Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for The New York Times. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He is host of the Emmy Award­–nominated RT America show On Contact. Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has taught college credit courses through Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system since 2013.

Filmography

• 2026Resistance101: Forging a New Movement for Palestine in Italy — Director
• 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone — Self - Former Correspondent, The New York Times
• Days of Revolt — Himself - Host, Executive Producer, Creator

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2025The Six Billion Dollar Man — Self
• 2024The Trust Fall: Julian Assange — Self
• 2020J.E.S.U.S.A. — Self
• 2020The Invisible Class — Self
• 2020The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel — Self
• 2018Generation Wealth — Self
• 2018Propaganda: Engineering Consent — Self - Journalist
• 2018The Corporate Coup D'État — Self - Journalist
• 2017American Psychosis — Self
• 2016Shadow World — Self - Journalist
• 2015Poverty, Inc. — Self
• The Empire Files — Self
• 2013Fall and Winter — Self
• 2013Occupy: The Movie — Self
• 2012Shadows of Liberty — Self
• 2011Capitalism Is the Crisis — Self
• 2011The Big Fix — Self
• 2011Under Fire: Journalists in Combat — Self
• 2008Silhouette City — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• Reporting America at War — Self