Person Details

Birthday: 1926-08-13 00:26:18

Death: 2016-11-25 00:26:18

Aliases: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Birán, Cuba

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 90

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (  born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban politician, socialist revolutionary, and former political leader of the country.  As the primary leader of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976, and then as the President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba until his resignation from the office in February 2008. He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. In 2006, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Raúl Castro, who is the current President of the Councils of State and Ministers, and who previously served under Fidel as Minister of Defence from 1959 to 2008. While studying law at the University of Havana, he began his political career and became a recognized figure in Cuban politics. His political career continued with nationalist critiques of the president, Fulgencio Batista, and of the United States' political and corporate influence in Cuba. He gained an ardent, but limited, following and also drew the attention of the authorities.  He eventually led the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he was captured, tried, incarcerated, and later released. He then traveled to Mexico to organize and train for an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Batista's government, which began in December 1956. Castro subsequently came to power as a result of the Cuban Revolution, which overthrew the US-backed  dictatorship of Batista,  and shortly thereafter became Prime Minister of Cuba.  In 1965 he became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he became President of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. He also held the supreme military rank of Comandante en Jefe ("Commander in Chief") of the Cuban armed forces. Following intestinal surgery from an undisclosed digestive illness believed to have been diverticulitis,  Castro transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro, on July 31, 2006. On February 19, 2008, five days before his mandate was to expire, he announced he would neither seek nor accept a new term as either president or commander-in-chief.  On February 24, 2008, the National Assembly elected Raúl Castro to succeed him as the President of Cuba.  Castro is currently most active in commenting on world affairs, commonly in the form of his regularly published Reflections, articles offering his view on world events from US foreign policy to global warming. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Mr. Robot
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8

Mr. Robot

(2015) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scarface
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8

Scarface

(1983) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
JFK
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8

JFK

(1991) Self (archive footage)
Explained
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8

Explained

(2018) Self (archive footage)
How to Become a Tyrant
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7

How to Become a Tyrant

(2021) Self (archive footage)
Elián
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7

Elián

(2017) himself
Wasp Network
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6

Wasp Network

(2020) Self (archive footage)
Spycraft
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7

Spycraft

(2021) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
2022 Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2021 Self (archival footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
2020 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self (archive footage)
Himself
Self (archive footage)
2018 Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2017 Self
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage)
himself
Himself
2016 Self
Himself
Himself (Archive Footage)
Self
2015 Himself (archive footage)
N/A
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
2012 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
2011 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2010 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Himself
Himself (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2009 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2008 Self (archive footage)
2007 Self (archive footage)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself
2006 Himself
Self (archive footage)
Himself
2005 N/A
Self (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
2003 Self (archive footage)
Self
Himself
Self
2002 Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
2001 Himself (footage)
Self (archive footage)
2000 archívne zábery
1999 Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
1996 Self (archive footage)
1995 N/A
1993 Self (archive footage)
Self
1991 Self (archive footage)
Himself
1990 Himself
1988 Self (archive footage)
Self
1987 Self (archive footage)
N/A
Himself
1986 N/A
N/A
1984 Self (archive footage)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980 Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage)
Himself
1977 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Himself
Self
1975 Self
1974 Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
Self
1973 Material de archivo
Himself
self
1972 N/A
Él mismo
Él mismo
1971 Self
N/A
1969 Self (archive footage)
1968 Himself (archive footage)
1967 Self (segment "Fidel Castro")
1963 Self (uncredited)
1962 Himself (archive footage)
1961 Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited)
Himself
1960 Himself
Fidel Castro
1959 Himself (uncredited)
1948 Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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