Barack Obama

Actor · Born August 4, 1961 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Biography

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president. Obama served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Acted in 13

2020s

2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Barack Obama · 2 episodes
63
From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center
Movie
2022
The Pledgefather
MAGA Supporter
2021
8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente
Movie
2020
FACE OF FIRE
(voice)
Flint
Movie

2010s

2019
Revealing Ukraine
Movie
2017
Obama's farewell address
TV
2012
Secret Service Secrets
Barack Obama · 3 episodes
2011
ITV Exposure
TV · 16 Seasons · Documentary
Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World
Movie

2000s

2007
Senator Obama Goes to Africa
Movie

1980s

1987
Dispatches
TV · 40 Seasons · Documentary
66

Produced 21

2020s

2026
The Altruists
Executive Producer
The Eyes of Ghana
Executive Producer
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Executive Producer
63
2025
Court of Gold
Executive Producer
78
2024
Our Oceans
Executive Producer
79
The Turnaround
Executive Producer
72
Starting 5
Executive Producer
72
Bodkin
Executive Producer
68
2023
American Symphony
Executive Producer
75
Leave the World Behind
Executive Producer
67
Rustin
Executive Producer
69
Working: What We Do All Day
Executive Producer
68
2022
The G Word with Adam Conover
Executive Producer
66
Our Great National Parks
Executive Producer
80
2021
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
Executive Producer
Ada Twist, Scientist
Executive Producer
57
We the People
Executive Producer
Waffles + Mochi
Executive Producer
70
2020
Becoming
Producer
69
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Executive Producer
83

No release date

Exit West
Producer

Appearances354

2020s

2026
Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell
Self (archive footage)
Musk
Self (archive footage)
Das Erbe von 9/11 – Deutschland nach den Anschlägen
Self (Archive Footage)
Turning Point: Generation 9/11
Self (archive footage)
62
In Tania's Head
Self (archive footage)
A-Bomb Museum
himself (footage)
Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center
Self
Iran, Israel and the Bomb
Self (archive footage)
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
Himself (Archival)
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
Self
78
Spartamerika
Self (archive footage)
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
64
Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran
Self
Willem-Alexander & Máxima
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
Trump's America: Power, Change, Resistance
Self (archive footage)
2025
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Self
A House of Dynamite
Self (archive photo)
69
RTL Tonight
Self · 1 episode
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
Self - 44th President of the United States (archive footage) · 2 episodes
77
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Self (archive footage)
68
Court of Gold
Self · 6 episodes
78
Oligarchs - Putin's Gang
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
Rebel with a Bow Tie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sally
Self (archive footage)
77
2024
It Musk Be Love: Trump & Elon
Self (archive footage)
Our Oceans
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
79
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Self (archive footage)
68
Mrs Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage) · 4 episodes
Biden's Decision
Self (archive footage)
Wise Guys 2
Self (archive footage)
Lula
Self (archive footage)
People Like Us: The Centre of Family Love Story
Self
2023
The Great Heisman Race of 1997
Self (archive footage)
Origin
Self (archive footage)
73
The Great Escaper
Self (Archive Footage)
69
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Self (archive footage)
77
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
46
Working: What We Do All Day
Self - Narrator · 4 episodes
68
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
Self - Former President of the United States (archive footage) · 1 episode
Sara Mardini - Gegen den Strom
Self (archive footage)
Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
Self (archive footage)
The Dividers
Self (archive footage)
UFOs: Investigating the Unknown
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
72
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Bill Russell: Legend
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
76
Putin and the Presidents
Self (archive footage)
Three Wars
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
2022
Loudmouth
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two Men at War
Self (archive footage)
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Self (Archive Footage)
Picturing the Obamas
Self
How (not) to Build a School in Haiti
Self
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
Self
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Self
The G Word with Adam Conover
Self · 1 episode
66
They Call Me Magic
Self · 4 episodes
76
Our Great National Parks
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 episodes
80
A History of Antisemitism
Self - Politician (archive footage) · 1 episode
Pelosi's Power
Self (archive footage)
Oyate
Self
F@ck This Job
Self (archive footage)
82
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
Self (archive footage)
Abraham Lincoln
Self (Commentary) · 3 episodes
82
2021
The Forever Prisoner
Self (archive footage)
76
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Problem with Jon Stewart
Self - Former President of the United States (archive footage) · 1 episode
73
Revealed The hunt for Bin Laden
Self
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
77
UFO
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Self · 3 episodes
63
Grocery Store, Circa 2008
Self
How to Become a Tyrant
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
74
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self (archive footage)
80
The Queen Carries On: A Gayle King Special
Self
Money, Explained
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
71
Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
Black Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories
Self
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
Self (archive footage)
Celebrating America
Self
Spycraft
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
68
2020
Illuminati
Self (archive footage)
President in Waiting
Self
Obama
Self · 4 episodes
Democracy for $ale
Self - Politician (archive footage)
The Accidental President
Self
The Plot Against the President
Self (archive footage)
57
The Phenomenon
Self (archive footage)
79
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
Self - Politician (archive footage) · 1 episode
First Ladies
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
Black Box Syria: The Dirty War
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
71
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self (archive footage)
Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Self (archive footage)
The Way I See It
Self (archive footage)
We Are Who We Are
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
74
LeBron James: King of the Court
Self (Archive Footage)
The Oprah Conversation
Self · 1 episode
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Self (archive Footage)
Korea, A Hundred Years of War
Self (archive footage)
Dear Class of 2020
Self
Aboard Air Force One
Self (archive footage)
American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Self
History 101
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
70
Obama: Building the Dream
Self
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self - Commencement Speaker
Becoming
Self
69
The Last Dance
Self · 3 episodes
88
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hillary
Self · 4 episodes
67
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
Self (archive footage)
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self - Former President (archive footage) · 2 episodes

