Cast & creator
Ali Khamenei
Best known for Dispatches, PBS News Hour, House of Saud: A Family at War
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.
Also known as: Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, آیت الله خامنهای
10
film credits
5
television credits
15
1975–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (15)
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Dispatches
1987
PBS News Hour
Self (archive footage)
1975
House of Saud: A Family at War
Self (archive footage)
2018Das Sonntagsinterview
Self
1980
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Self
2018
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Self (archive footage)
2024
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
Self (archive footage)
2026A Question of Eligibility
Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
2009
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
Self (archive footage)
2017
Inside the Iranian Uprising
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Green Wave
Himself
2012Letters from Iran
Self (archive footage)
2011
Bazm-e Razm
Self (archive footage)
2017