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Osama Bin Laden

Born · March 10, 1957

Died · May 2, 2011 (54 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bio

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives in a covert operation ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.

Known for

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

Snowden

Snowden

12 Strong

12 Strong

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

BOMBLETTE

Archived footage

2023

Miss Me Yet

(10 episodes)

2023

Los 2000

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2021

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

Self (archive footage) · (4 episodes)

2021

Spycraft

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2021

Sergio

Self (archive footage)

2020

This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

Self - Al-Qaeda Leader (archive footage)

2019

12 Strong

Self (archive footage)

2018

Shock and Awe

Self (archive footage)

2017

Shadow World

Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)

2016

Snowden

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Osama Bin Laden: Up Close and Personal

Osama Bin Laden

2015

Propaganda

Self (archive footage)

2013

Horses of God

Self (archive footage)

2013

Zero Dark Thirty

Self (archive footage)

2012

Top Priority: The Terror Within

Self - Former Head of the Group Al-Qaeda (archive footage)

2012

The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden

Himself (Archive Footage)

2011

Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2011

The Oath

himself

2010

Iran: The Hundred Year War

Self (archive footage)

2009

Being W

Self (archive footage)

2008

Blood and Oil

Self

2008

The Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

2007

...So Goes the Nation

Self (archive footage)

2006

Meet Me in Wichita

2006

Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State

Self - (archive footage)

2005

Why We Fight

Self (archive footage)

2005

Celsius 41.11

Self (archive footage)

2004

Fahrenhype 9/11

2004

Fahrenheit 9/11

Self (archive footage)

2004

Naqoyqatsi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002

Afganistan: Land in Crisis

Self

2002

The Age of Terror

Self · (4 episodes)

2002

The Secret KGB Sex Files

Himself (archive footage)

2001

Pings 2

Self

1997