Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives in a covert operation ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden's body was buried at sea. Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.
Known for
ActingBirthday
March 10, 1957Deathday
May 2, 2011Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
26Place of birth
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAlso known as
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن, Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin, Usama bin Ladin, أسامة بن لادن, Usama bin Laden, Ussamah bin Ladin, Oussama ben Laden, Abū 'Abdāllāh, al-Amīr, aš-Šaykh, الأمير, الشيخ, Šaykh al-Mujāhid, شيخ المجاهد![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/hzbPwf6XaPul7eI4N2U4t267uqd.jpg)
Cast credits
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Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z03Vm4yCOwnuX4tSNCGeSK0xaHc.jpg)
Being W
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kfOmnlwt1rrhxmxc05X3i9mHSOs.jpg)
Why We Fight
Himself (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/35NwTMqb2JyNjZzLLaM1Iw186tl.jpg)
Blood and Oil
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tBe3AFoj2usO9mSHNNTpp1t33aR.jpg)
The Oath
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The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
Himself (Archive Footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lDRQi9wpzDDLHXa5oUwMTqNUy2n.jpg)
Osama Bin Laden: Up Close and Personal
Osama Bin Laden![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6DDn7c8mlgnKu3RDW91EiveA4y4.jpg)
The Secret KGB Sex Files
Himself (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xPbgP2Ii8SJkxnTWl3QBn7pgEgR.jpg)
Shadow World
Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4nC60nEcIADFVN3DyNcLEtJTkWj.jpg)
This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
Self - Al-Qaeda Leader (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yfK7zxNL63VWfluFuoUaJj5PdNw.jpg)
Snowden
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lsmYA3XniqkQUHWVPpD9uVb8VX2.jpg)
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/coeTvXKAYZlrcIfsCfYV5Hw1npu.jpg)
Zero Dark Thirty
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/j18021qCeRi3yUBtqd2UFj1c0RQ.jpg)
12 Strong
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/tABtj9BwYVDCM69h7AK38MDgw64.jpg)
Sergio
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/x8Y9lKNnroACauSxmVQRkACj2ow.jpg)
Shock and Awe
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lCqSEl9vNRBneqKPKVHDkXoDBYT.jpg)
Meet Me in Wichita
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...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ob5HFn2SsjlMYahGw3p2fvCP1eB.jpg)
Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State
Self - (archive footage)