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Ron Paul
ActorBorn August 20, 1935 (89 years)
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of several of the federal government's policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. In 1976, Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, both free-market groups focused on limited government. He has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement, a fiscally conservative political movement started in 2007 and popularized in 2009 that is largely against most matters of interventionism.
A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of several of the federal government's policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. In 1976, Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, both free-market groups focused on limited government. He has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement, a fiscally conservative political movement started in 2007 and popularized in 2009 that is largely against most matters of interventionism.
Filmography
| 2022 | The Anarchists (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Stinchfield (TV Series) · as Self - Fmr. Texas Congressman (r) |
| 2020 | The Monopoly on Violence · as Self |
| 2020 | Spicer & Co (TV Series) · as Self - Fmr. Texas Congressman (r) |
| 2018 | The Housing Bubble · as Self |
| 2017 | Babylon USA · as Self |
| 2016 | The Big Lie: American Addict 2 · as Himself |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Jesse Watters Primetime (TV Series) · as Self - Former Presidential Candidate |
| 2015 | Gray State: The Rise · as Self |
| 2014 | Wait Till It's Free · as Self |
| 2014 | Alongside Night · as Self |
| 2013 | We Steal Secrets · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Janeane from Des Moines · as Himself |
| 2012 | Nullification: The Rightful Remedy · as Self |
| 2012 | PoliticKING with Larry King (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Owned & Operated · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Rock Center with Brian Williams (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Quebrando o Tabu · as Self |
| 2011 | An Inconvenient Tax · as Self |
| 2011 | Gun Fight · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Reagan · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Aftermath with William Shatner (TV Series) · as Self - R-Texas |
| 2010 | Police State 4: The Rise of FEMA · as Self |
| 2009 | Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to Kill · as Himself |
| 2009 | The American Matrix: Age of Deception · as Self |
| 2009 | Stossel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Brüno · as Self - 2008 Presidential Candidate |
| 2009 | Freedom Watch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | State Of The Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | I.O.U.S.A. · as Self |
| 2008 | D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Zeitgeist: Addendum · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | The Decline and Fall of America · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | American Drug War: The Last White Hope · as Himself |
| 2006 | Psychiatry: An Industry of Death · as Self |
| 2006 | America: Freedom to Fascism · as Self |
| 2005 | The Young Turks (TV Series) · as Self (2009) |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Mad Money (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | American Dictators · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | NOW (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Cavuto on Business (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | No Spin News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | US Squawk Box (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The Morton Downey Jr. Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self |