Colin Powell

Biography

Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American secretary of state.

Career Overview

Colin Powell has 43 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Signature works include The Corridors of Power, Breath of Freedom, The Black List: Volume One. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

43

Birth Date

1937-04-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  The Corridors of Power
• 

  Breath of Freedom
• 

  The Black List: Volume One
• 

  Colin Powell: An American Dream
• 

  Operation Welcome Home
• 

  Playing Frisbee in North Korea

Frequent Collaborators

• Henry Kissinger (1 collaborations)
• Hillary Clinton (1 collaborations)
• Madeleine Albright (1 collaborations)
• Samantha Power (1 collaborations)
• Wesley Clark (1 collaborations)
• Richard Clarke (1 collaborations)
• James Baker III (1 collaborations)
• Paul Wolfowitz (1 collaborations)
• Sandy Berger (1 collaborations)
• Leon Panetta (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (43 credits)

  • Orwell: 2+2=5

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • America at War

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Corridors of Power

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Playing Frisbee in North Korea

    Self - Voice; archival

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Automat

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • 9/11: Inside the President's War Room

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Fuck Coin

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

    - Graveyard of Empires (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors

    - The Good War (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors

    - A Place of Danger (2021) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2021
  • American Deep State

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Official Secrets

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Korea: The Never-Ending War

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Words That Built America

    Self - Reader: The Constitution

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Shadow World

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • 41 on 41

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • American War Generals

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • We Are Many

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Breath of Freedom

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    - Nuclear Weapons and the United States (2014) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors
    2014
  • Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The World According to Dick Cheney

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Top Priority: The Terror Within

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Anthrax War

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Ballou

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Fabled Enemies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Leading to War

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Black List: Volume One

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • ...So Goes the Nation

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Fahrenheit 9/11

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Echolalia

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    - September 19, 2014 (2014) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Black Hawk Down

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The View

    - Powell/Downs (2004) ... Self actor actors
    1997
  • The Daily Show

    - Colin Powell (2012) ... Self actor actors

    - Colin Powell (2005) ... Self actor actors
    1996
  • Colin Powell: An American Dream

    self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • JAG

    - Jinx (1997) ... Self (uncredited) actor actors
    1995
  • Operation Welcome Home

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Frontline

    - America After 9/11 (2021) ... Self actor actors
    1983
  • The Oscars

    - 71st Academy Awards (1999) ... Self actor actors
    1953