Fidel Castro: movies and TV shows
Fidel Castro has 173 credits in the archive: 154 films and 19 TV series, from 1959 to 2026. Highest rated: Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2026 · busiest year: 2012 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.0 | 99 |
| 2026 | Revolution's Daughter | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2026 | Nostalgia for the Future | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2025 | Germán Araújo | Himself (archival footage) | Film | — | 98 |
| 2025 | JFK Assassination: A New Perspective | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 98 |
| 2024 | História do Comunismo | Self | TV | 5.5 | 97 |
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 97 |
| 2024 | Mário | Film | 10.0 | 97 | |
| 2024 | Suite Tortilla #59: The Celluloid Women | Self (Voice) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2024 | The Queen and the Prime Ministers | Sig selv (arkiv) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2023 | The Padilla Affair | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 96 |
| 2022 | The Century of Icons | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 95 |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 95 |
| 2022 | Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.1 | 95 |
| 2021 | Spycraft | Self | TV | 6.9 | 94 |
| 2021 | How to Become a Tyrant | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.4 | 94 |
| 2021 | Under the spell of the bomb | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 94 |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 94 |
| 2021 | Becoming Cousteau | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 94 |
| 2021 | A History of an Assignment | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 94 |
| 2020 | Wasp Network | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 93 |
| 2020 | 537 Votes | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 93 |
| 2019 | Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 92 |
| 2019 | Laboratory Greece | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 92 |
| 2019 | Castro's Revolution vs. The World | TV | 7.4 | 92 | |
| 2019 | ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 92 |
| 2019 | Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 92 |
| 2018 | Explained | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 91 |
| 2018 | Minnesota Experience | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 91 |
| 2018 | Bobby Kennedy for President | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.8 | 91 |
| 2018 | Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 91 |
| 2018 | Another Day of Life | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 91 |
| 2018 | Karl Marx und seine Erben | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2018 | Cuba, un aller et un retour | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | Код доступа | Self | TV | — | 90 |
| 2017 | Elián | himself | Film | 6.5 | 90 |
| 2017 | Nobody | Himself | Film | 7.2 | 90 |
| 2017 | Two Meetings and a Funeral | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2017 | Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe | Film | — | 90 | |
| 2017 | Cuba and the Cameraman | Self | Film | 7.4 | 90 |
| 2017 | Angola: The War | Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 2017 | El Che | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.8 | 90 |
| 2016 | Legends of Cinema | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 89 |
| 2016 | Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) | Self | Film | 10.0 | 89 |
| 2016 | Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis | Himself (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2016 | Historien ska frikänna mig | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2016 | Assassinating Franco | Self | Film | 6.0 | 89 |
| 2016 | Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship | Himself | Film | — | 89 |
| 2015 | American Comandante | Self (archival footage) | Film | 8.0 | 88 |
| 2015 | Castro: The World's Most Watched Man | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 88 |
| 2015 | Laissez-faire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 88 |
| 2015 | Guerilleros | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 88 |
| 2015 | Celia - la más hermosa flor | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2013 | Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | The Mayor | Film | 6.4 | 85 | |
| 2012 | 7 Days in Havana | Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage) | Film | 5.6 | 85 |
| 2012 | The Man Who Saved the World | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2012 | Palme | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 85 |
| 2012 | The Day That Lasted 21 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 85 |
| 2012 | Cuba, Batista et la mafia | Fidel Castro | Film | — | 85 |
| 2012 | Castro in Winter | Self | Film | 4.4 | 85 |
| 2012 | Ethel | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 2011 | Mentiras verdaderas | Self (archive footage) | TV | 5.5 | 84 |
| 2011 | Santiago Files | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 2011 | El día más largo | Film | — | 84 | |
| 2011 | Memories of Overdevelopment | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 84 |
| 2010 | La Case du Siècle | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.0 | 83 |
| 2010 | The Inconclusive Independence | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 83 |
| 2010 | Being Fidel Castro | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | 83 |
| 2010 | Memória Cubana | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 83 |
| 2010 | CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism | Himself | Film | — | 83 |
| 2009 | South of the Border | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2009 | Did the Mob Kill JFK? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2008 | Året var 1958 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 81 |
| 2007 | Un Giorno con Fidel | Himself | Film | — | 80 |
| 2007 | Lejos de la isla | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2007 | The War on Democracy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 80 |
| 2007 | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 80 |
| 2007 | Oswald's Ghost | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2007 | RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2006 | Looking for Fidel | Himself | Film | — | 79 |
| 2006 | Cuba, el valor de una utopía | Himself | Film | — | 79 |
| 2006 | 638 Ways to Kill Castro | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 78 |
| 2005 | Kordavision: The man who shot Che Guevara | Film | 8.0 | 78 | |
