2024Nominee
Best Performance
Meeting with Pol Pot
Pol Pot
Actor
May 19, 1925
Biography
Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar, was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 to 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Khmer nationalist, he led the Khmer Rouge group from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. Pol Pot was responsible for the brutal death of 1.7 million of his own countrymen.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2009Nominee
Best Performance
Enemies of the People
2026Winner
Best Performance
Krung Thep
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Performance
Executions 2
1979Highlight
Best Performance
Spring in Phnom Penh
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Meeting with Pol Pot
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