Acting
Garry Kasparov
Born 1963-04-13
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Department: Acting
Biography
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist. From 1984 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 255 months overall for his career.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Garry Kasparov
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The Colbert Report
2005
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Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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Late Night with David Letterman
1982
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Sacrée soirée
1987
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Beckmann
1999
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
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Kulturplatz
2004
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History 101
2020
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Skavlan
2009
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HARDtalk
1997
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (36 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Queen of Chess | Self | Movie | 2026 |
 | King's Gambit | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Kasparov: Chess Rebel | Self - Chess Grandmaster (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Can Creativity Save the World? | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War | Self - Russian Chess Grandmaster | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Two Men at War | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Piers Morgan Uncensored | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | History 101 | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin | self | Movie | 2018 |
 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2018 |
 | More Human Than Human | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | Putin Forever? | Self | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Term. Beginning of a Big Story | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Karpov Kasparov - Two Kings for a Crown | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Album 61 | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Garry | Garry Kasparov | Movie | 2012 |
 | Winter, Go Away! | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Putin's Kiss | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Bobby Fischer Against the World | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Chess History | self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Skavlan | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Revolution That Wasn't | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Wintergasten | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Colbert Report | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The Prince of Chess | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine | Garry Kasparov | Movie | 2003 |
 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Through the Night with... | Self | TV Series | 2002 |
| Garry Kasparov: The Chess Player | Self | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Beckmann | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
| Sabine Christiansen | Self | TV Series | 1998 | |
 | HARDtalk | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Sacrée soirée | Self | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1982 |
| Karpov Plays with Karpov | Self | Movie | 1980 |