Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Acting • Born 1954-01-17
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
55 credits
Mandate for Choice
Movie • 2019
Himself
Earth to America
Movie • 2005
Self
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Last Mountain
Movie • 2011
Self
Smash His Camera
Movie • 2010
Self
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 2021
Self
The Waterkeepers
Movie • 2000
Himself
Al Franken: God Spoke
Movie • 2006
Self
Covidland: The Shot
Movie • 2022
Self
Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics
Movie • 2022
Self
Poisoning Paradise
Movie • 2017
A Dangerous Game
Movie • 2014
Self
A Better Way
Movie • 2020
Killing John F. Kennedy
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
Movie • 2024
Self
Virulent: The Vaccine War
Movie • 2022
Self - Attorney
DARK SIDE of the GREENS
Movie • 2015
Self
Dis/Informed
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Silenced, As Mercury Rises
Movie • 2021
Self
God Bless Bitcoin
Movie • 2024
Self
JFK: The Private President
Movie • 2013
Self
Vaxxed II: The People's Truth
Movie • 2020
Self
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
Movie • 2004
Self
Food Chains
Movie • 2014
Good Fortune
Movie • 2016
Self
Climate Hustle
Movie • 2016
Self
1986: The ACT
Movie • 2020
Self
The Anti-Vax Conspiracy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Movie • 2016
Self
The Real Anthony Fauci
Movie • 2022
Self - Environmental Lawyer, Author of 'The Real Anthony Fauci'
Trump vs. Kamala: Race for the White House
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
First Do No Pharm
Movie • 2024
Self
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World
Movie • 2025
Self
Biohack Yourself: Lifespanning Our Vitality
Movie • 2024
Self
RFK: Legacy
Movie • 2025
Self
The Rise of RFK Jr.
Movie • 2025
Self (archival footage)
One Water
Movie • 2008
Self
Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed
Movie
Self
The Vaccine War
Movie • 2010
Self
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV • 2018
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
TV • 2021
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Tucker Carlson Show
TV • 2024
Self
The Donald Trump Show
TV • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Frontline
TV • 1983
Self (archive)
Tucker Carlson Today
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
My View with Lara Trump
TV • 2025
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)