
Daniel Ellsberg
Acting
Born: 1931-04-07 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2023-06-16
Biography
Daniel Ellsberg (April 7, 1931 – June 16, 2023) was an American political activist, economist, and United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other newspapers. In January 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 al
🎬 Movies (18)

The Six Billion Dollar Man
2025
Self

Kissinger
2025
Self (archival footage)

The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
2024
Self

Ithaka
2022
Self (archive footage)

The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
2020
Self

Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
2018
Self

Risk
2017
Self

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
Self (archive footage)

Our Nixon
2013
Self

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013
Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower

Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?
2011
Self - Whistleblower

The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009
Self (Narraror)

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
2004
Self
Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
2004

Doomsday Chronicles
1979
Self

The Memory of Justice
1976
Self

Hearts and Minds
1974
Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
Police Off Campus!
1970
Himself




