J. Edgar Hoover
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.
Known For
American Experience
Self (voice) (archive footage)
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
The Majestic
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
First Ladies
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn and the Mob
archive footage
Rogues Gallery
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia
2026
as Self
Marilyn and the Mob
2026
as archive footage
Follow That Bishop!
2023
as himself
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MLK/FBI
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
as arcive footage
First Ladies
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
2020
as Self - FBI Director (voice) (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Freedom Summer
2014
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1971
2014
as Self (archive footage)
After Newtown: Guns in America
2013
as Self - first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (archive footage)
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
as Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 101
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Roads to Memphis
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Oswald's Ghost
2007
as Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2006
Heir To An Execution
2004
as Self (archive footage)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Majestic
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Rogues Gallery
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females
1992
American Experience
1988
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
American Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Hearts and Minds
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Revolution Underway
1968
The FBI Story
1959
as J. Edgar Hoover (uncredited)
A Day With The F.B.I.
1951
as Self
Communism Condemned
1947
as Self
Youth in Crisis
1943
as Self