Daniel Ellsberg

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-04-07

Deathday 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

Actor

2022
Ithaka

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Risk

as Self

2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

2013
2013
Our Nixon

as Self

2011
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories

as Self (archive footage)

2009
1974
Hearts and Minds

as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

1970
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Writer