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Leon Edward Panetta is an American politician who has served in several different public office positions, including the Secretary of Defense, Director of the CIA, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and as a U.S. Representative from California. A Democrat, Panetta was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993, served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1993 to 1994, and as President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997. He co-founded the Panetta Institute for Public Policy and served as a Distinguished Scholar to Chancellor Charles B. Reed of the California State University System and as a professor of public policy at Santa Clara University.
Birth Name
Leon Edward Panetta
Born
Tuesday, 28 June 1938
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| America's Burning | 2024 | |
| Russian Media Monitor | Self - FMR CIA Director | 2023 |
| Fiasco | Self | 2021 |
| Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11 | Self - Former CIA Director | 2021 |
| The Face of Anonymous | Self / Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
| QAnon: The Search for Q | Self - CIA Director | 2021 |
| Stars and Strife | Self | 2020 |
| Hillary | Self - Secretary of Defense | 2020 |
| Bill Hemmer Reports | Self | 2020 |
| Spy Wars | Self - CIA Director 2009-2011 | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| America's Burning | 2024 | |
| Russian Media Monitor | Self - FMR CIA Director | 2023 |
| Fiasco | Self | 2021 |
| Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11 | Self - Former CIA Director | 2021 |
| The Face of Anonymous | Self / Self - Interviewee | 2021 |
| QAnon: The Search for Q | Self - CIA Director | 2021 |
| Stars and Strife | Self | 2020 |
| Hillary | Self - Secretary of Defense | 2020 |
| Bill Hemmer Reports | Self | 2020 |
| Spy Wars | Self - CIA Director 2009-2011 | 2019 |
| Hesburgh | Self | 2019 |
| The Clinton Affair | Self | 2018 |
| Axios | Self | 2018 |
| The Issue Is | Self | 2018 |
| Road to 9/11 | Himself | 2017 |
| Cuomo Prime Time | Self | 2017 |
| The Nineties | Self - Former White House Chief of Staff | 2017 |
| 15 Septembers Later | 2016 | |
| Cyberwar | Self - Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Former Director, CIA | 2016 |
| Inside Obama's White House | Self - CIA Director | 2016 |
| The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth | Self | 2016 |
| Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs | Self | 2015 |
| MTP Daily | Self / Self - Correspondent | 2015 |
| Mr. Robot | Self | 2015 |
| Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots | Self - Secretary of Defense | 2014 |
| Wolf | Self | 2014 |
| Unmanned: America's Drone Wars | Self - Former Secretary of Defense | 2013 |
| The Presidents' Gatekeepers | Self | 2013 |
| New Day | Self - Correspondent | 2013 |
| Retro Report | Self - Secretary of Defense | 2013 |
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | Self - Correspondent / Self | 2013 |
| The Singularity | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| The Hunt for Bin Laden | Self - CIA Director | 2012 |
| The Invisible War | Self - Secretary of Defense | 2012 |
| America's Book of Secrets | Self - U.S. Secretary of Defense | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Former CIA Director / Self - US Secretary of Defense | 2012 |
| Erin Burnett OutFront | Self - Correspondent / Self | 2011 |
| Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories | Self - Former Secretary of Defense under President Obama | 2011 |
| West Wing Week | Self | 2010 |
| Morning Joe | Self | 2007 |
| Top Chef | Self | 2006 |
| The Situation Room | Self - Correspondent / Self | 2005 |
| The Presidents | Self - U.S. Congressman (1977-1993) | 2005 |
| Anderson Cooper 360° | Self - Correspondent / Self / Self - Guest / Self - Interviewee / Self - Former United States White House Chief of Staff for the President Bill Clinton Administration | 2003 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Fox News Sunday | Self - Former CIA Director / Self - Former Secretary of Defense | 1996 |
| CNN Newsroom | Self - Correspondent / Self | 1989 |
| This Week | Self | 1981 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself (segment "Revolution") (archive footage) / Himself (segment "Defense Secretary Panetta") / Himself (segment "Defense Secretary Panetta") (archive footage) / Himself - Secretary of Defense (archive footage) / Himself - Former Defense Secretary (segment "The Islamic State") / Himself - Defense Secretary (segment "Under Fire") (archive footage) / Himself - Defense Secretary (segment "Stuxnet") / Himself - Defense Secretary (segment "Stuxnet") (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Face the Nation | Self - Former CIA Director / Self - Former Secretary of Defense | 1954 |
