---
name: "Paul Volcker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-volcker"
roles: []
born: "5 September 1927"
died: "8 December 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T10:12:41.153113+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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# Paul Volcker

Actor. Born 5 September 1927 in Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Died 8 December 2019.

## Details

- **Born:** 5 September 1927, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 8 December 2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Volcker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1352862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1954180

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Inside Job*](https://film.one/film/inside-job.md) (82)

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## Biography

Paul Volcker was an American economist and central banker. He served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1979 to 1987.

Volcker appeared in the 2010 documentary *Inside Job* as Self - Former Federal Reserve Chairman. He was born on 5 September 1927 in Cape May, New Jersey, and died on 8 December 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, britannica.com, federalreservehistory.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inside Job* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Self - Former Federal Reserve Chairman — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-job.md)

## Gallery

- ![Paul Volcker](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-b5301e86b02f.jpg) Paul Volcker — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Paulvolcker.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Board Chairmen (Left to Right: Alan Greenspan; Paul A. Volcker; Ben S. Bernanke) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-e44818c5b4c4.jpg) Board Chairmen (Left to Right: Alan Greenspan; Paul A. Volcker; Ben S. Bernanke) (2014) — Federalreserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Alan_Greenspan%2C_Paul_Volcker_and_Ben_Bernanke_-_2014_%2813896577879%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![19. Internationales Management-Gespräch: Paul A. Volcker (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-f2a8f1dcf654.jpg) 19. Internationales Management-Gespräch: Paul A. Volcker (1989) — Regina Kühne, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/19._Internationales_Management-Gespr%C3%A4ch-Paul_A._Volcker-HSGN_028-00795.jpg/1280px-19._Internationales_Management-Gespr%C3%A4ch-Paul_A._Volcker-HSGN_028-00795.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![EPP Congress Bonn (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-2fc2c15eb600.jpg) EPP Congress Bonn (2009) — European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28460%29.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28460%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![EPP Congress Bonn (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-09f585cfeafa.jpg) EPP Congress Bonn (2009) — European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28462%29.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28462%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![EPP Congress Bonn (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/1070754/gallery-37b9c56fe30a.jpg) EPP Congress Bonn (2009) — European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28461%29.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_Congress_Bonn_%28461%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won

- New Jersey Hall of Fame 2021: New Jersey Hall of Fame (won)
- Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy 2013: Paul A. Volcker Lifetime Achievement Award for Economic Policy (won)
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize 2012: Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize (won)
- honorary doctor of Syracuse University 2008: honorary doctor of Syracuse University (won)
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class 1988: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class (won)
- Francis Boyer Award 1987: Francis Boyer Award (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami 1986: honorary doctor of the University of Miami (won)

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

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