The
White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the
Executive Office of the President of the United StatesThe Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP is headed by the White House Chief of Staff, currently Rahm Emanuel.-History:In 1939, during Franklin D...
and a senior aide to the
PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition...
. The office-holder has been dubbed "The Second-Most Powerful Man in
WashingtonWashington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
" due to the nature of the job.
The current White House Chief of Staff is
Rahm EmanuelRahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician currently serving as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama...
, serving in this position since January 20, 2009, when
PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition...
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
was inaugurated.
The duties of the White House Chief of Staff vary greatly from one administration to another.
The
White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the
Executive Office of the President of the United StatesThe Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP is headed by the White House Chief of Staff, currently Rahm Emanuel.-History:In 1939, during Franklin D...
and a senior aide to the
PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition...
. The office-holder has been dubbed "The Second-Most Powerful Man in
WashingtonWashington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...
" due to the nature of the job.
The current White House Chief of Staff is
Rahm EmanuelRahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician currently serving as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama...
, serving in this position since January 20, 2009, when
PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition...
Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii...
was inaugurated.
History
The duties of the White House Chief of Staff vary greatly from one administration to another. However, the Chief of Staff has been responsible for overseeing the actions of the White House staff, managing the president's schedule, and deciding who is allowed to meet with the president. Because of these duties, the Chief of Staff has at various times been labeled "The Gatekeeper" and "The Co-President".
Originally, the duties now performed by the Chief of Staff belonged to the President's private secretary and was fulfilled by crucial confidants and advisers like
George B. CortelyouGeorge Bruce Cortelyou was an American Presidential Cabinet secretary of the early 20th century.-Early life:...
, Joseph Tumulty, and
Louis McHenry HoweLouis McHenry Howe was an intimate friend and close political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He, along with Eleanor Roosevelt and Margurite "Missy" LeHand, was one of the few close associates who supported FDR throughout the most difficult stages of his personal and political...
. . This person served as the President's chief aide in a role that combined personal and professional assignments of highly delicate and demanding natures, requiring great skill and discretion . The job of gatekeeper and overseeing the President's schedule was separately delegated to the Appointments Secretary, as with FDR's aide Edwin "Pa" Watson.
From 1933 to 1939, as he greatly expanded the scope of the federal government's policies and powers in response to the Great Depression, Roosevelt relied on his "
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" of top advisers. Although working directly for the President, they were often appointed to vacant positions in agencies and departments, from whence they drew their salaries since the White House lacked statutory or budgetary authority to create new staff positions. It wasn't until 1939, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term in office, that the foundations of the modern White House staff were created using a formal structure. Roosevelt was able to get Congress to approve the creation of the Executive Office of the President reporting directly to the President which included the
White House OfficeThe White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The White House Office is headed by the White House Chief of Staff, currently Rahm Emanuel, who is also the head of the Executive Office...
.
In 1946, in response to the rapid growth of the U.S. government's executive branch, the position of Assistant to the President of the United States was established. Charged with the affairs of the White House it was the immediate predecessor to the modern Chief of Staff. It was in 1961, under
RepublicanThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. In the U.S...
President Eisenhower, that the president's pre-eminent assistant was designated the
White House Chief of StaffThe White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President...
.
Assistant to the President became a rank generally shared by the Chief of Staff with such senior aides as Deputy Chiefs of Staff, the
White House CounselThe White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States.-Role:The Counsel's role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House...
, the
White House Press SecretaryThe White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration. Since January 20, 2009, Robert Gibbs is the Press Secretary to U.S...
, and others. This new system didn't catch on straight away.
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Kennedy and Johnson still relied on their Appointments Secretaries instead and it was not until the Nixon administration that the Chief of staff become a permanent fixture in the white house.
The average term-of-service for a White House Chief of Staff is a little under 2.5 years.
John R. SteelmanJohn Roy Steelman was the first Assistant to the President of the United States, serving President Harry S. Truman from 1946 to 1953. The office later became the White House Chief of Staff....
