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Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Communist Party who initiated changes known as 'perestroika' and 'glasnost' which melted the rigid Soviet system and liberated 15 republics of the Soviet Union to become independent states, thus ending the existence of the USSR in December 1991. He was born Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev into a peasant family on March 2... See full bio »

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov
in Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]
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1993 Faraway, So Close!
Als Gast (as Michail S. Gorbatschow)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 Midsummer Madness (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (53 titles)
2012 Premiya Muz-TV 2012 (TV movie)
Himself - Honorary Award: 'Za vklad v zhizn' (credit only)
 
2012 Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008-2011 Pozner (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Mikhail Gorbachev (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
– Mikhail Gorbachev (2009) … Himself - Interviewee
– Mikhail Gorbachev (2008) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2011 The Last Days of the USSR (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Nuclear Tipping Point (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Countdown to Zero (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Menschen (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Menschen 2009 (2009) … Himself (as Michail Gorbatschow)
 
2009 Der schönste Irrtum der Geschichte - Wie die Berliner Mauer wirklich fiel (TV documentary)
Himself (as Michail Gorbatschow)
 
2009 Bonner Republik (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996-2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 April 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 October 2006 (2006) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 October 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 Here to Stay (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Eine Nacht im November (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Mikhail Gorbachev (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Den 11. time (TV series)
Himself - Former Leader of the Soviet Union
– Episode #2.26 (2007) … Himself - Former Leader of the Soviet Union
 
2007/I The 11th Hour (documentary)
Himself - Founding President, Green Cross International, 1990 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
 
2006 2006 Women's World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Fabrika zvezd (TV series)
Himself - Honored Audience Member
– Episode #6.7 (2006) … Himself - Honored Audience Member
 
2006 Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Svoboda po russki (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ein Herz für Kinder (TV series)
Himself - Special guest
– Ein Herz für Kinder 2005 (2005) … Himself - Special guest
 
2005 2005 Women's World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Sandmann - Historien om en sosialistisk supermann (TV documentary)
 
2005 Big Ideas That Changed the World (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Communism (2005) … Himself
 
2004 2004 Women's World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Shkola zlosloviya (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 January 2004 (2004) … Himself - Guest
 
2004 The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party
– The Phantom Victory (2004) … Himself - General Secretary Soviet Communist Party (also archive footage)
 
2003 Pulse (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (2003) … Himself (as Mikhail Gorbatsjov)
 
2003 2003 World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 October 2003 (2003) … Himself (as Michail Gorbatschow)
 
2003 Paul McCartney in Red Square (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 2002 World Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Beckmann (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2002 (2002) … Himself (as Michail Gorbatschow)
 
2001 Tout le monde en parle (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 December 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel (TV documentary short)
Himself - Laureate 1990 (as Michail S. Gorbatschow)
 
2000 HARDtalk (TV series)
Himself
– Mikhail Gorbachev (2000) … Himself
 
1999 20 heures le journal (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 8 November 1999 (1999) … Himself - Interviewee (as Mikhaïl Gorbatchev)
 
1999 When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours that Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Festival di Sanremo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #49.3 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Reagan: Part I (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Conclusions (1998) … Himself (also archive footage) (as President Mikhail Gorbachev)
– Soldiers of God (1998) … Himself (also archive footage)
– Star Wars (1998) … Himself (also archive footage)
– The Wall Comes Down (1998) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
1998/I On the Edge (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
– Wetten, dass..? aus Hannover (1996) … Himself (as Michail Gorbatschow)
 
1996 Jonathan Dimbleby (TV series)
Himself
– Mikhail Gorbachev (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Life on Earth: A True Civilisation (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1991-1996 7 sur 7 (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 January 1996 (1996) … Himself - Guest (as Mikhaïl Gorbatchev)
– Episode dated 8 December 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1996 The Gulf War (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Pierre Trudeau (1995) … Himself
 
1994 Dret a parlar (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.29 (1994) … Himself
 
1992 New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Strictly Propaganda (documentary)
 
1990 Ode to Joy and Freedom: Fall of the Berlin Wall (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Power Game (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (67 titles)
2012 The Untold History of the United States (TV series documentary)
 
2012 Palme (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2012 Russendisko
Himself (uncredited)
 
2012 I, Putin: A Portrait (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Iron Lady
Himself (uncredited)
 
2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Reagan (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (TV series)
 
2010 Moy otets Evgeniy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 50 años de (TV series)
 
2009 Dorfers Donnerstalk (TV series)
 
2009 Welcome to the 80's (TV series documentary)
 
2009 L'affaire Farewell, l'espion de la vengeance (TV movie)
Himself - Soviet First Secretary of Communist Party
 
2009 Double Take (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 The Shock Doctrine (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Hype: The Obama Effect (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 La nit al dia (TV series)
 
2008 La noche del fin del mundo (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Himself (as Mikhail Gorbatxov)
 
2008 William F. Buckley: Right from the Start (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories (documentary)
Himself - Former General Secretary, Communist Party
 
2007 El disco del año 07 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
 
2007 Stern TV (TV series documentary)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 Freedom's Fury (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Hammer & Tickle (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Lord of War
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Hyvinvointivaltion loppu? (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Travels & Traditions (TV series documentary)
 
2005 MegaStructures (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Husker du... (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)
 
2004 The Doomsday Clock (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (video)
Himself (segement 'Man in the Mirror')
 
Days That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Good Bye Lenin!
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 The Burning Wall (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Langer Samstag (TV series)
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (taped) (uncredited)
 
2002 Temps de silenci (TV series)
 
2002 Guts and Glory (video short)
Himself
 
1999-2000 Bigbít (TV series documentary)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - #49
 
1997 The Jackal
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 The Wall (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 Children of the Revolution
Himself - Handshake with Reagan (uncredited)
 
1996 Assassinations That Changed the World (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1993 Fame in the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 Islamic Fundamentalism & Democracy (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Panama Deception (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Pandora's Box (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1992 Battle for the Soul of Russia (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 November Days (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Desert Storm: The War Begins (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Counterstrike (TV series)
 
1990 Den go'e, den onde og den virk'li sjove (TV series)
 
1989 The Abyss
Himself (uncredited)
 
1989 Kinkyû UFO genchi shuzai tokuhô: Bei seifu ga uchûjin to kôshiki kaiken! Kyôfu no himitsu kyôtei wo musundeita!? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Kuvia Gorbatshovista (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Biography: : -- Profile of the former Communist Party leader who stunned the world by beginning a program of liberalization called "Glasnost", and then presided over the dismantling of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Saturday Night Live: Season 13: Episode 6 -- President Reagan gives Mikhail Gorbachev a Hollywood-like tour of Washington, DC. Faraway, So Close! -- US Home Video Trailer from Columbia Tristar
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Pizza Hut (1998). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 6 Articles  | 7 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

President Mikhail Gorbachev | Mikhaïl Gorbatchev | Michail S. Gorbatschow | Michail Gorbatschow | Mikhail Gorbatsjov | Mikhail Gorbatxov

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Was briefly overthrown in August 1991 by a group of Communist Party hard-liners angered by his policies but returned to power a couple of days later due to widespread opposition to the coup throughout the country. See more »

Trademark:

Birthmark on his head See more »

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