
Fareed Zakaria
Biography
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an American journalist, political scientist, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly paid column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.
Known For

TV
The Daily Show
Self
1996

TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015

TV
The Colbert Report
Self
2005

TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003

TV
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014

TV
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003

TV
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005

TV
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self
2018

TV
CNN Special Report
Self - Host
1980

TV
CNN Special Report
Narrator
1980

TV
Fareed Zakaria GPS
Self - Host
2008

Film
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017

TV
Extraordinary with Fareed Zakaria
Self - Host
2022

Film
Kissinger
Self
2025

Film
INSIDE THE MIND OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
2022
Film
The Naturalized
Self

Film
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
Self
2020
Film
9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York
2005
Film
Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World
Himself
2015

Film
State of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacy
Host
2019
Filmography
2025FilmKissingeras Self2022FilmINSIDE THE MIND OF VLADIMIR PUTIN2022TVExtraordinary with Fareed Zakariaas Self - Host2020FilmViral: Antisemitism in Four Mutationsas Self2019FilmState of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacyas Host2018TVFiring Line with Margaret Hooveras Self2017FilmThe Words That Built Americaas Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence2015TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertas Self2015FilmBlindsided: How ISIS Shook The Worldas Himself2014TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliveras Self2008TVFareed Zakaria GPSas Self - Host2005TVThe Colbert Reportas Self2005Film9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York2005TVThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer2003TVAnderson Cooper 360°2003TVReal Time with Bill Maheras Self1996TVThe Daily Showas Self1980TVCNN Special Reportas Self - Host—FilmThe Naturalizedas Self