2019
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage)
6.1
2019
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
7.0
2019
The Man Who Defied Beijing
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
6.5
2019
Putin's Witnesses
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
6.3
2018
Free to Rock
as Self
6.4
2017
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
as Self
6.0
2017
How to Stage a Coup
6.7
2017
Era Of Dance
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
2017
Zero Days
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
2016
Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!
as Self (archive footage)
0.0
2006
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as Self
6.5
1984