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.
Series | Los 2000 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-09-09 |
Series | Spycraft | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-20 |
Series | Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror | Self (archive footage) | 2021-09-01 |
Movie | Sergio | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-28 |
Movie | This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth | Self - Al-Qaeda Leader (archive footage) | 2019-09-06 |
Movie | 12 Strong | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Shock and Awe | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-13 |
Movie | Snowden | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | Shadow World | Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage) | 2016-10-14 |
Movie | Osama Bin Laden: Up Close and Personal | Osama Bin Laden | 2015-12-31 |
Movie | Zero Dark Thirty | Self (archive footage) | 2012-12-19 |
Movie | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Self - Former Head of the Group Al-Qaeda (archive footage) | 2012-06-15 |
Series | Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories | Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-05 |
Movie | The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2011-11-06 |
Movie | The Oath | himself | 2010-05-09 |
Movie | Iran: The Hundred Year War | Himself | 2009-02-11 |
Movie | Blood and Oil | Self | 2008-06-13 |
Movie | Being W | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-08 |
Movie | Meet Me in Wichita | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Why We Fight | Himself (archive footage) | 2005-01-20 |
Movie | Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State | Self - (archive footage) | 2005-06-08 |
Movie | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-25 |
Movie | Celsius 41.11 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-10-22 |
Series | The Age of Terror | Self | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | The Secret KGB Sex Files | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |