Deceased
How Did Mikhail Gorbachev Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 91Also known asМихаил Горбачев, Mikhail Gorbachyov, Michail Sergejewitsch Gorbatschow, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, Mikhaïl Gorbatchov, Michail S. GorbatschowGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn02/03/1931Born inPrivolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]Died30/08/2022 (aged 91)Died inCentral Clinical HospitalCausekidney failureWikidataQ30487 ↗Buried atNovodevichy CemeteryTMDb#230551 ↗
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.
Read full Wikipedia article ↗Filmography75 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AUM: The Cult at the End of the WorldMovie | Self (archive footage) | 94 |
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSeries | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2024 | TraitorsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2024 | Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Series | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 2023 | In the Grip of GazpromMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 92 |
| 2023 | Three WarsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 92 |
| 2022 | Chernobyl: The Lost TapesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2022 | Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZoneSeries | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2021 | Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!Movie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2021 | Hullu vuosi 1991Series | Self | 90 |
| 2021 | Stasi: A State Against Its PeopleMovie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2021 | The Art of DissentMovie | Self - Subject (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2021 | Sakharov. Two LivesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 90 |
| 2020 | First LadiesSeries | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | History 101Series | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | My Favorite WarMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | The Long BreakupMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | Frenemies: Putin and TrumpMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | The Way I See ItMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2020 | Stalin and the Katyn MassacreMovie | Self (archive footage) | 89 |
| 2019 | Meeting GorbachevMovie | Self | 88 |
| 2019 | The Man Who Defied BeijingMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2019 | Tiananmen: The People Versus the PartyMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2019 | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy CohnMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 2018 | Putin's WitnessesMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2018 | Lusia in WonderlandMovie | Self | 87 |
| 2017 | Код доступаSeries | Self | 86 |
| 2017 | How to Stage a CoupMovie | — | 86 |
| 2017 | The Arrow of TimeMovie | Self | 86 |
| 2017 | Road to 9/11Series | Self (archive footage) | 86 |
| 2016 | Legends of CinemaSeries | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2016 | Zero DaysMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2015 | Laissez-faireMovie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2015 | The Russian WoodpeckerMovie | Former President Russia (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2015 | Those Who DareMovie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 2014 | Quando c'era BerlinguerMovie | — | 83 |
| 2012 | PalmeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2012 | 41Movie | Self (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2012 | Der Sturz - Honeckers EndeMovie | Self | 81 |
| 2011 | The Last Days of the USSRMovie | Self | 80 |
| 2011 | He Came to Give Us FreedomMovie | — | 80 |
| 2011 | A Bitter Taste of FreedomMovie | Self | 80 |
| 2009 | Disco and Atomic WarMovie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 2008 | Hype: The Obama EffectMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2008 | The Soviet StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2008 | AlbumSeries | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 77 |
| 2007 | The 11th HourMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2007 | Hammer & TickleMovie | Self (archive footage) | 76 |
| 2004 | Zero HourSeries | Self (archival footage) | 73 |
| 2003 | Days That Shook the WorldSeries | Self (archive footage) | 72 |
| 2002 | The School for ScandalSeries | — | 71 |
| 2002 | Guts and GloryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 1999 | BeckmannSeries | Self | 68 |
| 1999 | maybrit illnerSeries | Self | 68 |
| 1999 | When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldMovie | Self | 68 |
| 1999 | Die SekretäreMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSeries | Self | 67 |
| 1998 | Ein Herz für KinderSeries | Self | 67 |
| 1998 | ReaganMovie | Self | 67 |
| 1997 | HARDtalkSeries | — | 66 |
| 1996 | Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2Movie | Self (archive footage) | 65 |
| 1995 | Goldene HenneSeries | Self | 64 |
| 1995 | Coup-2: Yet Another Uprising or the Shadow of Civil WarMovie | — | 64 |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close!Movie | Mikhail Gorbachev | 62 |
| 1992 | New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodMovie | Self | 61 |
| 1991 | DAS!Series | Self | 60 |
| 1991 | Desert Storm: The War BeginsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 60 |
| 1991 | Ceausescu: Behind the MythMovie | Self (archive footage) | 60 |
| 1991 | The Second Russian RevolutionSeries | Self | 60 |
| 1991 | Latest News About DoomsdayMovie | Self | 60 |
| 1990 | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 |
| 1990 | Streng vertraulich oder Die innere VerfassungMovie | Self (archive footage) | 59 |
| 1989 | The AbyssMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 |
| 1987 | Der springende PunktMovie | — | 56 |
| 1982 | MenschenSeries | Self | 51 |