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Colin Luther Powell is an American politician and retired four-star general in the United States Army. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War. Powell was the first, and so far the only, Jamaican American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first black person to serve in that position.
Birth Name
Colin Luther Powell
Born
Monday, 05 April 1937
Died
Monday, 18 October 2021
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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OJ Simpson: Skin Deep | Self | 2022 |
Bellum - The daemon of war | Self | 2021 |
Playing Frisbee in North Korea | Self / Self - Voice; archival | 2021 |
The Automat | Self / Self - U.S. Secretary of State | 2021 |
9/11: Inside the President's War Room | Self | 2021 |
The El-Masri Case | Self | 2021 |
NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ | Self | 2021 |
The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021 |
The Reagans | Self - Former Secretary of State | 2020 |
American Deep State | Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State / Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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OJ Simpson: Skin Deep | Self | 2022 |
Bellum - The daemon of war | Self | 2021 |
Playing Frisbee in North Korea | Self / Self - Voice; archival | 2021 |
The Automat | Self / Self - U.S. Secretary of State | 2021 |
9/11: Inside the President's War Room | Self | 2021 |
The El-Masri Case | Self | 2021 |
NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ | Self | 2021 |
The Story of Late Night | Self | 2021 |
The Reagans | Self - Former Secretary of State | 2020 |
American Deep State | Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State / Self | 2020 |
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land | Self | 2020 |
Operation Curveball | Self | 2020 |
Washington | Self | 2020 |
High Wire | Self | 2020 |
The Bronx, USA | Self | 2019 |
Official Secrets | Self | 2019 |
Korea: The Never-Ending War | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power | Self | 2019 |
Quincy | Self | 2018 |
The '90s Greatest | Self - Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff | 2018 |
Shock and Awe | Self | 2018 |
The 2000s | Himself - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage) | 2018 |
Explained | Self - First Black Secretary of State | 2018 |
Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald | Self | 2018 |
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. | Self | 2018 |
The Nineties | Self - Fmr Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff / Self - Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff | 2017 |
The Reagan Show | Self | 2017 |
The Words That Built America | Reader - The Constitution | 2017 |
Abstract: The Art of Design | Self | 2017 |
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
Shadow World | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 2016 |
The Confession | Self | 2016 |
The Eighties | Self - Fmr National Security Advisor / Self - Former National Security Advisor | 2016 |
The Liberation of Kuwait | Self | 2016 |
Miroporyadok | Self | 2015 |
Jay Leno's Garage | Self - Former US Secretary of State | 2015 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
We Are Many | Self | 2015 |
Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color | Self - U.S. Army (Ret) | 2015 |
Madam Secretary | Colin Powell | 2014 |
The '90s: The Last Great Decade? | Himself | 2014 |
41 on 41 | Self | 2014 |
The World Wars | Self | 2014 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self | 2014 |
Breath of Freedom | Himself / Self | 2014 |
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me | Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State / Self | 2013 |
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | 2013 |
The Presidents' Gatekeepers | Self | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Iraq War | Self - US Secretary of State | 2013 |
The World According to Dick Cheney | Self - Secretary of State | 2013 |
Top Priority: The Terror Within | Self - Former Secretary of State / Self - Former Secretary of State (archive footage) | 2012 |
Shadows of Liberty | Self - Former US Secretary of State | 2012 |
The Hunt for Bin Laden | Self | 2012 |
CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Putin, Russia and the West | Self - Secretary of State, U.S. / Self - U.S. Secretary of State | 2011 |
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Self | 2011 |
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories | Self - Former Secretary of State | 2011 |
Programming the Nation? | Self | 2011 |
National Memorial Day Concert | Self | 2011 |
Ethos | Self | 2011 |
The War You Don't See | Self - US Secretary of State | 2010 |
Fair Game | Self | 2010 |
Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years | Self - U.S. Sec'y. of State, 2001-05 | 2010 |
America: The Story of the US | Self | 2010 |
West Wing Week | Self | 2010 |
Nuclear Tipping Point | Self | 2010 |
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self | 2010 |
Transcendent Man | Self | 2009 |
You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush | Self | 2009 |
Obama: All Access | Self | 2009 |
Iran and the West | Self - US Secretary of State | 2009 |
State of the Union with Jake Tapper | Self | 2009 |
Anthrax War | Himself / Self | 2009 |
Being W | Self | 2008 |
Ballou | Himself / Self | 2008 |
Superpower | Self | 2008 |
The Black List: Volume One | Himself / Self | 2008 |
Fabled Enemies | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Fareed Zakaria GPS | Self - Guest | 2008 |
Leading to War | Self | 2008 |
Loose Change: Final Cut | Self | 2007 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries | Self | 2007 |
The Kingdom | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
No End in Sight | Self | 2007 |
A Mighty Heart | Self | 2007 |
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death | Self | 2007 |
Taxi to the Dark Side | Self | 2007 |
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | Self | 2007 |
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Self / Himself | 2007 |
Taking Liberties | Self | 2007 |
Shut Up & Sing | Self | 2006 |
...So Goes the Nation | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
CMT: True Grit | Himself | 2006 |
Truth, Lies and Intelligence | Self | 2005 |
First Command | Self | 2005 |
Beyond Treason | Self | 2005 |
Aristide and the Endless Revolution | Self | 2005 |
The Presidents | Self - Secretary of State | 2005 |
Lykketoft finale | Self | 2005 |
Why We Fight | Self | 2005 |
The Complete History of U.S. Wars 1700-2004 | Self | 2004 |
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | Self | 2004 |
The Power of Nightmares | Self | 2004 |
Uncovered: The War on Iraq | Self | 2004 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 | Self | 2004 |
The World According to Bush | Self | 2004 |
Le grand complot | Self | 2004 |
911: In Plane Site | Self | 2004 |
The True Story of Blackhawk Down | Self | 2003 |
Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Self | 2003 |
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self - General Powell | 2001 |
Princess Diana: The Uncrowned Queen | Self | 2001 |
The American President | William H. Taft | 2000 |
After Stonewall | Self | 1999 |
The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1999 |
Janet: The Velvet Rope | Himself / Self - Special Guest | 1998 |
Secrets of War | Self | 1998 |
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1997 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
Courage Under Fire | Self | 1996 |
The Gulf War | Self | 1996 |
JAG | Self | 1995 |
Coming Out Under Fire | Self - Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff | 1994 |
This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Self | 1993 |
Operation Welcome Home | Himself / Self | 1991 |
National Geographic Explorer | Self - Secretary of State, 2001-2005 | 1985 |
Frontline | Himself / Himself (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (archive footage) | 1983 |
60 Minutes | Himself - Former General (segment "The Power of Positive Speaking") (archive footage) / Himself (segment "Curve Ball") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Wanted: Dead or Alive") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "The Blame Game") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Out of Control") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Hugo Chavez") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Good Intentions, Bad Results") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Condoleezza Rice") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Arafat") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of State (segment "Andy Rooney") (archive footage) / Himself - Former Secretary of State (segment "The Bloom Box") / Himself - Former Secretary of State (segment "The Bloom Box") (archive footage) | 1968 |
Face the Nation | Self | 1954 |
Panorama | Self - U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2005 | 1953 |
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell | Self | 1941 |