Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Born: 1954-01-17 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the Kennedy family, he is a son of senator and former U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy began his career as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. In the mid-1980s, he joined two nonprofits focused on environmental protection: Riverkeeper and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). In 1986, he became an adjunct professor of environmental law at Pace University School of Law, and in 1987 he founded Pace's Environmental Litigation Clinic. In 1999, Kennedy founded the nonprofit environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance. He first ran as a Democrat and later started an independent campaign in the 2024 United States presidential election, before withdrawing from the race and endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump. Since 2005, Kennedy has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracy theories, including the chemtrail conspiracy theory, HIV/AIDS denialism, and the scientifically disproved claim of a causal link between vaccines and autism. He has drawn criticism for fueling vaccine hesitancy amid a social climate that gave rise to the deadly measles outbreaks in Samoa and Tonga. Kennedy is the founder and former chairman of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine advocacy group and proponent of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. He has written books including The Riverkeepers (1997), Crimes Against Nature (2004), The Real Anthony Fauci (2021), and A Letter to Liberals (2022).
Filmography
2025
- The Matt Gaetz Show as Self (archive footage)
- The Donald Trump Show as Self (archive footage)
- Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World as Self
- RFK: Legacy as Self
- The Rise of RFK Jr. as Self (archival footage)
2024
- Biohack Yourself: Lifespanning Our Vitality as Self
- The Trust Fall: Julian Assange as Self
- Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty as Self (archive footage)
- The Tucker Carlson Show as Self
- God Bless Bitcoin as Self
- First Do No Pharm as Self
- Trump vs. Kamala: Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
2022
- The Real Anthony Fauci as Self - Environmental Lawyer, Author of 'The Real Anthony Fauci'
- Virulent: The Vaccine War as Self - Attorney
- Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics as Self
- Covidland: The Shot as Self
2021
- JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as Self
- Tucker Carlson Today as Self
- JFK: Destiny Betrayed as Self
- The Anti-Vax Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
- Dis/Informed as Self (archive footage)
- Silenced, As Mercury Rises as Self
- Medical Racism ... (Producer)
2020
- Vaxxed II: The People's Truth as Self
- 1986: The ACT as Self
- Killing John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- A Better Way
2019
- Mandate for Choice as Himself
2018
- The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
2017
2016
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- Good Fortune as Self
- Climate Hustle as Self
2015
- DARK SIDE of the GREENS as Self
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Food Chains
- A Dangerous Game as Self
2013
- JFK: The Private President as Self
2011
- The Last Mountain as Self
2010
- Smash His Camera as Self
2008
- Dominick Dunne: After the Party as Self (archive footage)
- One Water as Self
2006
- Al Franken: God Spoke as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report as Self
- Earth to America as Self
2004
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- The Waterkeepers as Himself
1983
- Frontline as Self (archive)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self