, under
Harry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice-president and the 34th Vice President of the United States, he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
, was the last Chief of Staff to serve for an entire presidential administration. Steelman also holds the record for longest-serving Chief of Staff (6 years).
Andrew CardAndrew Hill "Andy" Card Jr. is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W....
and
Sherman AdamsLlewelyn Sherman Adams was an American politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of a relatively short political career that also included a stint as Governor of New Hampshire...
tie for second-longest (5 years each).
Most White House Chiefs of Staff are former politicians, and many continue their political careers in other senior roles.
Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
's Chief of Staff
Alexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 Haig served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the number-two...
became
Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence. The current Secretary of...
under
Ronald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...
.
Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
's Chief of Staff
Dick CheneyRichard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the administration of George W. Bush....
became a U.S. Representative for Wyoming,
Secretary of DefenseThe United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the U.S. Department of Defense , concerned with the armed services and military matters. This position roughly corresponds to Minister of defense in other countries...
under
George H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st President of the United States . He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence....
and
vice presidentThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a four-year term...
under
George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
(in which capacity Cheney served as
Acting PresidentAn Acting President is a person who temporarily fills the role of an organization's or country's president, either when the real president is unavailable or when the post is vacant .-See also:*Acting *Acting President of Pakistan*Acting President of Malta*Acting President of...
on two occasions under the provisions of the 25th Amendment, when Bush was briefly incapacitated during medical procedures).
Donald RumsfeldDonald Henry Rumsfeld is a United States businessman, politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006...
was another Chief of Staff for the Ford administration and subsequently served as Secretary of Defense in the Ford administration and decades later in the George W. Bush administration.
Role
The roles of the Chief of Staff are both managerial and advisory and can include the following
- Select key White House staff and supervise them
- Structure the White House staff system
- Control the flow of people into the Oval Office
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- Manage the flow of information
- Protect the interests of the President
- Negotiate with Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election....
, other members of the executive branch, and extragovernmental political groups to implement the President's agenda
It is possible that a powerful Chief of Staff with a "hands-off" president (who decides not to become involved in the minutiae of government), can become a
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Prime MinisterThere is no Prime Minister of the United States, but the term "Prime Minister" has sometimes been applied, either as a pejorative term, a bon mot, or through ignorance, to an official within the government of the United States. In the US, the Speaker of the House holds an equivalent office to a...
. Such prime ministers exist in some governmental systems, such as
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's and
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
's: The prime minister runs the government (operations-wise), while the president remains somewhat aloof from the political process, but personally handling policy matters.
Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States ....
's first Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, garnered a reputation in Washington for the iron hand he wielded in the position — famously referring to himself as "the President's son-of-a-bitch," he was a rigid gatekeeper who would frequently meet with administration officials in place of the President, then report himself to Nixon on the officials' talking points. Journalist
Bob WoodwardRobert Upshur "Bob" Woodward is regarded as one of America's preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter, and is currently an associate editor of the Post...
, in his books
All the President's Men and
The Secret Man, wrote that many of his sources, including the infamous Deep Throat, displayed a genuine fear of Haldeman.
By contrast,
Andrew CardAndrew Hill "Andy" Card Jr. is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W....
, President
George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....
's first Chief of Staff, was not regarded as being as powerful. Some have speculated that this was due to Card being "overshadowed" by the influence of
Karl RoveKarl Christian Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to former President George W. Bush until his resignation on August 31, 2007. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives...
, the Senior Adviser and Deputy Chief of Staff who was "the architect" of Bush's political rise.
Deputy
The Chief of Staff is assisted by one or more Deputy Chiefs of Staff. Under the Obama Administration, these roles are filled by
Jim MessinaJim Messina is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for president Barack Obama. Prior to taking up that post he was Director of Personnel for the transition team.-Career:...
and
Mona SutphenMona K. Sutphen is an American civil service worker and author. She serves as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration..-Biography:...
. During the George W. Bush Administration,
Joel KaplanJoel Kaplan was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for U.S. President George W. Bush. The other Deputy Chief was Blake Gottesman, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations...
held this title for Policy.
