Donald Rumsfeld
Known for ActingBorn 1932-07-09 — died 2021-06-29Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Cover-Up
2025 · as Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 · as Self (archive footage)
Above Majestic
2018 · as Self (archive footage)
We Are Many
2014 · as Self
The Words That Built America
2017 · as Self - Reader: The Constitution
...So Goes the Nation
2006 · as Self (archive footage)
Shadow World
2016 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Laissez-faire
2015 · as Self (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Moon
2002 · as Self
The Draft
2015 · as Self
The World According to Dick Cheney
2013 · as Self
Control Room
2004 · as Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Blood and Oil
2008 · as Self (archive footage)
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007 · as Self (archive footage)
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
2014 · as Self (archive footage)
Top Priority: The Terror Within
2012 · as Self (archive footage)
Leading to War
2008 · as Self
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011 · as Self