Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld

Known for
Acting
Born
July 9, 1932
Died
June 29, 2021 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932 - June 29, 2021) was an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a four-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1962-1969), Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-1970), Counsellor to the President (1969-1973), the United States Permanent Representative to NATO (1973-1974), and White House Chief of Staff (1974-1975).

Known For

Filmography

2026
Turning Point: Generation 9/11 poster

Turning Point: Generation 9/11

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Cover-Up poster

Cover-Up

Movie · as Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? poster

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror poster

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps

2018
Above Majestic poster

Above Majestic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Words That Built America poster

The Words That Built America

Movie · as Self - Reader: The Constitution

2017
Wormwood poster

Wormwood

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

2016
15 Septembers Later poster

15 Septembers Later

Movie · as Self

2016
Shadow World poster

Shadow World

Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)

2015
Laissez-faire poster

Laissez-faire

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Draft poster

The Draft

Movie · as Self

2014
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick poster

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
We Are Many poster

We Are Many

Movie · as Self

2013
The Unknown Known poster

The Unknown Known

Movie · as Self

2013
The World According to Dick Cheney poster

The World According to Dick Cheney

Movie · as Self

2012
Top Priority: The Terror Within poster

Top Priority: The Terror Within

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance poster

Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

Movie

2011
9/11: The Day That Changed the World poster

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

Movie · as Self

2011
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby poster

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby

Movie · as Self

2009
South of the Border poster

South of the Border

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Blood and Oil poster

Blood and Oil

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Leading to War poster

Leading to War

Movie · as Self

2007
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib poster

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
...So Goes the Nation poster

...So Goes the Nation

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
The Dark Side poster

The Dark Side

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Blowin' in the Wind

Blowin' in the Wind

Movie · as Self

2005
Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook poster

Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2004
Control Room poster

Control Room

Movie · as Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 poster

Fahrenheit 9/11

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception poster

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

Movie · as Self

2004
Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties poster

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
LSD a Go Go poster

LSD a Go Go

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing poster

The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing

Movie · as Self

2002
Dark Side of the Moon poster

Dark Side of the Moon

Movie · as Self

1998
Sabine Christiansen

Sabine Christiansen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep