Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth$10 Million
Date Of BirthMay 27, 1923
SpouseNancy Kissinger (m. 1974), Ann Fleischer (m. 1949–1964)
FactHe won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.


Henry Kissinger was born on May 27, 1923, in Fürth, Germany. His parents, Louis and Paula Kissinger, were Jewish. He had two sisters, Vera and Walter. The family immigrated to the United States in 1938 to escape the Nazis. Kissinger attended public schools in New York City, graduating from George Washington High School in 1941. He then enrolled at City College of New York, but his studies were interrupted by World War II. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.

After the war, Kissinger returned to City College and graduated in 1948. He then went on to study at Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1954.

Kissinger’s academic career was interrupted once again by world events. In 1957, he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to work on Cold War intelligence matters. He served as a consultant to the National Security Council from 1969 to 1975.

In 1973, Kissinger was named Secretary of State by President Richard Nixon. He served in that position until 1977. During his tenure, he helped to negotiate the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt (the Camp David Accords) and normalize relations with China.

After leaving government service, Kissinger founded his own consulting firm, Kissinger Associates. He has also written several books on foreign policy and diplomacy.

Kissinger is married to Nancy Maginnes. They have two children, David and Elizabeth.

Kissinger has an estimated net worth of $20 million. His salary as a consultant is not publicly known, but it is likely that he earns millions of dollars per year.

General Info

Full NameHenry Kissinger
Net Worth$10 Million
Date Of BirthMay 27, 1923
Height1.75 m
ProfessionStatesman, Author, Soldier, Diplomat, Actor, Teacher, Businessperson
EducationHarvard University, Harvard College, City College of New York, Lafayette College

Family

SpouseNancy Kissinger (m. 1974), Ann Fleischer (m. 1949–1964)
ChildrenDavid Kissinger, Elizabeth Kissinger
ParentsPaula Stern Kissinger, Louis Kissinger
SiblingsWalter Kissinger

Accomplishments

AwardsNobel Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada, Francis Boyer Award, National Book Award for History (Hardcover)
NominationsNational Book Award for Nonfiction
MoviesMr. Deng Goes to Washington, Life & Times of Pope John Paul II, The Sixties: The Years That Shaped the Generation
TV ShowsRussia's War: Blood Upon the Snow

Social profile links

Quotes

#Quote
1The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
2The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness.
3[to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping] I think if we drink enough Moutai, we can solve anything.
4[on Xi Jinping, the new President of China, 2013] Xi is convinced his generation's hardships gave it the strength to face the challenges of adapting China to the consequences of its success. He has put forward a sweeping reform program designed to move millions to the cities, streamline bureaucracy, reorient the economy away state-owned enterprises and fight corruption.
5Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
6Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
7Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
8Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time. The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Facts

#Fact
1Was good friends to former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
2Subject of a book by Christopher Hitchens.
3Mentioned in a song by Monty Python's Flying Circus.
4Henry Kissinger is a third cousin, twice removed, of actor Ben Barnes, as Henry is a third cousin of Ben's maternal grandfather, Emil Becker. Henry's great-great-grandfather, Meyer Loeb Kissinger, was Ben's great-great-great-great-grandfather. Henry and Ben are each descended from a different wife of Meyer's, Henry from Meyer's second wife and Ben from Meyer's first wife (his wives, Schoenlein David-Stahl and Marianne David-Stahl, were sisters).
5While in Russia negotiating the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) treaty, he jokingly suggested that perhaps the cameras in the chandelier overhead could duplicate a few pages that he needed copied.
6Received the "Bayerischer Verdienstorden" (highest Bavarian state decoration) (14 July 2005).
7Played tennis with Jimmy Connors at producer Robert Evans' Beverly Hills estate, where he was a frequent VIP guest.
8U.S. Secretary of State (1973-1977)
9U.S. National Security Adviser (1969-1975)
10Portrayed by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live (1975)
11He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973.
12Has received many awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1965-1966), the Woodrow Wilson Prize for the best book in the fields of government, politics and international affairs (1958), the American Institute for Public Service Award (1973), the International Platform Association Theodore Roosevelt Award (1973), the Hope Award for International Understanding (1973), and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished Service Medal (1973). Has two children, Elizabeth and David. While not a handsome man, he became an unlikely sex symbol during the 1970s, and was often photographed in public with models and film actresses.
13Graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University

Pictures

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1999TV SeriesDucky Daddles
Brother's Keeper1999TV SeriesHenry Kissinger
Dynasty1983TV SeriesHenry Kissinger

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tomorrow Never Dies1997consultant

