Daniel Ellsberg

Personal Info

Birthday

April 7, 1931

Day of Death

2023-06-16

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Daniel Ellsberg

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, 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 and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Ellsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2025
The Six Billion Dollar Man
as Self
2024
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
as Self
2022
Ithaka
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
as Self
2018
Third Party President: Citizen Rocky
as Self
2017
Risk
as Self
2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2013
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
as Self - Pentagon Papers Whistleblower
Our Nixon
as Self
2011
Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?
as Self - Whistleblower
2009
The Most Dangerous Man in America
as Self (Narraror)
2004
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
as Self
1979
Doomsday Chronicles
as Self
1976
The Memory of Justice
as Self
1974
Hearts and Minds
as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
1970
Police Off Campus!
as Himself