Garry Kasparov
Acting·April 13, 1963 — 63 years old·Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
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
The Colbert Report
2005·6.9
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003·6.1
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011·6.8
History 101
2020·7.1
Queen of Chess
2026·7.5
Late Night with David Letterman
1982·6.1
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
2003·6.4
Putin Forever?
2016·5.9
Skavlan
2009·5.0
Putin's Kiss
2011·5.3
Piers Morgan Uncensored
2022·2.3
Winter, Go Away!
2012·2.3
Filmography · 35
2026Queen of ChessSelf2025King's GambitSelf2024Kasparov: Chess RebelSelf - Chess Grandmaster (archive footage)2024Can Creativity Save the World?Self2022Two Men at WarSelf2022Piers Morgan UncensoredTVSelf2020History 101TVSelf (archive footage)2018Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlinself2018Firing Line with Margaret HooverTV2018More Human Than HumanSelf2016Putin Forever?Self2014The Term. Beginning of a Big StorySelf (uncredited)2014Karpov Kasparov - Two Kings for a CrownSelf2013Album 61Self2012GarryGarry Kasparov2012Winter, Go Away!Self2011Putin's KissSelf (archive footage)2011Bobby Fischer Against the WorldSelf2011Chess Historyself2009SkavlanTVSelf - Guest2009The Revolution That Wasn'tSelf2007WintergastenTV2005The Colbert ReportTV2005The Prince of ChessSelf2004KulturplatzTVSelf2003Game Over: Kasparov and the MachineGarry Kasparov2003Real Time with Bill MaherTVSelf2002Through the Night with...TVSelf2000Garry Kasparov: The Chess PlayerSelf1999BeckmannTVSelf1998Sabine ChristiansenTVSelf1997HARDtalkTV1987Sacrée soiréeTVSelf1982Late Night with David LettermanTVSelf - Guest1980Karpov Plays with KarpovSelf