
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
April 8, 1937 (age 88)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Sy Hersh
Seymour M. Hersh
Seymour Hersh
Biography
Seymour Myron Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
Known For

TV
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968

TV
Wormwood
Self (archive footage)
2017

TV
Wormwood
Self - Investigative Journalist
2017

Film
Cover-Up
Self - Investigative Journalist
2025

Film
Shadow World
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2016

Film
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Self
2002

Film
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
Self - Journalist
2013

Film
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Self
2011

Film
Buying the Bomb
Self
1985
Filmography
2025FilmCover-Upas Self - Investigative Journalist2017TVWormwoodas Self (archive footage)2016FilmShadow Worldas Self - Journalist (archive footage)2013FilmWar on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security Stateas Self - Journalist2011FilmThe Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colbyas Self2002FilmThe Trials of Henry Kissingeras Self1985FilmBuying the Bombas Self1968TVThe Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest