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Barack Obama

Highest Rated: 100% For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign (2022)

Lowest Rated: 67% Loudmouth (2022)

Birthday: Aug 4, 1961

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

The first African-American president, Barack Obama inspired a new era of U.S. politics and, despite his critics, became one of the most loved political figures of the modern era. Barack Hussein Obama II was born Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI, the son of a white mother, Ann Dunham, and Kenyan father, Barack Obama, Sr., who met while students at the University of Hawaii. Although both his parents were incredibly intelligent and ambitious, their marriage proved short-lived. His father went on to Harvard before returning to Africa while his mother briefly moved her young son to Indonesia when she remarried. At the age of 10, Obama returned to live in Hawaii with his grandparents, who would become his primary caregivers while his mother pursued an anthropology career, eventually returning to Indonesia where she spent most of the rest of her life. Sharing his parents' passion for education and achievement, Obama went on to graduate from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, becoming the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. When he moved to Chicago to work as a lawyer, he met a colleague, Michelle Robinson, who would become his wife in 1992. In addition to his work as a lawyer and community organizer, Obama went on to become a faculty member at the University of Chicago Law School before being elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996, where he enjoyed a meteoric rise that helped buoy him to his 2004 election to the U.S. Senate. After welcoming two daughters, Malia, born 1998, and Sasha, born 2001, Obama saw his political star shine even brighter when he delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. He surprised many when he ran for and won the 2008 U.S. presidency over challenger John McCain, becoming the first African-American president and beating out fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton, who would become his biggest ally as Secretary of State. Although many of his more hysterical critics called his nationality, religion and loyalty to America into question, Obama earned the seal of approval from Oprah Winfrey and, for many, represented the best in American ideals: optimism, intelligence and compassion. Faced with a difficult economy, persistent underlying racism and vicious attacks from his opponents, Obama managed to achieve many impressive feats, including helping save the auto industry, pushing the health care reform known as "Obamacare" through, ending the Iraq War, and authorizing the successful assassination of Osama bin Laden. Showered with awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama epitomized a new breed of leader: youthful but confident, health-conscious but a smoker, effortlessly cool but a closet Trekkie. Able to sing like Al Green, eloquent beyond all measure and happy to poke fun at himself, Obama was enormously popular around the world, but he still faced a difficult battle for his 2012 reelection. After an exhausting, bruising campaign, he defeated Mitt Romney to earn four more years, celebrating with a photo of himself hugging Michelle, which became the most retweeted image of all time.

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign Watchlist
100% 91% Crip Camp
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93% 57% Becoming Watchlist
92% 85% Mistaken for Strangers
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83% 49% The Final Year Watchlist 81% 73% Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word Watchlist 75% 77% Before the Flood Watchlist 74% 36% Leave the World Behind Watchlist 67% 48% Loudmouth Watchlist
69% Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Turnaround Executive Producer - 2024
74% 36% Leave the World Behind Executive Producer - 2023
100% 100% For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign Self - 2022
67% 48% Loudmouth Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Presidents: Obama Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Ladies: Michelle Obama Unknown (Character) - 2022
93% 57% Becoming Self - 2020
100% 91% Crip Camp Executive Producer - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Little Land of Mines Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 75% Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres Self - 2018
81% 73% Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word Self $2.0M 2018
83% 49% The Final Year Self - 2017
No Score Yet 100% '85: The Untold Story of the Greatest Team in Pro Football History Self - 2016
No Score Yet 87% A Plastic Ocean Unknown (Character) - 2016
75% 77% Before the Flood Self - 2016
92% 85% Mistaken for Strangers Unknown (Character) $785 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tumor, It's In The System Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 88% Climate Refugees Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 69% Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 63% By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Self - 2009
No Score Yet 60% Senator Obama Goes to Africa Unknown (Character) - 2007

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Oceans Executive Producer,
Narrator
2024
69% 69% Bodkin Executive Producer 2024
44% 71% Working: What We Do All Day Executive Producer,
Self
2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ada Twist, Scientist Executive Producer 2021-2023
69% 94% They Call Me Magic Self 2022
100% 80% Our Great National Parks Executive Producer,
Narrator
2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet 67% We the People Executive Producer 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul of a Nation Self 2021
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2021
95% 73% Waffles + Mochi Executive Producer 2021
No Score Yet 50% Spycraft Self 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2020
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016 2020
No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2020
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2015-2016 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Minutes Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shop Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Democratic National Convention Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet 76% My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The BET Life of Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2016
No Score Yet 99% Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside Obama's White House Unknown (Character) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2014 2016
No Score Yet 87% Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Running Wild With Bear Grylls Self 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shark Tank Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2007 2010 2012 2015
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2008-2009 2014
97% 87% Treme Archive Footage (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet 20/20 Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet America's Book of Secrets Self 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008