---
name: "John Owen Brennan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-o-brennan"
fi1m_id: "john-o-brennan"
imdb_id: "nm5039606"
tmdb_id: 2809650
wikidata_id: "Q984191"
roles: []
born: "22 September 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:08:55.952304+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."
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# John Owen Brennan

## Identity

John Owen Brennan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-o-brennan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-o-brennan
- **IMDb ID:** nm5039606
- **TMDB ID:** 2809650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q984191
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Brennan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984191, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5039606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2809650

Actor. Born 22 September 1955 in North Bergen, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 September 1955, North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** John O. Brennan, John Brennan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Brennan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984191, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5039606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2809650

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Dissident*](https://film.one/film/the-dissident.md) (72)

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

## Biography

John Owen Brennan is an American former intelligence officer. He was born on 22 September 1955 in North Bergen, New Jersey. His father was from County Roscommon, Ireland.

Brennan served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017. He has appeared as himself in several documentaries and television programmes, including *The Dissident* (2020) and *Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dissident* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Self - Interviewee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dissident.md)

## Gallery

- ![John Owen Brennan](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-c916e0cd3d71.jpg) John Owen Brennan — U.S Government employee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/John_Brennan_CIA_official_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![May 2, 2010 - President Barack Obama listens to EPA Administrator P. Lisa Jackson during a briefing about the state of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, at](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-e2b26070e28b.jpg) May 2, 2010 - President Barack Obama listens to EPA Administrator P. Lisa Jackson during a briefing about the state of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, at — USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Administration_Responds_to_BP_Oil_Spill_%284584731287%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![President Barack Obama speaks with GCC leaders during a summit meeting at Diriyah Palace. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-2f68acb717aa.jpg) President Barack Obama speaks with GCC leaders during a summit meeting at Diriyah Palace. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) (2016) — Lawrence Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Barack_Obama%27s_trip_to_Saudi_Arabia_April_2016_%2810%29.jpg/1280px-Barack_Obama%27s_trip_to_Saudi_Arabia_April_2016_%2810%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-61566d56d064.jpg) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014. — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Barack_Obama_and_Joe_Biden_meet_with_members_of_the_National_Security_Council%2C_September_10%2C_2014.jpg/1280px-Barack_Obama_and_Joe_Biden_meet_with_members_of_the_National_Security_Council%2C_September_10%2C_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["This is a composite of several images of the President and his national security team during a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House disc](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-54cc6a418562.jpg) "This is a composite of several images of the President and his national security team during a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House disc — The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Barack_Obama_and_his_national_security_team_discussing_the_mission_against_Osama_bin_Laden.jpg/1280px-Barack_Obama_and_his_national_security_team_discussing_the_mission_against_Osama_bin_Laden.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room of the White House on the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti. Also present are Vice President Joe Biden](https://film.one/media/person/4188930/gallery-c2fc67f73d69.jpg) President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room of the White House on the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti. Also present are Vice President Joe Biden — Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Barack_Obama_at_meeting_in_White_House_Situation_Room_on_response_to_Haiti_earthquake_2010-01-13.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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