2015Nominee
Best Performance
All Three of Us
Ruhollah Khomeini
Actor
Khomeyn, Persia
September 24, 1902
Biography
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2016Nominee
Best Performance
HyperNormalisation
2024Nominee
Best Performance
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Performance
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
1990Highlight
Best Performance
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Video
All Three of Us
HyperNormalisation
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol