George Pataki
Actor
- Born
- June 24, 1945 (age 81) · Peekskill, New York USA
George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously served in the State Legislature from 1985 to 1994, and as the Mayor of Peekskill from 1981 to 1984. Pataki was the third Republican since 1923 to win New York's governorship, after Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller.
Pataki's most notable achievements as governor included the creation of a number of new health care programs, presiding over recovery efforts following the September 11 attacks, and for increasing the state's credit rating three times. He chose not to run for a fourth term in 2006; he was succeeded by Democrat Eliot Spitzer. Pataki and Mary Donohue (his second Lt. Governor) remain the last Republicans to be elected to statewide office in New York, although Republicans Joseph Bruno and Dean Skelos each briefly served as acting Lieutenant Governor in 2008.
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Pataki announced his candidacy for the Republican Party presidential nomination on May 28, 2015. He withdrew from the race shortly before the primaries began on December 29, 2015.
Known for
The Concert for New York City
October 20, 2001
16 Acres
September 23, 2012
...So Goes the Nation
October 4, 2006
In Memoriam: New York City
May 26, 2002
The 9/11 Faker
January 1, 2008
9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero
June 5, 2026
SEPTEMBER
September 2, 2026
In Tania's Head
August 28, 2026
Courting Des Moines
January 15, 2016
Acting9
- 2026SEPTEMBER as Self
- 2026In Tania's Head as Self (archive footage)
- 20269/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero as Self
- 2016Courting Des Moines as Self
- 201216 Acres as Self
- 2008The 9/11 Faker as Self - New York State Governor (archive footage)
- 2006...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
- 2002In Memoriam: New York City as Self
- 2001The Concert for New York City as Self