James A. Baker(I)

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Countdown to Zero (2010)

A lifelong member of the Republican party, James A. Baker served as Ronald Reagan's White House chief of staff, secretary of the treasury, and secretary of state, as well as George H. W. Bush's White House chief of staff, and in various roles for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Baker also oversaw George W. Bush's legal team in the Florida recount during the 2000 presidential election as his chief legal counsel, served as a consultant to Enron, and served as co-chairman of Congress's Iraq Study Group to examine America's policy on Iraq.

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Known for

The American Ruling Class

6.8

Self - Frm. Secretary of State

2005

Countdown to Zero

6.9

Self

2010

Da Ali G Show

8.0

TV Series

Self(as James Baker)

Reagan

7.3

Self - Reagan Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury

2011

Credits

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Thanks

Reagan
6.2
- special thanks (as James Baker)
- 2024

Self

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
8.6
TV Mini Series
- Self - Secretary of State (as James Baker)
- 2024
America's Burning
5.7
- Self - Reagan Treasury Secretary
- 2024
CTV News Special: Brian Mulroney - A Life Remembered
TV Special
- Self
- 2024
Remembering Brian Mulroney
TV Special
- Self - Eulogy from (credit only)
- 2024
The Corridors of Power
8.0
- Self (as James Baker)
- 2022
The Reagans
6.9
TV Mini Series
- Self - Former White House Chief of Staff
- Self - Ford '76 Campaign Manager
- 2020
Stars and Strife
4.7
- Self
- 2020
Race for the White House
7.7
TV Mini Series
- Self
- 2020
Der schwierige Weg zur deutschen Einheit: Das Ringen um die Zwei-plus-Vier Verhandlungen
7.0
TV Movie
- Self
- 2019
The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg
Podcast Series
- Self - Guest
- 2019
The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
7.2
TV Mini Series
- Self - Secretary of State, 1989-92
- Self - Secretary of State
- Self - Secretary of State, 1989, 92 (as James Baker)
- 2019
60 Minutes
7.4
TV Series
- Self - Former Secretary of State (segment "President George H.W. Bush")
- 2018
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
5.6
TV Series
- Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State
- Self - Guest - Former U.S. Secretary of State
- 1994–2018
Fox News Sunday
3.7
TV Series
- Self - Former U.S. Secretary of State
- 2018
State of the Union with Jake Tapper & Dana Bash
5.6
TV Series
- Self
- 2018

Archive Footage

GDF
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2024
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History
7.8
TV Series
- Self - U.S. Secretary of State (archive footage, as James Baker)
- 2023
The Problem with Jon Stewart
7.3
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2022
Glavnoe s Olgoy Belovoy
2.1
TV Series
- Self - Former US Secretary of State (archive footage)
- 2020
Castro's Revolution vs. The World
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2019
The 2000s
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Self - Chief Strategist, Bush Campaign (archive footage, as James Baker)
- 2018
The Nineties
8.1
TV Mini Series
- Self - Secretary of State (archive footage)
- 2017
Get Me Roger Stone
7.3
- Self - Chief Legal Advisor, Bush
- Self - Cheney 2000 (archive footage)
- 2017
Race for the White House
7.7
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2016
Frontline
8.6
TV Series
- Self - Former Secretary of State (archive footage)
- 2010
30 for 30
8.8
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2010
GPS Fareed Zakaria
7.8
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2009
Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery
Video
- Self - Independent Safety Review Panel (archive footage, as James A. Baker III)
- 2008
Insiders
7.0
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2008
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
7.6
- Self - Secretary of State (archive footage)
- 2008

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Da Ali G Show: Season 1

Personal details

Alternative names
- James A. Baker III
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- April 28, 1930
- Houston, Texas, USA
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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1985-1988 in the second Ronald Reagan administration.

Quotes
[the best advice he'd ever gotten] Don't ever wing it. Make sure that if you do something, you're going to do it right. And that means be prepared.