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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2024
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2021
Above Majestic
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2018
Wormwood
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2017
The Words That Built America
Character: Self - Reader: The Constitution
MOVIE • 2017
Shadow World
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2016
15 Septembers Later
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2016
The Draft
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2015
Laissez-faire
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2015
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2014
The Unknown Known
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
The World According to Dick Cheney
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
Character:
MOVIE • 2012
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Character: Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2012
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
9/11: The Day That Changed the World
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Blood and Oil
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Leading to War
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2007
...So Goes the Nation
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2006