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person_profile-Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Fidel Castro

Date of Birth:

Aug 13, 1926

Country of birth:

Cuba

Died:

Nov 25, 2016

Biography of

Fidel Castro

    Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

    Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962.

    Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide" – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and formed the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photos of

Fidel Castro

Photos ( 1 Photos

Filmography of

Fidel Castro

Found 97 Movies in total

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

The Padilla Affair

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2022

The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

Becoming Cousteau

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

A History of an Assignment

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

I Am Jackie O

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

537 Votes

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Wasp Network

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Laboratory Greece

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Irishman

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

... 2019

Cuba, un aller et un retour

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Another Day of Life

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

El Che

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Angola: The War

Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

Elián

himself ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis

Himself (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

Assassinating Franco

Self ( Actor )

... 2016

Castro: The World's Most Watched Man

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

Laissez-faire

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2013

The Man Who Saved the World

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

The Day That Lasted 21 Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2012

7 Days in Havana

Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Ethel

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

Santiago Files

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2011

The Kennedy Detail

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Memória Cubana

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2010

The Inconclusive Independence

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Did the Mob Kill JFK?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

South of the Border

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

La Rabbia di Pasolini

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

... 2007

Oswald's Ghost

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

The War on Democracy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2006

638 Ways to Kill Castro

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

Looking for Fidel

Himself ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

Salvador Allende

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

Looking for Fidel

Himself ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

... 2003

The Fog of War

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Comandante

Himself ( Actor )

... 2003

Naqoyqatsi

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Cuban Rafters

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1999

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

8A

Self ( Actor )

... 1993

JFK

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

Brascuba

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

... 1986

Improper Conduct

Self - Politician (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Scarface

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

On Company Business

Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1980

The Necessary War

Himself ( Actor )

... 1980

Mission Mind Control

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1979

A Grin Without a Cat

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

Waiting for Fidel

Self ( Actor )

... 1975

General Idi Amin Dada

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

The Society of the Spectacle

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

Venceremos, solidaridad

Material de archivo ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1973

... 1972

The First Year

Self ( Actor )

... 1972

El Diálogo de América

Él mismo ( Actor )

... 1972

I Am a Son of America

Él mismo ( Actor )

... 1972

Fidel

Self ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1971

Topaz

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1969

The Hour of the Furnaces

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1968

Far from Vietnam

Himself (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1967

¡Cuba Sí!

Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Island Ablazed

Himself ( Actor )

... 1961

Yanki No!

Himself ( Actor )

... 1960

Cuban Rebel Girls

Himself (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959