Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an Americanenvironmentalactivistand former politician who served as the 45thVice President of the United Statesfrom 1993 to 2001 under PresidentBill Clinton. He is an author, businessperson, former U.S. Senatorand former journalist. Gore also starred in the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which won an Academy Awardin 2007 and wrote the book An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, which won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Albumin February 2009.[2]