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Main Movie Roles 2009 - New World Order 2009 - Capitalism: A Love Story 2008 - Shine a Light 2008 - August 2008 - Killer at Large 2008 - I.O.U.S.A. 2008 - Definitely, Maybe 2008 - Being W 2007 - Battle in Seattle 2007 - Pete Seeger: The Power of Song 2007 - War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death 2007 - Sicko 2007 - I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal 2007 - Live Free or Die Hard 2006 - The Queen 2006 - Wordplay 2005 - Va, vis et deviens 2005 - Street Fight 2005 - Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005 - Why We Fight 2005 - Rumor has it... 2004 - Bush's Brain 2002 - Balseros 2002 - Bowling for Columbine 2002 - Naqoyqatsi 2002 - The Laramie Project 2001 - Startup.com 2000 - Bamboozled 1998 - The Siege 1997 - Contact 1996 - The Cable Guy 1996 - First Kid 1995 - Nixon 1993 - The War Room 1992 - The Panama Deception

BIOGRAPHY:

Bill Clinton's father died in a car crash three months before Bill was born. He was raised by his grandparents for four years while his mother was in Louisiana studying nursing, in order to support herself and her son. In 1950 his mother married Roger Clinton, and his half-brother, Roger Clinton, was born in 1956. Always interested in politics and working to help people, Clinton majored in International Affairs at Georgetown University. He graduated in 1968 and won a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to study government at Oxford University. Clinton graduated from Yale Law School in 1973. He then taught law in Arkansas, and ran for political office. He was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, then Governor in 1978. He won re-election in 1982, and served until he won the US Presidency in 1992, becoming the 42nd President of the United States, and winning re-election in 1996.


TRIVIA:

• Cousin of Congressman James A. Lockhart.
• He was not adopted by Roger Clinton. He used the name "Clinton" when he started school. When he was a teenager, and his younger brother 'Roger Clinton' (qv) was going to start school, Bill went to court to have his name legally changed to "Clinton". The future President wanted to have the same name as his brother, to avoid confusion in the Arkansas school system.
• Attended the state funeral of former President 'Ronald Reagan (I)' (qv) at the Washington National Cathedral with former U.S. Presidents 'Gerald Ford (I)' (qv), 'Jimmy Carter (I)' (qv), 'George Bush (I)' (qv), incumbent President 'George W. Bush' (qv), and all their wives. (11 June 2004)
• Was the first Rhodes Scholar to be elected President of the United States.
• Considered becoming a jazz musician early in his career.
• His terms in office made him the last US president of the 20th century as well as the first president of the 21st century.
• Graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he met his wife Hillary.
• Shares a birthday with 'Tipper Gore' (qv), wife of his former presidential running mate, 'Al Gore (I)' (qv).