Acting
Ali Khamenei
SV, EN, FR, FA cinema · 10 credits
Born
17 July 1939
Died
28 February 2026 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
Also known as Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei · Ayatollah Khamenei · سید علی حسینی خامنهای · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei · آیت الله خامنهای
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
Filmography
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
as Self (archive footage)
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Iranian Uprising
as Self (archive footage)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bazm-e Razm
as Self (archive footage)
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Wave
as Himself
Chroniques d'un Iran interdit
2011
Letters from Iran
as Self (archive footage)
A Question of Eligibility
2009
A Question of Eligibility
as Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)