John McCain: movies and TV shows
John McCain has 89 credits in the archive: 50 films and 39 TV series, from 1947 to 2023. Highest rated: Face The Nation (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2023 · busiest year: 2018 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | In the Grip of Gazprom | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.3 | 86 |
| 2022 | Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.6 | 85 |
| 2022 | The Lincoln Project | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.0 | 85 |
| 2022 | Two Men at War | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 85 |
| 2022 | Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL | Self - Vietnam War Veteran (archive footage) | Film | — | 85 |
| 2021 | Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.2 | 84 |
| 2021 | Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 2020 | First Ladies | Self (archive footage) | TV | 5.3 | 83 |
| 2020 | Hillary | Self (archive footage) | TV | 5.9 | 83 |
| 2020 | America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump | Self - Senator (archive footage) | TV | — | 83 |
| 2020 | American Deep State | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 83 |
| 2020 | Democracy for $ale | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 83 |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2019 | Revealing Ukraine | Film | 4.4 | 82 | |
| 2019 | The River and the Wall | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 82 |
| 2018 | Watergate | Self | TV | 10.0 | 81 |
| 2018 | The Mayo Clinic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2018 | John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2018 | Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 81 |
| 2018 | Active Measures | Self | Film | 7.3 | 81 |
| 2018 | McCain | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 81 |
| 2018 | America's Greatest Threat: Vladimir Putin | Himself | Film | — | 81 |
| 2018 | To the Moon and Back | Self | Film | 5.2 | 81 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: The Constitution | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2017 | Saving Capitalism | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2017 | He Did Go All the Way: A Chris Berman Tribute | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2016 | The Circus | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2016 | The American West | Self | TV | 6.7 | 79 |
| 2016 | Before the Flood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 79 |
| 2016 | Nemtsov | Self | Film | 10.0 | 79 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2015 | The Seventies | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.4 | 78 |
| 2015 | Obama at War | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 77 |
| 2014 | Mitt | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 2013 | Citizen Koch | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 76 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2012 | Killing Them Softly | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | The House I Live In | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2012 | Top Priority: The Terror Within | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2011 | The Undefeated | Himself - Presidential Candidate Republican Party (archive footage) | Film | 2.7 | 74 |
| 2011 | Reagan | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 2011 | Sarah Palin: You Betcha! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2011 | The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 74 |
| 2011 | Fear of a Black Republican | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2010 | How to Win the TV Debate | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | John McCain (uncredited) | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self | TV | 3.3 | 72 |
| 2009 | Housequake | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2009 | Right America: Feeling Wronged | Self | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2009 | Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2009 | Barack Obama: The Power of Hope | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2008 | Religulous | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2008 | The Choice 2008 | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2008 | Fabled Enemies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2007 | Ghosts of Abu Ghraib | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2007 | Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater | Self | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2007 | Run Granny Run | Self(archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | WWE ECW | Self | TV | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self - Guest | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | John McCain (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2005 | Faith of My Fathers | Film | 6.2 | 68 | |
| 2005 | Why We Fight | Self - Senator (R/AZ) | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 66 |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° | Self | TV | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2002 | American Idol | Self | TV | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2002 | Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief | Self | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1999 | Return with Honor | Himself | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1997 | A Healing | Self | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday | TV | 3.8 | 59 | |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday | Self - Guest | TV | 3.8 | 59 |
| 1993 | Raw | Self | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1983 | Frontline | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1981 | This Week | TV | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1954 | Face The Nation | TV | 8.5 | 17 | |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 15 |
| 1947 | Meet the Press | Self | TV | 4.6 | 10 |