2010s

2019
BookTube
Self · 1 episode
Laboratory Greece
Self (archive footage)
American Dharma
Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Self (archive footage)
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Self
52
The Price of Protest
Self (archive footage)
Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue
Self (archive footage)
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Self (archive footage)
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self (archive footage)
82
The Black Godfather
Self
77
Mussolini's Sister
Self (archive footage)
XY Chelsea
Self (archive footage)
The River and the Wall
Self (archive footage)
Korea: The Never-Ending War
Self (archive footage)
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Self (archive footage)
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest · 1 episode
70
The Edge of Democracy
Self (archive footage)
80
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Self (archive footage)
72
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Atomic: History Of The A-Bomb
self (archive footage)
2018
Vice
Self (archival footage) (uncredited)
68
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Self
On Her Shoulders
Self
The Corporate Coup D'État
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Medal of Honor
Self (archive footage) (as President Barack Obama) · 3 episodes
77
Shut Up and Dribble
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
How to Kill 14 People Without Saying a Word
Self (archive footage)
Fail State
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
A Greater Society
Self (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 11/9
Self
73
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
76
The Shop
Self · 1 episode
64
King Bibi
Self (archive footage)
The 2000s
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
75
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Self
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Self (archive footage)
78
Explained
Self (archive footage) · 4 episodes
78
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self - Former President (uncredited)
RBG
Self (archive footage)
On Day Eight
Self (archive footage)
Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
trustWHO
Self (archive footage)
72
Dirty Money
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
77
The Final Year
Self
70
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self · 1 episode
76
2017
The Harlem Hellfighters' Great War
Self
Chasing a Dream: Out of the Shadows
Self - Archived Footage
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
Self (archive footage)
Trump: An American Dream
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 episode
71
Zero Weeks
Self (archive footage)
Avicii: True Stories
Self - Former President USA (archive footage)
Architects of Denial
Self (archive footage)
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
Self (archive footage)
Road to 9/11
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Self (archive footage)
69
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: The Constitution
59
The General Goes Home
Self (archive footage)
Acorn and the Firestorm
Self (archive footage)
Meeting Snowden
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jaha's Promise
Self (Archive footage)
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Self (archive footage)
He Did Go All the Way: A Chris Berman Tribute
Self
The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House
Self
Fired Up!
Self (voice)
Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President
Self (archive footage)
The 44th President: In His Own Words
Self
Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures
Self
70
2016
Espions pour la planète
Self
VICE Special Report: A House Divided
Self
Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing
Self (archive footage)
80
Hero With A Thousand Faces
Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self - Guest of Honor
Video Games: The New Masters of the World
Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
80
Before the Flood
Self
76
The Red Pill
Self (archive footage)
62
Shadow World
Self - Politician (archive footage)
National Bird
Self (Archive Footage)
77
13th
Self (archive footage)
84
Hamilton's America
Self
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
Self (archive footage)
How to Win the US Presidency
Self (archive footage)
Clinton Cash
Self (archive footage)
Zero Days
Self (archive footage)
79
Business of Disaster
Self - US President (archive footage)
May 1, 2011 - Mets vs. Phillies
Self / Self (Archive Footage)
Jazz at the White House
Self
Jackie Robinson
Self · 2 episodes
Inside Obama's White House
Self · 4 episodes
Prescription for Change: Ending America's Opioid Crisis
Himself
Paper Lanterns
Self
Newtown
Self (archive footage)
77
The Occupation of the American Mind
Self (archive footage)
2015
Reef Diaries
Self (uncredited)
De twee gezichten van Ahmed Aboutaleb
Self
Who Is Donald Trump?
Self (archive footage)
Obama at War
Self
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Self
The Making of Trump
Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
80
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
400 Days
Self (archive footage)
38
Immigration Battle
Self
The Propaganda Game
Self (archive footage)
The 2000's: The Decade We Saw It All
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 5 episodes
69
Imminent Threat
Self (archive footage)
I Am Cait
Self · 1 episode
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Self
41 on 41
Self
Pitch Perfect 2
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
65
The Emperor's New Clothes
Self (archive footage)
Dokument inifrån: Vad hände med försvaret?
Self - (Archive footage)
Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
Self (archive footage)
63
2014
VM-krönika 2014
Self (archive footage)
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
Self (archive footage)
83
Citizenfour
Self
85
Emancipation Road
Self · 7 episodes
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · 1 episode
73
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
79
America: Imagine the World Without Her
Self - US President (archive footage)
Trailblazer Honors
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest
Self
Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Former President of the United States (archive footage) · 3 episodes
60
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self, Self - Guest · 1 episode
67
The State of Arizona
Self (archival footage)
Mitt
Self (archive footage)
70
The Price of Gold
Self (archive footage)
72
A Smarter Country
Self
2013
Speeches That Shook the World
Self (archive footage)
Mistaken for Strangers
Self
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Self (archive footage)
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Self (archive footage)
Pacific Rim
Self (archived footage)
69
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Self - President (archive footage)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · 1 episode
86
All In with Chris Hayes
Self - President of the United States (archive footage) · 1 episode
Greedy Lying Bastards
Self (archive footage)
Koch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inequality for All
Self (archive footage)
79
The World According to Dick Cheney
Self (archive footage)
Nash
Self
2012
The Untold History Of The United States
Self (archive footage)
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Self · 1 episode
83
The Choice 2012
Self
The House I Live In
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Killing Them Softly
Self (archive footage)
65
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self · 1 episode
77
2016: Obama's America
Self (archive footage)
Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius
Self - Former US President
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Self (archive footage)
Shadows of Liberty
Self - US President (archive footage)
41
Self (archive footage)
65
The Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
61
Dreams from My Real Father
Self
Battleship
Self (uncredited)
49
Finding Your Roots
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
80
Speak Up
Himself
The Road We've Traveled
Self
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Self (archive footage)
CBS This Morning
Self · 1 episode
2011
Delicacy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
62
Taking the Oath: America's History From Oval Office
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
You decide!
Self
Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
The Undefeated
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
The After Party: The Last Party 3
Self
Fear of a Black Republican
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2010
The President's Book of Secrets
Self (archive footage)
Cool It
Self (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 episode
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
79
A Day in the Life
Self (archive footage)
Territories
Himself (Archive Footage)
I'm Still Here
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
56
Operation: Endgame
Self (archive footage)
49
I Want Your Money
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House
Self
How to Win the TV Debate
Self (archive footage)
Motherland
Self
Climate Refugees
Self
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Self

