Tom Brokaw

Acting•Born February 6, 1940 (age 86)•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

Filmography

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Self

Movie

2024

Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2024

The White House Effect

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2024

Biden's Decision

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2023

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2023

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Bill Russell: Legend

as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill

2022

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)

Movie

2022

Endangered

Movie

2022

They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders

as Narrator

Movie

2022

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Fiasco

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2020

Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR

as Self

Movie

2020

Challenger: The Final Flight

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

as Self

Movie

2019

Cola Wars

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

Movie

2019

We Are Columbine

as Self

Movie

2018

America's Library

as Self

Movie

2018

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

as Self

Movie

2018

The Front Runner

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

2018

The Mayo Clinic

as Self

Movie

2018

The 2000s

2018

Explained

as Self (archive footage)

2018

RBG

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2018

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

as Self

Movie

2018

1968

as Self

Movie

2017

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

as Self

Movie

2017

Reflections on the Vietnam War

as Host

Movie

2017

Hamilton: Building America

Movie

2017

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

as Self

Movie

2017

The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired

as Self

Movie

2017

LA 92

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2016

Crashing the Party

as Self

Movie

2016

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2016

Jackie Robinson

as Self

2015

The Making of Trump

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2015

41 on 41

as Self

Movie

2014

All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State

as Self

Movie

2014

Iverson

Movie

2014

D-Day: Normandy 1944

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2013

Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square

as Self

Movie

2013

All the President's Men Revisited

as Self (uncredited)

Movie

2013

The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership

as Narrator

Movie

2011

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

as Self

Movie

2011

Vito

as Self (archive)

Movie

2011

9/11: In Our Own Words

as Himself

Movie

2011

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird

as Self

Movie

2010

Buccaneers & Bones

as Narrator

2010

America: The Story of Us

as Himself

Movie

2010

America: The Story of Us

as Self

2009

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

as Tom Brokaw

Movie

2009

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

2009

Our Time

Movie

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2008

Run for Your Life

as Himself

Movie

2008

King

as Host

Movie

2007

1968 with Tom Brokaw

as Himself

Movie

2007

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed

as Self

Movie

2007

Everything's Cool

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2006

Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire

as Narrator

Movie

2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

2006

Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate

as Self

Movie

2006

NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story

as Himself

Movie

2005

The Colbert Report

2005

The Colbert Report

as Self (uncredited)

2005

Last Best Chance

as Self

Movie

2005

The Greatest Generation

2004

Celsius 41.11

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2004

Tanner on Tanner

as Self

2004

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2003

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

2002

Vertical Frontier

as Narrator

Movie

2002

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self

Movie

2002

Journeys with George

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2002

The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing

as Self

Movie

2001

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack

as himself

Movie

2001

On Common Ground

as Self - Commentator

Movie

1999

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

as Self

Movie

1997

The View

as Self

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (voice)

Movie

1996

The Daily Show

as Self

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

1996

Nichols and May: Take Two

as Self

Movie

1995

Spin

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

1993

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self

1993

Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1993

Barbarians at the Gate

as Self

Movie

1992

Commercial Entertainment Product

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Movie

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

1986

Mount Rushmore: The Shrine

as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1986

American Masters

as Self

1986

Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.

as Narrator

Movie

1982

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

1981

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

1970

NBC Nightly News

as Self

1968

60 Minutes

as Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self (archive footage)

1952

Today

as Self

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Off Your Duff

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayFebruary 6, 1940

Place of BirthWebster, South Dakota, USA

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