Miniseries · Netflix
How to Become a Tyrant
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Peter Dinklage
Self - Narrator (voice)
6 eps
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Idi Amin
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Muammar Gaddafi
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Madeleine Albright
Self
1 eps
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Ban Ki-moon
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Kim Jong-un
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Kim Jong-il
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Kim Il-sung
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Asha Rangappa
Self
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How How to Become a Tyrant actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
How to Become a Tyrant reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Seize Power
S01E02
Crush Your Rivals
S01E03
Reign Through Terror
S01E04
Control the Truth
S01E05
Create a New Society
S01E06
Rule Forever
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jake LauferExecutive Producer
- David GinsbergExecutive Producer
- Jonah BekhorExecutive Producer
- Peter DinklageExecutive Producer
- Jonas Bell PashtExecutive Producer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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