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Pete Hegseth
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn June 6, 1980 (45 years)
Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense.
Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth worked for several organizations after leaving Iraq, including as an executive director at Vets For Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. He became a contributor to Fox News in 2014. Hegseth served as an advisor to President Donald Trump after supporting his campaign in 2016. From 2017 to 2024, Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend. He has written several books, including American Crusade (2020) and The War on Warriors (2024).
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense. In a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing days before Trump's second inauguration, Hegseth faced allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement, and excessive drinking. Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate that month, with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote. It was only the second time in US history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by a vice president, following Betsy DeVos during the first Trump administration in 2017. Hegseth is the second-youngest secretary of defense after Donald Rumsfeld, who first occupied the position in the Ford administration.
Hegseth has drawn criticism during his tenure as Secretary of Defense for a variety of actions such as: the fallout from a leaked government group chat on Signal, alleged war crimes related to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, promoting Christianity inside the military, using unmarked military planes for boat strikes, and the use of force and the rules of engagement in the 2026 Iran war.
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Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth worked for several organizations after leaving Iraq, including as an executive director at Vets For Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. He became a contributor to Fox News in 2014. Hegseth served as an advisor to President Donald Trump after supporting his campaign in 2016. From 2017 to 2024, Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend. He has written several books, including American Crusade (2020) and The War on Warriors (2024).
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense. In a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing days before Trump's second inauguration, Hegseth faced allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement, and excessive drinking. Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate that month, with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote. It was only the second time in US history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by a vice president, following Betsy DeVos during the first Trump administration in 2017. Hegseth is the second-youngest secretary of defense after Donald Rumsfeld, who first occupied the position in the Ford administration.
Hegseth has drawn criticism during his tenure as Secretary of Defense for a variety of actions such as: the fallout from a leaked government group chat on Signal, alleged war crimes related to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, promoting Christianity inside the military, using unmarked military planes for boat strikes, and the use of force and the rules of engagement in the 2026 Iran war.
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Filmography
| 2025 | My View with Lara Trump (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2024 | Cancel Culture Dictionary · as Self |
| 2024 | TheWeeknight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | The Big Weekend Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 2022 | The Great Christmas Showdown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | One Nation (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2022 | Jesse Watters Primetime (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 2021 | Takeaways with Kirk Cameron (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Fox News Channel: 25 Years · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2021 | American Built (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Unfiltered with Dan Bongino (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2021 | Gutfeld! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The Faulkner Focus (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Fox News Primetime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | America Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | MS NOW Reports Jacob Soboroff Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Afternoon Briefing (TV Series) · as Self - Us Secretary Of Defence |
| 2018 | Trump @War · as Self |
| 2018 | Life, Liberty & Levin (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2017 | The Ingraham Angle (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 2017 | The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2017 | The Fox News Specialists (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Co-Host |
| 2016 | The Tucker Carlson Show (TV Series) · as Self - 'fox & Friends' Weekend Cohost |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Jesse Watters Primetime (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox And Friends Weekend |
| 2015 | Gutfeld! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Kennedy Show (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2014 | Outnumbered (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Opening Bell w/ Maria Bartiromo (now Mornings with Maria Bartiromo) (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Fox News Contributor |
| 2013 | The Kelly File (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Planet America (TV Series) · as Self - Us Secretary Of Defence |
| 2011 | The Five (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Co-Host |
| 2011 | Justice w/Judge Jeanine (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2010 | PragerU (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Varney & Company (TV Series) · as Self - Fox News Contributor |
| 2009 | Hannity (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host, Fox & Friends Weekend |
| 2008 | Huckabee (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Panelist |
| 2006 | Al Jazeera Documentaries (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Defense Secretary |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Insiders (TV Series) · as Self - Us Secretary Of Defence |
| 1998 | Fox Files (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | No Spin News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Secretary Of Defense |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Vremya (TV Series) · as Self - Pentagon Chief |
| 1957 | The Times in Pictures (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Tagesschau (TV Series) · as Self |