---
name: "Bernie Sanders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernie-sanders"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 September 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T06:55:40.232166+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernie Sanders

Actor. Born 8 September 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 September 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Bernard Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders
- **Works often with:** [Michael Moore](https://film.one/person/michael-moore.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2908628

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Capitalism: A Love Story*](https://film.one/film/capitalism-a-love-story.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bernie Sanders is an American politician who has appeared as himself in several documentaries. Born on 8 September 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, he served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1981 to 1989 and has represented the state in the US Congress since 1991, first in the House and then as senator from 2007.

His film credits include appearances in Michael Moore's *Capitalism: A Love Story* (2009) and *Fahrenheit 11/9* (2018). He is also featured in *13th* (2016) and other series and films, often in archive footage.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *Capitalism: A Love Story* (2009), Fi1m 56, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/capitalism-a-love-story.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Fahrenheit 11/9* (2018), Actor

## Also known for

- *Who Is America?* (2018), Self
- *Explained* (2018), Self
- *History 101* (2020), Self (archive footage)
- *Orwell: 2+2=5* (2025), Self (archive footage)

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