Carl Milton Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. Bernstein's career since Watergate has continued to focus on the theme of the use and abuse of power via books and magazine articles. He has also done reporting for television and opinion commentary. He is the author or co-author of seven books: All the President's Men, The Final Days, and The Secret Man, with Bob Woodward; His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time, with Marco Politi; Loyalties; A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Chasing History, a memoir of his early years in journalism. Additionally, he is a regular political commentator on CNN. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Bernstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 14, 1944 (82)
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Actor and writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 5 credits in all
Known for
What are Carl Bernstein's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 12 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 4
Steady 9 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 3
Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Ben Bradlee (likely, though not in roster) in Becoming Katharine Graham (2025)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Carl Bernstein's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Carl Bernstein's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Endangered(2022)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
HARDtalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Final Days(1989)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
All the President's Men(1976)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
THX 1138(1971)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 5 titles from 1971 to 2022.
How do Carl Bernstein's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 4; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Carl Bernstein work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carl Bernstein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bob Woodward shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Matthew MieleShared titles: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Miele
- John ScheinfeldShared titles: Dick Cavett's Watergate (2014), The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)See all 2 shared titles with John Scheinfeld
Writers
- Bob WoodwardShared titles: Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (2022), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), Dick Cavett's Watergate (2014), All the President's Men Revisited (2013), Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), The Final Days (1989), All the President's Men (1976)See all 7 shared titles with Bob Woodward
Actors
- Robert RedfordShared titles: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), All the President's Men Revisited (2013), Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), All the President's Men (1976)See all 5 shared titles with Robert Redford
- Dustin HoffmanShared titles: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), All the President's Men Revisited (2013), All the President's Men (1976)See all 3 shared titles with Dustin Hoffman
- Tom BrokawShared titles: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017), All the President's Men Revisited (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Tom Brokaw
- Hal HolbrookShared titles: Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006), All the President's Men (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Hal Holbrook
Editors
- Peter S. Lynch IIShared titles: Dick Cavett's Watergate (2014), The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Peter S. Lynch II
Producers
- George KunhardtShared titles: Becoming Katharine Graham (2025), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)See all 2 shared titles with George Kunhardt
- Jill CowanShared titles: Becoming Katharine Graham (2025), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jill Cowan
- Peter W. KunhardtShared titles: Becoming Katharine Graham (2025), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Peter W. Kunhardt
- Teddy KunhardtShared titles: Becoming Katharine Graham (2025), The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Teddy Kunhardt