Karl RoveKarl Christian Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to former President George W. Bush until his resignation on August 31, 2007. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives...
preceded Kaplan in this role until April 19, 2006 when (then-new) Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten added his former Deputy Director of the OMB to the Deputies list. Rove left the White House officially on August 31, 2007.
Joe HaginJoseph Whitehouse Hagin II served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush from 2001 until the week of July 20, 2008. In September 2008, he was named CEO of Jet Support Services Inc....
is the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.
Fictional portrayal
- The FOX
The Fox Broadcasting Company , commonly referred to as Fox , is an American television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, from 2004 to 2009 Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic...
drama 2424 is an American serial action/drama television series. Broadcast by Fox in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes...
has portrayed the following White House Chiefs of Staff:
- Jude Ciccolella
Richard Jude Ciccolella , better known as Jude Ciccolella, is an American character actor.Ciccolella graduated from Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre...
as Mike NovickMike Novick is a fictional character played by Jude Ciccolella as part of the television series, 24. He has appeared more than any other recurring character, having appeared in 58 episodes over 4 seasons, and has been given a promotional photo with the same background as the starring cast members,...
, assisting President David PalmerDavid Palmer, J.D. was a fictional President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series, 24. Palmer served as the show's second-most prominent protagonist, after Jack Bauer. Throughout the series, Palmer's ex-wife Sherry and brother Wayne are both key figures...
and later President Charles LoganCharles Logan is a fictional character played by Gregory Itzin in the television series 24. During the show's fourth season, Logan is the American Vice President who is sworn into office as Acting President after President John Keeler is critically injured in a terrorist attack.Itzin was nominated...
.
- D.B. Woodside as Wayne Palmer
Wayne Palmer is a fictional President of the United States on the television series 24. He is played by D. B. Woodside.-Characterization:...
, also assisting President David PalmerDavid Palmer, J.D. was a fictional President of the United States played by Dennis Haysbert as part of the television series, 24. Palmer served as the show's second-most prominent protagonist, after Jack Bauer. Throughout the series, Palmer's ex-wife Sherry and brother Wayne are both key figures...
(his brother).
- John Allen Nelson
John Allen Nelson is an American actor.- Early life :John Allen Nelson was born in San Antonio, Texas. He spent his first three years in Germany with his three siblings, David, Nancy and Diana where his father was stationed as a doctor for the U.S...
as Walt Cummings, also assisting Logan until his arrest for treason.
- Peter MacNicol
Peter C. MacNicol is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of the eccentric and abnormal John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama Ally Mcbeal, as Tom Lennox in the sixth season of the Fox show 24, and as Alan Birch in Chicago Hope. He is currently starring in the CBS crime drama NUMB3RS as...
as Tom Lennox, assisting the aforementioned Wayne Palmer after his election to the Presidency.
- Bob Gunton
Robert Patrick "Bob" Gunton, Jr. is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known role as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film The Shawshank Redemption.-Early life:...
as Ethan Kanin, assisting President Allison Taylor.
- Sprague Grayden
Sprague Grayden is an American television, film and theater actress born in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. An alumna of Manchester-Essex Regional High School and Barnard College, Columbia University, she appeared in the US television drama Jericho, playing schoolteacher Heather...
as Olivia TaylorOlivia Taylor, played by Sprague Grayden, is a fictional character from the seventh season of the FOX television series 24. She is the daughter of President Allison Taylor and First Gentleman Henry Taylor.-Background:...
, also assisting President Taylor, her mother, as an acting White House Chief of Staff.
- Actor John Spencer
John Spencer was an American television actor best known for his role as Leo McGarry, the White House Chief of Staff on the NBC political drama The West Wing.-Early life:...
played this role for 5 seasons as Democrat Leo McGarryLeo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
on the NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
drama The West WingThe West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
. Character C.J. Cregg (Allison JanneyAllison Brooks Janney is an American actress, best known for her role as C. J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.- Personal life :...
