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Robert F. Kennedy

Acting

Born November 20, 1925 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Died June 6, 1968

Also known as Robert Francis Kennedy · Bobby Kennedy · Robert Kennedy

Biography

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts. He served as a United States senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was previously the 64th U.S. attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, serving under his older brother President John F. Kennedy and his successor, President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy was a member of the Democratic Party and is seen as an icon of modern American liberalism.

Awards & recognition

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2025
  • Congressional Gold Medal · 1978
  • Ernst Reuter Medal · 1962

Filmography47 titles

JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

2025as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Black

2024as Self (archive footage)

Conspiracy?

as Self (archive footage)

O.J.: Made in America

2016as Self (archive footage)

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018as Self - Politician (archive footage)

1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

2018as Self (archive footage)

O.J.: Made in America

as Self (archive footage)

Race for the White House

as Self (archive footage)

Bobby Kennedy for President

2018as Self (archive footage)

Hearts and Minds

1974as Self - Senator (archive footage)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021as Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018as Self (archive footage)

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

2012as Self (archive Footage)

Pelé

2021as Self (archive Photos)

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

2019as Self

When You're Strange

2009as Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970as Self (archive footage)

One to One: John & Yoko

2024as Self (archive footage)

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

2012as Self (archive footage)

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Doors

1991as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King In The Wilderness

2018as Self (archive footage)

Ethel

2012as Self (archive footage)

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1963as Self

Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

2019as Self (archive footage)

Frontline

1983as Self (archive footage)

Frontline

as Self (archive footage)

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008as Self (archive footage)

American Experience

1988as Self (archive footage)

Primary

1960as Self

Bobby

2006as Self (archive footage)

Faces of November

1964as Self (uncredited)

American Dynasties: The Kennedys

as Self

Reagan

2011as Self (archive footage)

Oswald's Ghost

2007as Self (archive footage)

This Is Pop

as Self (archive footage)

Lions Love

1969as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adventures on the New Frontier

1961as Self

First Ladies

2020as Self (archive footage)

Dark Legacy II

2014as Self (archive footage)

John Lewis: Good Trouble

2020as Self (archive footage)

RFK: Legacy

2025as Self (archive footage)

Capturing Kennedy

2024as Self (archive footage)

The Art of Dissent

2021as Self - Subject (archive footage)

Return to Mount Kennedy

2018

Marilyn and the Mob

as archive footage