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

Dispatches
1988
PBS News Hour
2018
House of Saud: A Family at War
2018
Das Sonntagsinterview
1982
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
2018
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2024
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
2026
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2017
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023
A Question of Eligibility
2009
Letters from Iran
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
2026
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Khamenei's Last Move
2024
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Inside the Iranian Uprising
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018
PBS News Hour
as Self (archive footage)
2018
House of Saud: A Family at War
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
as Self
2017
Bazm-e Razm
as Self (archive footage)
2017
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Green Wave
as Himself
2011
Letters from Iran
as Self (archive footage)
2009
A Question of Eligibility
as Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
1988
Dispatches
1982
Das Sonntagsinterview
as Self