) later served in the role after Leo McGarryLeo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
suffered a heart attack. Later, John Spencer himself suffered a fatal heart attack, which was dealt with in the show by having McGarry have a second heart attack on election night. Television critics and political analysts alike have praised Spencer's performance as Chief of Staff to President Josiah BartletJosiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character on the television serial drama The West Wing played by Martin Sheen. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
as an accurate portrayal of the challenging position. Bradley WhitfordBradley Whitford is an American actor best known for his role as Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing.-Career:...
, who portrayed character Josh Lyman, Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bartlet and later Chief of Staff to President Matthew SantosMatthew Vincente "Matt" Santos is a fictional character on the American television show The West Wing, played by Jimmy Smits. His initial appearance is as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas...
on The West WingThe West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
, also played a fictional White House Chief of Staff in the movie My Fellow AmericansMy Fellow Americans is a 1996 comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents. Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Yagher also appear in supporting performances...
.
- Actor Harry J. Lennix
Harry Joseph Lennix is an American actor. He currently stars on the FOX show Dollhouse.-Early life:Lennix, youngest of four siblings, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lillian Cleo, a laundress, and Harry Lennix, a machinist. Lennix's father was a Creole from Louisiana...
played Chief of Staff Jim GardnerJim Gardner, played by Harry J. Lennix, is the fictional White House Chief of Staff on the political television drama Commander in Chief. Gardner is the Chief of Staff of Independent President Mackenzie Allen. He previously served in the same capacity under Allen's predecessor, Republican Teddy...
on the ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...
drama Commander in ChiefCommander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascended to the role after the previous chief executive, Teddy Bridges , died in office from a sudden cerebral...
.
- Actor Martin Sheen
Ramón Estévez, better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an actor best known for his performances as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and President Josiah Bartlet on the television series The West Wing...
played Chief of Staff A.J. MacInerney in the 1995 film The American PresidentThe American President is a 1995 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. It stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Richard Dreyfuss and Michael J. Fox...
before portraying President Josiah BartletJosiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character on the television serial drama The West Wing played by Martin Sheen. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
on The West WingThe West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
.
- Actor Frank Langella
Frank A. Langella Jr. is an American stage and film actor. His Tonys include two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Edward Albee's Seascape , and Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool , and for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon...
played Chief of Staff Bob Alexander in the 1993 film DaveDave is a 1993 comedy-drama movie written by Gary Ross, directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, and Laura Linney. Ross was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay which is based on Anthony Hope's novel...
.
- Actor and future U.S. Senator from Tennessee Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson , is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, and radio host. He represented Tennessee as a Republican in the U.S...
as White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent in the 1993 film In the Line of FireIn the Line of Fire is a 1993 Academy Award-nominated thriller film about a psychopath who attempts to assassinate the President of the United States and the Secret Service agent who tracks him...
- The 2001–2006 books by Joel C. Rosenberg
For other uses of the person with the same name, see Joel RosenbergJoel C. Rosenberg is an American communications strategist, author of the Last Jihad series, and founder of The Joshua Fund...
portray main character Bob Corsetti as the White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
Chief of Staff.
- Actor Tony Goldwyn
Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost, Kendall Dobbs in Designing Women and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated Tarzan and Kingdom Hearts.-Personal life:Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the...
played Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal in the 1993 film The Pelican BriefThe Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal crime thriller film based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham.-Plot:Two Supreme Court...
- Actor Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle is an American television and film actor. He is currently a regular cast member of the hit forensic television drama CSI where he plays Captain Jim Brass.-Early life:...
played Chief of Staff Lloyd "Shep" Shepard in the 1997 film Air Force OneAir Force One is a 1997 action thriller film, written by Andrew W. Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, director of In the Line of Fire. It stars Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, and also features Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, and William H...
.
- Actor John Barron
John Barron may refer to:* John Barron , English actor, best known for The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* John Barron , American journalist who exposed Communist activities* John Barron , Irish sportsman...
played Chief of Staff 'Deacon' in the 1982 TV series Whoops ApocalypseWhoops Apocalypse was originally a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV...
.
- Actor Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott is an American actor. In films, he is often characterized by his rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache and distinctively gruff speaking voice.-Early life:...
played Chief of Staff Kermit Newman in the 2000 film The ContenderThe Contender is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a U.S...