Douglas Brinkley

Biography

Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.

Known For

The Colbert Report

CBS News Sunday Morning

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

The Nineties

Henry Ford

Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker

Public Trust

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

All Movies (13)

• Rather2023 · as Self - Historian & Author
• Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty2022 · as Self
• Fandango at the Wall2020 · as Self
• Public Trust2020 · as Self - Professor of History at Rice University
• The Obama Years: The Power of Words2017 · as Self - Presidential Historian
• Reagan: From Movie Star to President2016 · as Himself
• Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker2013 · as Self
• Henry Ford2013 · as Himself
• Race2010 · as Himself
• Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House2010 · as Self
• Soul of a People: Writing America's Story2009 · as Self
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry2004 · as Self

All TV Shows (4)

• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018
• The Nineties2017
• The Colbert Report2005
• CBS News Sunday Morning1979 · as Self