Ali Khamenei
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, the second person to hold the position. He had previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the longest-serving Iranian leader since Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Known For
PBS News Hour
Self (archive footage)
Dispatches
Das Sonntagsinterview
Self
House of Saud: A Family at War
Self (archive footage)
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Self (archive footage)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Self - Politician (archive footage)
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
Self (archive footage)
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Self
Filmography
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
House of Saud: A Family at War
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
2018
as Self
Bazm-e Razm
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Wave
2012
as Himself
Letters from Iran
2011
as Self (archive footage)
A Question of Eligibility
2009
as Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
Dispatches
1987
Das Sonntagsinterview
1980
as Self
PBS News Hour
1975
as Self (archive footage)