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John Edwards
ActorBorn June 10, 1953 (72 years)
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.
Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election. Toward the end of his six-year term, he opted to retire from the Senate and focus on a Democratic campaign in the 2004 presidential election. He eventually became the 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president, the running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Following Kerry's loss to incumbent President George W. Bush, Edwards began working full-time at the One America Committee, a political action committee he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He was also a consultant for Fortress Investment Group LLC.
Following his 2008 presidential campaign, Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 3, 2011, on six felony charges of violating multiple federal campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he eventually admitted. He was found not guilty on one count, and the judge declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges, as the jury was unable to come to an agreement. The Justice Department dropped the remaining charges and did not attempt to retry Edwards. Though he was not convicted of any crime, the revelation that he had engaged in an extramarital affair and fathered a child while his wife, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer, gravely damaged his public image and essentially ended his political career.
Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election. Toward the end of his six-year term, he opted to retire from the Senate and focus on a Democratic campaign in the 2004 presidential election. He eventually became the 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president, the running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Following Kerry's loss to incumbent President George W. Bush, Edwards began working full-time at the One America Committee, a political action committee he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He was also a consultant for Fortress Investment Group LLC.
Following his 2008 presidential campaign, Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 3, 2011, on six felony charges of violating multiple federal campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he eventually admitted. He was found not guilty on one count, and the judge declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges, as the jury was unable to come to an agreement. The Justice Department dropped the remaining charges and did not attempt to retry Edwards. Though he was not convicted of any crime, the revelation that he had engaged in an extramarital affair and fathered a child while his wife, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer, gravely damaged his public image and essentially ended his political career.
John Edwards Filmography
| 2016 | How to Win the US Presidency · as Self |
| 2014 | Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Game Change · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Fish Out of Water · as Self - Us Senator (d-Nc) |
| 2009 | The Best Government Money Can Buy? · as Self |
| 2008 | Shatner's Raw Nerve (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Superpower · as Self |
| 2006 | ...So Goes the Nation · as Self |
| 2006 | Al Franken: God Spoke · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Diary of a Political Tourist · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Co Host |
| 2002 | NOW (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | BBC World News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Hannity & Colmes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self Guest |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Journal de 20h de France 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Presidential Candidate (segment "john And Elizabeth Edwards") |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 |