Kim Jong-il

Career Overview

Kim Jong-il has 32 screen credits in a career dating back to 1969. Signature works include Friends Of Kim, Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim, The Propaganda Game. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

32

Birth Date

1941-02-16

Birth Place

Khabarovsk, USSR

Known For

• 

  Friends Of Kim
• 

  Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
• 

  The Propaganda Game
• 

  Kim Jong-il
• North Korean Film Madness
• 

  Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and Theoretician

Frequent Collaborators

• Kim Il-sung (2 collaborations)
• Kim Jong-un (2 collaborations)
• Saeid Rastegar (1 collaborations)
• Shin Sang-ok (1 collaborations)
• Choi Eun-hee (1 collaborations)
• Nicholas Bonner (1 collaborations)
• Han Jong-sim (1 collaborations)
• Barack Obama (1 collaborations)
• Harry S. Truman (1 collaborations)
• Alejandro Cao de Benós (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (29 credits)

  • Instadocs: The Prediction Games

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Beyond Utopia

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • North Korea: A Plan to Survive

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • King of Clones

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Moving

    - Partners (2023) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2023
  • North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • How to Become a Tyrant

    - Rule Forever (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors

    - Reign Through Terror (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors

    - Seize Power (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2021
  • Korea, A Hundred Years of War

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • President

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • A Friend of Kim

    Self (archival footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Korea: The Never-Ending War

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Lovers and the Despot

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • I Am Sun Mu

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Propaganda Game

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Dictator: One Crazy Job

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • One Day on Earth

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Kim Jong-il

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • North Korean Film Madness

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Red Chapel

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Death of a President

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Friends Of Kim

    Himself (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • A State of Mind

    Himself (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and Theoretician

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Always Working Together for the People

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • North Korea: The Parade

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989

• production (3 credits)

  • The Schoolgirl's Diary

    producer

    production
    2007
  • Pulgasari

    executive producer

    production
    1986
  • Sea of Blood

    producer

    production
    1969