Dan Rather

Biography

Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Rather spontaneously created the first radar weather report by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people. He reported on some of the most significant events of the modern age, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the war on terror.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Daily Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (45)

• Cover-Up2025 · as Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage)
• Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
• Tiananmen Tonight2025 · as Himself
• The Inquisitor2025 · as Self
• Biden's Decision2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rather2023 · as Self - Journalist
• Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lakota Nation vs. United States2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins2019 · as Self
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation2019 · as Self
• Howard2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lombardi's Redskins2016 · as Narrator
• Harry Benson: Shoot First2016 · as Self
• Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Draft2015 · as Self
• Tab Hunter Confidential2015 · as Self (archive)
• Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State2014 · as Self
• The Assassination of President Kennedy2013 · as Self
• JFK: One PM Central Standard Time2013 · as Self
• Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World2013 · as Self
• Ghosts of Ole Miss2012 · as Himself
• Gloria: In Her Own Words2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• The War You Don't See2010 · as Self
• The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!2010 · as Self
• The Most Dangerous Man in America2009 · as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
• Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House2009 · as Self
• Charlie Wilson's War2007 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed2007 · as Self
• Everything's Cool2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash2007 · as Self - Host
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception2004 · as Self
• Fahrenheit 9/112004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Barbecue: A Texas Love Story2004 · as Self
• Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• JFK: Breaking the News2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• What We Saw2002 · as Himself
• Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz1995 · as Self
• Commercial Entertainment Product1992 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Real Malcolm X1992 · as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
• Powaqqatsi1988 · as (archive footage)
• Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room1985 · as Self

All TV Shows (30)

• Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cuomo2022 · as Self - Guest
• Watergate2018 · as Self
• Explained2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Top Ten Revealed2018 · as Self
• The Nineties2017 · as Self
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• The Seventies2015 · as Self
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson2015 · as Self
• MLB Network Presents2015 · as Self
• The Sixties2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Big Interview With Dan Rather2013 · as Self
• 30 for 302009 · as (archive footage)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Dirty Sexy Money2007
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dan Rather Reports2006 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Show with David Letterman1993
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Charlie Rose1991 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Dan Rather (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• CBS Evening News1961 · as Self - Anchor
• CBS Evening News1961 · as Self - Saturday Anchor
• CBS Evening News1961 · as Self - Weekend Anchor