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Kim Jong-il
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Life & Death

Died aged 70
Also known as김정일, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jeong-il, Kim Jung-il, Jong-il Kim, 金正日GenderMaleNationalityNorth KoreaBorn16/02/1941Born inKhabarovsk, USSRDied17/12/2011 (aged 70)Died inPyongyangCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ10665 ↗Buried atKumsusan Palace of the SunTMDb#1313796 ↗

Kim Jong Il was a North Korean politician and dictator who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011. Posthumously, Kim Jong Il was declared an Eternal Leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

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Filmography19 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2026Instadocs: The Prediction GamesMovieSelf (archive footage)85
2023King of ClonesMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2023MovingSeriesSelf (archive footage)82
2023North Korea: A Plan to SurviveMovieSelf (archive footage)82
2021SpycraftSeriesSelf80
2021How to Become a TyrantSeriesSelf (archive footage)80
2021North Korea: Inside The Mind of a DictatorMovieSelf (archive footage)80
2020Korea, A Hundred Years of WarMovieSelf (archive footage)79
2019PresidentMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2019Korea: The Never-Ending WarMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2017NHK WORLD PRIMESeriesSelf (archive footage)76
2015SpotlightSeriesSelf (archive footage)74
2013Dictator: One Crazy JobMovieSelf (archive footage)72
2012One Day on EarthMovieSelf71
2011North Korean Film MadnessMovieHimself70
2006Death of a PresidentMovieSelf (archive footage)65
2006Friends Of KimMovieHimself (archive footage)65
2005A State of MindMovieHimself (archive footage)64
2000Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and TheoreticianMovieHimself59