| 2005 | I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2004 | Salvador Allende | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2004 | Looking for Fidel | Self | Film | 6.1 | 77 |
| 2004 | el moro | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2004 | Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution | Self | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2003 | The Fog of War | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 76 |
| 2003 | Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2003 | Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2003 | Comandante | Self | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2003 | Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers | Self | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2002 | Balseros | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2002 | Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2002 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 2001 | Dear Fidel: Marita's Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2001 | The Cuban Game | Himself (footage) | Film | 9.0 | 74 |
| 2000 | Kubánske otázniky | archívne zábery | Film | — | 73 |
| 1999 | Faith of the Century: A History of Communism | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.5 | 72 |
| 1999 | The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 72 |
| 1997 | Rogues Gallery | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 70 |
| 1996 | Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 69 |
| 1995 | Nixon | (Archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1995 | El último panfleto | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 1995 | Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1995 | Ernesto Che Guevara | Self(archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1994 | The World of Polygoon | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1993 | 8A | Self | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1992 | The JFK Conspiracy | Self | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1991 | JFK | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 64 |
| 1991 | Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America | Self(archive footage) | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 1991 | Lest We Forget | Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1991 | Portrait of Castro's Cuba | Himself | Film | — | 64 |
| 1990 | Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 63 |
| 1990 | Cuba 30 Anni Dopo | Himself | Film | — | 63 |
| 1988 | American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 61 |
| 1988 | The Uncompromising Revolution | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 1987 | Fidel Racconta il Che | Himself | Film | — | 60 |
| 1987 | Brascuba | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1987 | Parlez-moi du Che | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1987 | The CIA's War Against Cuba | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1986 | Chile: A Genral Record | Film | 6.1 | 59 | |
| 1986 | Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1984 | Informe especial | Self (archive footage) | TV | 2.0 | 57 |
| 1984 | Improper Conduct | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 1984 | Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 57 |
| 1983 | First Tuesday | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1983 | Che, Today and Always | Fidel Castro | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1980 | La marcha del pueblo combatiente | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1980 | The Necessary War | Himself | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1980 | A propósito de nuestra historia | Archive | Film | — | 53 |
| 1980 | On Company Business | Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1979 | Mission Mind Control | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 52 |
| 1977 | My Brother, Fidel | Self | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1977 | A Grin Without a Cat | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1977 | The CIA's Secret Army | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1975 | Waiting for Fidel | Self | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1974 | General Idi Amin Dada | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1974 | The Society of the Spectacle | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1974 | Cuba and Fidel | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 1974 | History of Brazil | Self (archive) | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1973 | About Extra Hours and Volunteer Work | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1973 | Chile, el gran desafío | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1973 | And Heaven Was Taken by Storm | Self | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1973 | Venceremos, solidaridad | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 46 |
| 1972 | El Diálogo de América | Él mismo | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | The First Year | Self | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1972 | Compromiso con Chile | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1972 | I Am a Son of America | Él mismo | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | The Exploitation of Man by Man | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1971 | Fidel | Self | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1971 | Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000 | Film | 7.3 | 44 | |
| 1970 | Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1969 | Topaz | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1968 | The Hour of the Furnaces | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1967 | Far from Vietnam | Self (segment "Fidel Castro") | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1967 | World in Action: End of a Revolution | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1963 | Hello Cubans | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1963 | Guest from the Island of Freedom | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1962 | Muerte al invasor | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1961 | ¡Cuba Sí! | Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1961 | Island Ablazed | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1960 | General Assembly | Fidel Castro | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1960 | ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No! | Self | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1959 | Cuban Rebel Girls | Self (uncredited) | Film | 2.6 | 32 |
| Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959 | Film | — | — | ||
| Un italiano per Fidel | Film | — | — | ||
| Attack on the Americas | Himself | Film | — | — |