Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 16, 1941
Place of Birth:
Khabarovsk, USSR
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Kim Jong-il
Biography
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 of the Soviet Union, on which it was heavily dependent for trade in food and other supplies, which brought a famine. Kim strengthened the role of the military by his Songun ("military-first") policies, making the army the central organizer of civil society. Kim's rule also saw economic reforms, including the opening of the Kaesong Industrial Park in 2003.
Following Kim's failure to appear at important public events in 2008, foreign observers assumed that Kim had either fallen seriously ill or died. On 19 December 2011, the North Korean government announced that he had died two days earlier, whereupon his third son, Kim Jong Un, was promoted to a senior position in the ruling WPK and succeeded him.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim | Himself |
| 2023 | King of Clones | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie | Himself |
| 2023 | Beyond Utopia | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Korea, A Hundred Years of War | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Korea: The Never-Ending War | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | President - Documentary | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | The Lovers and the Despot | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| 2015 | The Propaganda Game | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | I Am Sun Mu | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Propaganda | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Dictator: One Crazy Job | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | One Day on Earth | Self |
| 2011 | Kim Jong-il | |
| 2011 | North Korean Film Madness | Himself |
| 2010 | The Red Chapel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Friends Of Kim | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Death of a President | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | A State of Mind | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a Great Thinker and Theoretician | Himself |
| 1994 | Always Working Together for the People | Himself |
| 1989 | North Korea: The Parade | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Moving | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Spycraft | Self |
| 2021 | How to Become a Tyrant | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | NHK WORLD PRIME | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Self (archive footage) |