2000s

2009
Hive Mind
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Self
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
Self (archive footage)
The Jay Leno Show
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 episode
35
South of the Border
Self (archive footage)
Capitalism: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
71
The Shock Doctrine
Self (archive footage)
Housequake
Self
Marching Band
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - President of the United States (archive footage) · 2 episodes
78
Yes We Can! - The Barack Obama Story
self
The Obama Deception
Self (archive footage)
A Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack Obama
Self
White House Revealed
Self (archive footage)
Right America: Feeling Wronged
Self
Iran and the West
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
Obama: All Access: The Road to the White House
Self
2008
Barack Obama
Self
Barack Obama: His Story
Self
Hype: The Obama Effect
Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2008
Self
Examined Life
Self (floating on a boat in central park)
Markus Lanz
Self · 1 episode
44
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · 1 episode
81
2007
Sand and Sorrow
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 episode
81
2006
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
WWE ECW
Self · 1 episode
59
2005
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest · 1 episode
80
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Self
2004
Tanner on Tanner
Self · 1 episode
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 episodes
63
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 episode
69
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest, Self - Former President of the United States (archive footage) · 4 episodes
61
MythBusters
Self · 2 episodes
82
2001
Democracy Now!
Self (archive footage) · 8 episodes

1990s

1998
White House Christmas
Self · 2 episodes
1996
The Daily Show
Self, Self - Guest · 3 episodes
78
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self, Self - Top 10 Presenter, Self - Guest, Self - President of the United States (archive footage) · 1 episode
69
Raw
Self · 1 episode
74
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - President of the United States · 1 episode
53

1980s

1987
The World in Front
Self · 1 episode
1983
Frontline
Self (archive footage) · 3 episodes
80
1980
Connie Martinson Talks Books
Self · 1 episode

1970s

1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited) · 1 episode
77

1960s

1968
60 Minutes
Self · 14 episodes
72

1950s

1954
Face the Nation
Self - President of the United States · 1 episode

No release date

The Presidents: Obama
Self