- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 16, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Khabarovsk, USSR
- Died
- December 17, 2011
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong Il, born Yuri Irsenovich Kim on 16 February 1941, was a North Korean politician who was the second President of North Korea. He led North Korea following the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011, when he was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Afterwards, Kim Jong Il was declared Eternal General Secretary of the WPK. In the early 1980s, Kim had become the heir apparent for the leadership of North Korea, thus being established the Kim dynasty and he assumed important posts in party and army organizations. Kim was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), WPK Presidium, Chairman of the National Defense Commission (NDC) of North Korea and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the fourth-largest standing army in the world. Kim assumed leadership during a period of catastrophic economic crisis amidst the dissolution…
Filmography
movieCinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024 · Himself
movieBeyond Utopia
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvMoving
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieNorth Korea: A Plan to Survive
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieKing of Clones
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
movieNordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
2023 · Himself
tvHow to Become a Tyrant
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvSpycraft
2021 · Self
movieNorth Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieKorea, A Hundred Years of War
2020 · Self (archive footage)
moviePresident
2019 · Self (archive footage)
A Friend of Kim
movieA Friend of Kim
2019 · Self (archival footage)
movieKorea: The Never-Ending War
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvNHK WORLD PRIME
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Lovers and the Despot
2016 · Self - Politician (archive footage)
movieThe Propaganda Game
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieI Am Sun Mu
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieKim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
2015 · Self - Politician (archive footage)
tvSpotlight
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieDennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieDictator: One Crazy Job
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne Day on Earth
2012 · Self
movieKim Jong-il
2011
North Korean Film Madness
movieNorth Korean Film Madness
2011 · Himself
movieThe Red Chapel
2010 · Self (archive footage)
tvEpic Rap Battles of History
2010 · Characters
movieThe Schoolgirl's Diary
2007 · Producer
movieDeath of a President
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieFriends Of Kim
2006 · Himself (archive footage)
movieA State of Mind
2005 · Himself (archive footage)
movieRespected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and Theoretician
2000 · Himself
movieAlways Working Together for the People
1994 · Himself
movieNorth Korea: The Parade
1989 · Self
moviePulgasari
1986 · Executive Producer
tvUnsung Heroes
1978 · Producer
movieSea of Blood
1969 · Producer