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Countdown to Zero2010Documentary very special thanks
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War1998TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Face the Nation2016TV SeriesHimself - Former Secretary of State
Harry Benson: Shoot First2016DocumentaryHimself
Charlie Rose1994-2015TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Xuan feng jiu ri2015DocumentaryHimself
Guerre du Vietnam, au coeur des négotiations secrètes2015DocumentaryHimself
The Diplomat2015DocumentaryHimself
All Eyes and Ears2015DocumentaryHimself
Face of Unity2014DocumentaryHimself
The Colbert Report2006-2014TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Montagnards2014Documentary
Last Days in Vietnam2014DocumentaryHimself
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me2013DocumentaryHimself
America's Book of Secrets2013TV Series documentaryHimself
Newsnight2013TV SeriesHimself
America Live2012TV SeriesHimself
Palme2012DocumentaryHimself
Fareed Zakaria GPS2011-2012TV SeriesHimself
Tavis Smiley2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Book TV2011TV SeriesHimself
Kissinger2011TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Real American: Joe McCarthy2011DocumentaryHimself
Menschen & Mächte2011TV Series documentaryHimself
Bobby Fischer Against the World2011DocumentaryHimself
Fox News Reporting: The Right, All Along - The Rise, Fall and Future of Conservatism2010TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years2010TV Series documentaryU.S. Sec'y of State - 1973-77 / U.S. Secretary of State, 1973-77 / U.S. Sec'y. of State, 1973-77
Nuclear Tipping Point2010DocumentaryHimself
Beijing2009DocumentaryHimself
Die Bombe2009TV Series documentaryHimself
Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace2009DocumentaryHimself
Bonner Republik2009TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Kissinger Saga2008Himself
Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler2008TV Movie documentaryHimself
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show2002-2008TV SeriesHimself
Wisdom2008Video documentaryHimself
Henry Kissinger - Geheimnisse einer Supermacht2008TV Movie documentaryHimself
Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony2008TV MovieHimself - Former US Secretary of State
Max Frisch, citoyen2008DocumentaryHimself
Loose Change: Final Cut2007Video documentaryHimself
Torn from the Flag: A Film by Klaudia Kovacs2007DocumentaryHimself
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven2007DocumentaryHimself
R.N.Y.C.2006Documentary shortHimself
My Travels with Diana2006TV Movie documentaryHimself - Former US Secretary of State (as Dr. Henry A. Kissinger)
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto2006TV SeriesHimself
The Art of Football from A to Z2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos2006DocumentaryHimself
Al Franken: God Spoke2006DocumentaryHimself
Declassified2006TV Series documentaryHimself
Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes2006TV MovieHimself
About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II2005DocumentaryHimself
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation2005TV Movie documentaryHimself
On the Record w/ Brit Hume2005TV SeriesHimself
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World2005TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Dr. Henry Kissinger)
Nova2005TV Series documentaryHimself
Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Breakfast with Frost2001-2004TV SeriesHimself
Citizen Black2004DocumentaryHimself
Fidel Castro. Ewiger Revolutionär2004Documentary shortHimself
Hannity & Colmes2004TV SeriesHimself
This Hour Has 22 Minutes2003TV SeriesHimself
Unsere Besten2003TV SeriesHimself
Willy Brandt - Eine Jahrhundertgestalt2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Daily Show2003TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Condor - les axes du mal2003DocumentaryHimself
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer2002TV SeriesHimself - Interviewee / Former Secretary of State
Opération lune2002TV MovieHimself
The West Wing Documentary Special2002TV Movie documentaryHimself
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War2002TV Series documentaryHimself - Former Secretary of State
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years2001Video documentaryHimself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1994-2001TV SeriesHimself
The Oprah Winfrey Show2000TV SeriesHimself - Guest
American Masters2000TV Series documentaryHimself
Sabine Christiansen1999-2000TV Series
Vivement dimanche2000TV SeriesHimself
Yitzhak Rabin: Warrior/Peacemaker1999TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Century1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (segment "The Fall")
Late Show with David Letterman1999TV SeriesHimself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
Les Hommes de la Maison Blanche1998TV Movie documentaryHenry Kissinger
Cold War1998TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Frontline1997TV Series documentaryHimself
Firing Line1986-1997TV SeriesHimself - For the Affirmative / Himself - Guest
Diana: The Nation's Farewell1997TV MovieHimself
Bearing the Torch: Politics & the Olympics1996TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Sunday Programme1996TV SeriesHimself
Timewatch1996TV Series documentaryHimself
The Fall of Saigon1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
Juan Carlos I: Crónica de 20 años1995TV MovieHimself
Everyman1995TV Series documentaryHimself
Digital Age1994TV SeriesHimself
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters1994TV MovieHimself
Question Time1990TV SeriesHimself
Bob Hope: Don't Shoot, It's Only Me1990TV SpecialHimself
American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia1990TV MovieHimself
Eyes of War1989TV Movie documentaryHimself
Worlds in Turmoil1989TV MovieHimself
We Can Keep You Forever1988TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Dr. Henry Kissinger)
The Morning Program1987TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Good Morning America1980-1987TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Liberty Weekend1986TV Special documentaryHimself
ABC News Nightline1985TV SeriesHimself
Vietnam: A Television History1983TV Series documentaryHimself
Panorama1982TV Series documentaryHimself
The Levin Interviews1982TV SeriesHimself
Today1979-1982TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Making of 'Superman II'1982TV Movie documentaryHimself - former United States Secretary of State
All-Star Celebration Opening the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum1981TV MovieHimself
NBC White Paper1981TV Series documentaryHimself
The Dick Cavett Show1979TV SeriesHimself
Parkinson1979TV SeriesHimself
All-Star Birthday Party for Bob Hope... at Sea1979TV MovieHimself
The National Tribute to Hubert H. Humphrey1977TV MovieHimself
Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Salute to Robert Evans1975TV MovieHimself - Speaker
1975 MLB All-Star Game1975TV SpecialHimself - 1st Pitch
Futebol Total1974DocumentaryHimself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope1974TV SpecialHimself - Pre-Taped Message
Midweek1974TV SeriesHimself
TV-Avisen1973TV SeriesHimself
The Mike Wallace Interview1958TV SeriesHimself - Guest

