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Tom Brokaw

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 6, 1940 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Webster, South Dakota, USA

Biography

Thomas John Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for twenty two years (1982–2004). Brokaw is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a special correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets

Known For

Acting
2025The Gettysburg AddressSelf
2024Biden's DecisionSelf (archive footage)
2024Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US SovereigntySelf (archive footage)
2024The White House EffectSelf (archive footage)
2023And the King Said, What a Fantastic MachineSelf (archive footage)
2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage)
2022They Volunteered for This: Merrill's MaraudersNarrator
2022Untold: Caitlyn JennerSelf - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
2022Endangered
2022Joe Montana: Cool Under PressureSelf (archive footage)
2021Black Art: In the Absence of LightSelf (archive footage)
2021FiascoSelf (archive footage)
2020Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDRSelf
2020Challenger: The Final FlightSelf (archive footage)
2019Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)
2019We Are ColumbineSelf
2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
2019Cola WarsSelf (archive footage)
2018RBGSelf (archive footage)
2018America's LibrarySelf
2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf
2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf
20181968Self
2018The Front RunnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018The Mayo ClinicSelf
2018ExplainedSelf (archive footage)
2018The 2000s
2017Oscar Arias: Without a Shot FiredSelf
2017Reflections on the Vietnam WarHost
2017The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeSelf
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelf
2017Hamilton: Building America
2017LA 92Self (archive footage)
2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage)
2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
2016Crashing the PartySelf
2016Jackie RobinsonSelf
2015The Making of TrumpSelf (archive footage)
201541 on 41Self
2014Iverson
2014All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateSelf
2014D-Day: Normandy 1944Narrator (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2013All the President's Men RevisitedSelf (uncredited)
2013Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple SquareSelf
2013The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of LeadershipNarrator
2011Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a MockingbirdSelf
2011iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the WorldSelf
20119/11: In Our Own WordsHimself
2010America: The Story of UsHimself
2010America: The Story of UsSelf
2010Buccaneers & BonesNarrator
2009Our Time
2009Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fielTom Brokaw
2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
2008Run for Your LifeHimself
2008KingHost
20071968 with Tom BrokawHimself
2007Star Wars: The Legacy RevealedSelf
2007Everything's CoolSelf (archive footage)
2006This Film Is Not Yet RatedSelf - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006Paul Conrad: Drawing FireNarrator
2006Deep Throat: The Full Story of WatergateSelf
2006NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston StoryHimself
2005Last Best ChanceSelf
2005The Colbert Report
2005The Colbert ReportSelf (uncredited)
2005The Greatest Generation
2004Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismSelf (archive footage)
2004Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)
2004Tanner on TannerSelf
2003Journalists: Killed in the Line of DutyNarrator (voice)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2002The Bush White House: Inside the Real West WingSelf
2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2002Vertical FrontierNarrator
2002Journeys with GeorgeSelf (archive footage)
2001Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attackhimself
2001On Common GroundSelf - Commentator
1999When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldSelf
1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)
1997The ViewSelf
1996Nichols and May: Take TwoSelf
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf
1995SpinSelf (archive footage)
1993Barbarians at the GateSelf
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1992Commercial Entertainment ProductSelf (archive footage)
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
1986Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.Narrator
1986Mount Rushmore: The ShrineNarrator (voice)
1986American MastersSelf
1981Entertainment TonightSelf
1970NBC Nightly NewsSelf
196860 MinutesSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage)
1952TodaySelf
-Off Your DuffSelf
Writing
20071968 with Tom BrokawWriter