Donald Rumsfeld

Acting·Jul 9, 1932·Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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).

Film	Credit
Cover-Up2025 · Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)	Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Above Majestic2018 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Words That Built America2017 · Self - Reader: The Constitution	Self - Reader: The Constitution
Shadow World2016 · Self - Politician (archive footage)	Self - Politician (archive footage)
15 Septembers Later2016 · Self	Self
The Draft2015 · Self	Self
Laissez-faire2015 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick2014 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
We Are Many2014 · Self	Self
The Unknown Known2013 · Self	Self
The World According to Dick Cheney2013 · Self	Self
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance2012 · Actor	Actor
Top Priority: The Terror Within2012 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby2011 · Self	Self
9/11: The Day That Changed the World2011 · Self	Self
Blood and Oil2008 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Leading to War2008 · Self	Self
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib2007 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
...So Goes the Nation2006 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
BBlowin' in the Wind2005 · Self	Self
Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook2005 · Self (archival footage)	Self (archival footage)
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception2004 · Self	Self
Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 9/112004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Control Room2004 · Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)	Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
LSD a Go Go2004 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Moon2002 · Self	Self
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing2002 · Self	Self