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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

34

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-07-09

Day of Death

2021-06-29 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Donald Henry Rumsfeld

Don Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld

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

Acting

Control Room

2004

Control Room

as

Self - US Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004

Fahrenheit 9/11

as

Self (archive footage)

Laissez-faire

2015

Laissez-faire

as

Self (archive footage)

Blood and Oil

2008

Blood and Oil

as

Self

...So Goes the Nation

2006

...So Goes the Nation

as

Self (archive footage)

The Tillman Story

2010

The Tillman Story

as

Self (archive footage)

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

2007

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

as

Self (archive footage)

The Draft

2015

The Draft

as

Self

Propaganda

2013

Propaganda

as

Self (archive footage)

LSD a Go Go

2004

LSD a Go Go

as

Self (archive footage)

Top Priority: The Terror Within

2012

Top Priority: The Terror Within

as

Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)

Above Majestic

2018

Above Majestic

as

Self (archive footage)

Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook

2005

Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook

as

Self (archival footage)

Shadow World

2016

Shadow World

as

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leading to War

2008

Leading to War

as

Self

The Words That Built America

2017

The Words That Built America

as

Self - Reader: The Constitution

Wormwood

Wormwood

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing