
Known for
Acting
Born
May 30, 1925
Birthplace
Kampala , Uganda Protectorate
Died
August 16, 2003 (aged 78)
Idi Amin Dada (30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army before taking power in the military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to Field Marshal while he was the head of state.
Amin's rule was characterized by human rights abuse, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is estimated by international observers and h...
2025
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
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1998
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1995
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as Himself (as Idi Amin Dada), Music
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as Himself, president of Uganda (archive footage)
1963