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Inside the CIA1987DocumentaryHimself
The Chinese1983TV Mini-SeriesHimself (with Mao) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live1983TV SeriesHimself
Tegtmeier klärt auf1981TV SeriesHimself
Showtime Looks at 19811981TV Movie documentaryHimself - Former Secretary of State
The Ten Thousand Day War1980TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (uncredited)
The War at Home1979DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Late Great Planet Earth1979DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Les nuits chaudes de Justine1976Himself
Weekend World1976TV SeriesHimself
La société du spectacle1974DocumentaryHimself
HyperNormalisation2016DocumentaryHimself - US Secretary of State
The Empire Files2015TV Series documentaryHimself
Democracy Now!2002-2015TV SeriesHimself
Conspiracy2015TV Series documentaryHimself - United States Secretary of State
The Seventies2015TV Series documentaryHimself - National Security Advisor / Secretary of State
Genocide Gentleman: Class A War Criminals of UK and US2015Video documentaryHimself
New World Order Bible Versions2014DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Faithful Word Baptist Church2014TV SeriesHimself
1973, journal de guerre2013TV Series documentaryHimself
Mike & Mike2013TV SeriesHimself
Pastor Mike Online2013TV SeriesHimself
Our Nixon2013DocumentaryHimself
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories2011-2012TV SeriesHimself - Former Secretary of State
Glaube, Liebe, Tod2012Himself (uncredited)
America's Book of Secrets2012TV Series documentaryHimself
Age of Deceit: Fallen Angels and the New World Order2012Video documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Santiago Files2011DocumentaryHimself
Gloria: In Her Own Words2011TV Movie documentaryHimself
5 jaar later2011TV SeriesHimself
The War You Don't See2010DocumentaryHimself
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune2010DocumentaryHimself
Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Hell of a Job2010DocumentaryHimself
The Shock Doctrine2009DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Watchman Video Broadcast2009TV SeriesHimself
Hype: The Obama Effect2008Video documentaryHimself
The Queen: A Life in Film2008Video documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Shooting Grunts2008Video documentaryHimself
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson2008DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Strangest Dream2008DocumentaryHimself
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement2007Video documentaryHimself
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman2007DocumentaryHimself
The War on Democracy2007DocumentaryHimself
Sputnik Fever2007DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death2007DocumentaryHimself
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom2007TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Nixon: A Presidency Revealed2007TV Movie documentaryHimself
Unter falscher Flagge2007Video documentaryHimself
Billy Graham: God's Ambassador2006Video documentaryHimself (as Dr. Henry Kissinger)
Cuéntame2005TV SeriesHimself
Sir! No Sir!2005DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
American Experience2004-2005TV Series documentaryHimself
Saigon Marine2004Documentary shortHimself
Brian Williams Reports: John Kerry: Bringing the War Home2004DocumentaryHimself
Pelé Eterno2004DocumentaryHimself
Salvador Allende2004DocumentaryHimself
The Hunting of the President2004DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst2004DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Doomsday Clock2004TV MovieHimself
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear2004TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Imelda2003DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Save Our History2003TV Series documentaryHimself
CIA: Guerres secrètes2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders2003TV Series documentaryHimself
September 112002Himself (segment "United Kingdom") (uncredited)
Naqoyqatsi2002DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger2002DocumentaryHimself
Massacre: The Story of East Timor2002ShortHimself
The Kid Stays in the Picture2002DocumentaryHimself
Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel2001TV Short documentaryHimself - Laureate 1973
60 Minutes2001TV Series documentaryHimself - Former Secretary of State (segment "Schneider v. Kissinger")
Princess Diana: The Uncrowned Queen2001Video documentaryHimself
The Secret Rulers of the World2001TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
In the Shadow of Hollywood2000DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
The Century: America's Time1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Diktatoria ton Syntagmatarhon1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
Cold War1998TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Henry VIII1997TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Inside the White House1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Speeches of Richard Nixon1995Video documentaryHimself
Fame in the Twentieth Century1993TV Series documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America1992Himself (as Dr. Henry Kissinger)
Memories of 1970-19911991TV Series documentaryHimself
Dark Days at the White House: The Watergate Scandal and the Resignation of President Richard M. Nixon1989TV Movie documentaryHimself

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1973Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Prize

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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