Personal Info
Birth date
1936-08-29 (88 Years)
Day of death
2018-08-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Canal Zone, Panama
Also known as
John Sidney McCain III
The Sheriff
The Maverick
White Tornado
The Mac
Sen. John McCain
Senator John McCain
U.S. Senator John McCain
John McCain
Biography
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
Filmography
The Daily Show
6.366
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.333
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.36
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watchMeet the Press
4
Overview:
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program airing on NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. Meet the Press is the highest-rated of the American television Sunday morning talk shows. It has been hosted by 11 moderators, beginning with Martha Rountree. Meet the Press and similar shows specialize in interviewing national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy and other public affairs.Anderson Cooper 360°
5.1
Overview:
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news.The Colbert Report
6.87
Overview:
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.60 Minutes
6.651
Overview:
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.Frontline
7.3
Overview:
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.The Jay Leno Show
3.6
Overview:
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."Parks and Recreation
8.023
Overview:
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.407
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.Raw
6.768
Overview:
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.178
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.American Idol
5.124
Overview:
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?The Circus
6.2
Overview:
Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines. Key characters and events are presented in real time, as they are happening.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.526
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The Tony Danza Show
6.1
Overview:
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.Fox News Sunday
NYR
Overview:
Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace is a Sunday morning news/talk show on the Fox Broadcasting Company; since 2003, Fox News Sunday has been hosted by Chris Wallace.Saturday Night Live
7
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Finding Your Roots
6.2
Overview:
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
7.284
Overview:
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.This Week
9
Overview:
ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program, currently hosted by George Stephanopoulos.Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
8
Overview:
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan is an American Sunday morning political interview show, which premiered on the CBS television network. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, having debuted in 1954.The Problem with Jon Stewart
7.167
Overview:
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world's problems. It's harder to pinpoint the systems responsible for creating them. In this series, Jon Stewart brings together people impacted by different parts of a problem to discuss how we come up with change.Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet
6.5
Overview:
Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.The American West
6.633
Overview:
From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.The Lincoln Project
NYR
Overview:
A five-part docu-series following a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project. The fastest-growing super PAC in America takes on the task of “saving democracy” and defeating their own party’s sitting president, Donald Trump. While working to accomplish their stated goal of “defeating Trumpism,” the group is shaken by internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal, and a tidal wave of negative press.The Seventies
7.364
Overview:
A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign and domestic terrorism.Today
5.793
Overview:
Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.Acting
2023Miss Me Yet (10 Episodes) as Unknown
2023In the Grip of Gazprom as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022Two Men at War as Self (archive footage)
2022The Lincoln Project (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2022Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL as Self - Vietnam War Veteran (archive footage)
2022Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2021The Problem with Jon Stewart (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2021Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2021Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery as Self (archive Footage)
2020Democracy for $ale as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020First Ladies (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2020American Deep State as Self (archive footage)
2020Hillary (4 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
2020Frontline: America's Great Divide as Self - Senator (archive footage)
2019Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2019The River and the Wall as Self (archive footage)
2019Revealing Ukraine as Unknown
2018Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis as Self (archive footage)
2018The Mayo Clinic as Self
2018Active Measures as Self
2018John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls as Self (archive footage)
2018To the Moon and Back as Self
2018McCain as Himself
2018America's Greatest Threat: Vladimir Putin as Himself
2017Saving Capitalism as Self (archive footage)
2017The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2016Before the Flood as Self (archive footage)
2016Nemtsov as Self
2016The American West (8 Episodes) as Self
2016The Circus (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2015Obama at War as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015The Seventies (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (2 Episodes) as Self
2014Mitt as Self (archive footage)
2013Citizen Koch as Self (archive footage)
2012The House I Live In as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012Killing Them Softly as Self (archive footage)
2012Top Priority: The Terror Within as Self - AZ Senator (archive footage)
2012Finding Your Roots (1 Episode) as Self
2011The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell as Self (archive footage)
2011The Undefeated as Himself - Presidential Candidate Republican Party (archive footage)
2011Reagan as Self (archive footage)
2010The Tillman Story as Self (archive footage)
2010Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Self (archive footage)
2010How to Win the TV Debate as Self (archive footage)
2009The Jay Leno Show (1 Episode) as Self
2009Housequake as Self
2009Parks and Recreation (1 Episode) as Self (uncredited)
2009Right America: Feeling Wronged as Self
2009Barack Obama: The Power of Hope as Self
2009Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson as Self
2008Religulous as Self (archive footage)
2008Fabled Enemies as Self (archive footage)
2007Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater as Self
2007Run Granny Run as Self(archive footage)
2007Ghosts of Abu Ghraib as Self (archive footage)
2006WWE ECW (1 Episode) as Self
2005The Colbert Report (1 Episode) as Self
2005Wedding Crashers as John McCain (uncredited)
2005Why We Fight as Self - Senator (R/AZ)
2004The Tony Danza Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2003Anderson Cooper 360° (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self
2002American Idol (1 Episode) as Self
2002Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief as Self
1999Return with Honor as Himself
1997A Healing as Self
1997The View (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Self (archive footage)
1996The Daily Show (9 Episodes) as Self
1996Fox News Sunday (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993Raw (1 Episode) as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (8 Episodes) as Self
1983Frontline (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
1981This Week (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1975Saturday Night Live (1, 2 Episode) as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
196860 Minutes (2 Episodes) as Self
1954Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1952Today (1 Episode) as Self
1947Meet the Press (1 Episode) as Unknown
Writing
2005Faith of My Fathers ... Book