---
name: "John F. Kennedy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-f-kennedy"
fi1m_id: "john-f-kennedy"
imdb_id: "nm0448123"
tmdb_id: 21111
wikidata_id: "Q9696"
roles: []
born: "29 May 1917"
died: "22 November 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T00:53:49.526659+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."
---

# John F. Kennedy

## Identity

John F. Kennedy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-f-kennedy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-f-kennedy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0448123
- **TMDB ID:** 21111
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9696
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9696, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21111

Actor. Born 29 May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. Died 22 November 1963.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 22 November 1963
- **Also known as:** President John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jack Kennedy , JFK, Джон Фицджеральд Кеннеди
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 66 (3), 2020s 87 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Documentary 5, Drama 2, History 2, Music 2, Action 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $181m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9696, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21111

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fog of War*](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md) (84), [*When You're Strange*](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*Apollo 11*](https://film.one/film/apollo-11.md) (85)
- **HBO Max:** [*Hearts and Minds*](https://film.one/film/hearts-and-minds.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Who Is America?*](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md) (58)

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

## Biography

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) was the 35th president of the United States. He appears in numerous films and television programmes through archive footage, credited as Self (archive footage) or similar.

His film credits include *The Fog of War* (2003), *JFK* (1991), *In the Line of Fire* (1993), *Thirteen Days* (2000), *Apollo 11* (2019) and *The Irishman* (2019). He is also featured in *Nixon* (1995), *Bobby* (2006) and the series *Medium* (2005) and *Cosmos* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)* (2021), Fi1m 87, as Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised.md)
- *Apollo 11* (2019), Fi1m 85, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-11.md)
- *Who Is America?* (2018), Fi1m 58, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/tv/who-is-america.md)
- *When You're Strange* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Fi1m 84, as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-line-of-fire.md)
- *Hearts and Minds* (1974), Fi1m 82, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/hearts-and-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *100 Years of Marilyn Monroe* (2026), as (archive footage)
- *Duck and Cover* (2025), Actor
- *CIRILO, A Legacy Untold* (2025), Actor
- *Tovarășu': facerea, gloria și desfacerea unui dictator* (2023), Actor
- *Andy Warhol's America* (2022), Actor
- *Andy Warhol's America* (2022), series, Actor
- *Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft* (2021), Actor
- *We Choose to Go to the Moon* (2018), as (self)
- *Cuba, l'histoire secrète* (2016), Actor
- *Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies* (2012), Actor
- *Secret Service Secrets* (2012), series, as John F. Kennedy
- *The 60s: The Beatles Decade* (2008), series, Actor
- *Jacqueline Kennedy - Jackie: Power and Style* (1999), as John F. Kennedy
- *Assassinations That Changed the World* (1996), series, Actor
- *Nixon* (1995), as (Archive footage)
- *Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?* (1995), Actor
- *Shanks for the Memory* (1994), Actor
- *The Real Malcolm X* (1992), Actor
- *Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century* (1992), Actor
- *Imagine: John Lennon* (1988), Actor
- *The Legend of Marilyn Monroe* (1966), Actor
- *Talking with Germans* (1965), Actor

## Gallery

- ![John F. Kennedy](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-c13f4b8e10cf.jpg) John F. Kennedy — Cecil W. Stoughton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/1280px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Campaign Advertisement for 1952 Kennedy for U.S. Senate Campaign in red, white and blue with black and white head and shoulders image of JFK with "He Will Do Mo](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-a1539ea948b9.png) Campaign Advertisement for 1952 Kennedy for U.S. Senate Campaign in red, white and blue with black and white head and shoulders image of JFK with "He Will Do Mo — 1952 John F. Kennedy for U.S. Senate Campaign, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1952_JFK_Senate_slogan.png/1280px-1952_JFK_Senate_slogan.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![President John F. Kennedy is greeted by Cesar Balsa in Mexico City's Maria Isabel Hotel. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-55ca39a46886.jpg) President John F. Kennedy is greeted by Cesar Balsa in Mexico City's Maria Isabel Hotel. (2012) — Carmen Balsa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Balsa_JFK.JPG/1280px-Balsa_JFK.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Black and white photograph print of Carl Albert and John F. Kennedy standing in the middle of a large crowd.](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-1c4784f8404b.jpg) Black and white photograph print of Carl Albert and John F. Kennedy standing in the middle of a large crowd. — CarlAlbertArchives, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/CAC_CC_001_18_23_0000_2219.jpg/1280px-CAC_CC_001_18_23_0000_2219.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John F. Kennedy](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-a1b65aaf0522.jpg) John F. Kennedy — Image via TMDB
- ![dallas, texas (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-39e54e23b3ea.jpg) dallas, texas (2024) — JoyD Smiths PTMr8, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Cameras_at_the_sixth_floor_museum.jpg/1280px-Cameras_at_the_sixth_floor_museum.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carl Albert, Les Arends, Charles Halleck, Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, and John F. Kennedy posing with a large group of people.](https://film.one/media/person/98321/gallery-640522f93232.jpg) Carl Albert, Les Arends, Charles Halleck, Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, and John F. Kennedy posing with a large group of people. — Carl Albert Research and Studies Center, Congressional Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Carl_Albert%2C_Les_Arends%2C_Charles_Halleck%2C_Bob_Hope%2C_Dolores_Hope%2C_and_John_F._Kennedy_posing_with_a_large_group_of_people.jpg/1280px-Carl_Albert%2C_Les_Arends%2C_Charles_Halleck%2C_Bob_Hope%2C_Dolores_Hope%2C_and_John_F._Kennedy_posing_with_a_large_group_of_people.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 14 won, 2 nominated

- Jane Addams Children's Book Award 1964: Jane Addams Children's Book Award (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 1963: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Nobel Peace Prize 1962: Nobel Peace Prize (nominated)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Holy Sepulchre 1961: Grand Cross of the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Holy Sepulchre (won)
- Laetare Medal 1961: Laetare Medal (won)
- Time Person of the Year 1961: Time Person of the Year (won)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1957: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction 1957: National Book Award for Nonfiction (nominated), for *Profiles in Courage*
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1957: Pulitzer Prize for Biography (won), for *Profiles in Courage*
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity 1951: Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (won)
- American Campaign Medal 1945: American Campaign Medal (won)
- American Defense Service Medal 1945: American Defense Service Medal (won)
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal 1945: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (won)
- World War II Victory Medal 1945: World War II Victory Medal (won)
- Navy and Marine Corps Medal 1944: Navy and Marine Corps Medal (won)
- Purple Heart 1943: Purple Heart (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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