Tom Brokaw

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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

The View

The Colbert Report

All Movies (73)

• The Gettysburg Address2025 · as Self
• Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The White House Effect2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Biden's Decision2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Untold: Caitlyn Jenner2022 · as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
• Endangered2022
• They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders2022 · as Narrator
• Black Art: In the Absence of Light2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR2020 · as Self
• Alan Pakula: Going for Truth2019 · as Self
• Cola Wars2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as (archive footage)
• We Are Columbine2019 · as Self
• America's Library2018 · as Self
• Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists2018 · as Self
• The Front Runner2018 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Mayo Clinic2018 · as Self
• RBG2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media2018 · as Self
• 19682018 · as Self
• The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee2017 · as Self
• Reflections on the Vietnam War2017 · as Host
• Hamilton: Building America2017
• Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold2017 · as Self
• Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired2017 · as Self
• LA 922017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Crashing the Party2016 · as Self
• Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of Trump2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• 41 on 412015 · as Self
• All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State2014 · as Self
• Iverson2014
• D-Day: Normandy 19442014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square2013 · as Self
• All the President's Men Revisited2013 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership2013 · as Narrator
• iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World2011 · as Self
• Vito2011 · as Self (archive)
• 9/11: In Our Own Words2011 · as Himself
• Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird2011 · as Self
• America: The Story of Us2010 · as Himself
• Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel2009 · as Tom Brokaw
• Our Time2009
• Run for Your Life2008 · as Himself
• King2008 · as Host
• 1968 with Tom Brokaw2007 · as Himself
• Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed2007 · as Self
• Everything's Cool2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire2006 · as Narrator
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006 · as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate2006 · as Self
• NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story2006 · as Himself
• Last Best Chance2005 · as Self
• Celsius 41.112004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Vertical Frontier2002 · as Narrator
• NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002 · as Self
• Journeys with George2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing2002 · as Self
• Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack2001 · as himself
• On Common Ground2001 · as Self - Commentator
• When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World1999 · as Self
• Frank Capra's American Dream1997 · as Self (voice)
• Nichols and May: Take Two1996 · as Self
• Spin1995 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbarians at the Gate1993 · as Self
• Commercial Entertainment Product1992 · as Self (archive footage)
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt1989 · as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
• Mount Rushmore: The Shrine1986 · as Narrator (voice)
• Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.1986 · as Narrator
• Off Your Duff— · as Self

All TV Shows (35)

• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bill Russell: Legend2023 · as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
• Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fiasco2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Challenger: The Final Flight2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The 2000s2018
• Explained2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Nineties2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jackie Robinson2016 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Buccaneers & Bones2010 · as Narrator
• America: The Story of Us2010 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien2009 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Greatest Generation2005
• Tanner on Tanner2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• NBC Nightly News1970 · as Self
• 60 Minutes1968 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self (archive footage)
• Today1952 · as Self