Dick Cheney
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, but was primarily raised in Sumner, Nebraska and Casper, Wyoming. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A. Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations, where he served the latter as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, holding the position for the majority of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions.
Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.
On the night of November 3, 2025, Cheney, surrounded by family, died from complications related to pneumonia and vascular disease.
Filmography (53 Appearances)
Spartamerika
The Problem with Jon Stewart
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
Surviving 9/11
President in Waiting
9/11: Inside Air Force One
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
Who Is America?
Wormwood
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
The Words That Built America
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Shadow World
15 Septembers Later
Imminent Threat
Unwarranted Influence
The World According to Dick Cheney
Top Priority: The Terror Within
Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings
9/11: The Day That Changed the World
Fear of a Black Republican
Gasland
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
Being W
Blood and Oil
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Leading to War
War Made Easy
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
...So Goes the Nation
9/11: Press for Truth
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
The Dark Side
Al Franken: God Spoke
Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Why We Fight
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Rush to War
National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service
Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties
The World According To Bush
LSD a Go Go
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
The Daily Show
Fox News Sunday
The Arming of Saudi Arabia
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
This Week
60 Minutes
Face The Nation
Meet the Press