Donald Rumsfeld
Known for Acting
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
Above Majestic
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Cover-Up
2025
as Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
...So Goes the Nation
2006
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Many
2014
as Self
The Draft
2015
as Self
Top Priority: The Terror Within
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Control Room
2004
as Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Moon
2002
as Self
The World According to Dick Cheney
2013
as Self
Shadow World
2016
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
2015
as Self (archive footage)
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
2004
as Self
The Unknown Known
2013
as Self
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Blood and Oil
2008
as Self (archive footage)
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
2012
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011
as Self