Biography
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives in a covert operation ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.
Acted in 2
2000s
- 2006
Meet Me in Wichita
(archive footage)
- 2004
Fahrenhype 9/11
Movie
Appearances28
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Fortuyn: On-Hollands
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2022
Amerika nach 9/11 - Trauma Krieg und Spaltung
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
Self - Al-Qaeda Leader (archive footage)
- 2017
Road to 9/11
Self (archive footage) · 2 episodes
- 2016
Shadow World
Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)
- 2015
Osama Bin Laden: Up Close and Personal
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
Self (archive footage)
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2010
The Oath
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Iran: The Hundred Year War
Self (archive footage)
- 2008
Being W
Self (archive footage)
Blood and Oil
Self (archive footage)
- 2006
...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
Return of the Taliban
Self
- 2005
Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State
Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight
Self (archive footage)
- 2004
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)
Greendale
Self (archive footage)
- 2002
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
Self (archive)
The Age of Terror
Self · 4 episodes
- 2001
The Secret KGB Sex Files
Self (archive footage)
