Tom Brokaw
Known for acting · Born 6 February 1940 · 86 · Webster, South Dakota, USA
110 credits
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
NBC Nightly News
1970
The Daily Show
1996
Iverson
2014
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
2011
D-Day: Normandy 1944
2014
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
America: The Story of Us
2010
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
2017
America: The Story of Us
2010
Acting (108)
2025The Gettysburg AddressSelfFilm
2024The White House EffectSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US SovereigntySelf (archive footage)Film
2024Biden's DecisionSelf (archive footage)Film
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage)Series
2023Bill Russell: LegendSelf - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of BillSeries
2022EndangeredFilm
2022Untold: Caitlyn JennerSelf - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)Film
2022Joe Montana: Cool Under PressureSelf (archive footage)Series
2022They Volunteered for This: Merrill's MaraudersNarratorFilm
2021Black Art: In the Absence of LightSelf (archive footage)Film
2021FiascoSelf (archive footage)Series
2020Challenger: The Final FlightSelf (archive footage) · 2 episodesSeries
2020Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDRSelfFilm
2019We Are ColumbineSelfFilm
2019Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)Film
2019Cola WarsSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelfFilm
2018The Front RunnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2018RBGSelf (archive footage)Film
2018ExplainedSelf (archive footage)Series
2018The 2000sSeries
2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelfFilm
2018The Mayo ClinicSelfFilm
2018America's LibrarySelfFilm
2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelfFilm
20181968SelfFilm
2017LA 92Self (archive footage)Film
2017Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelfFilm
2017The NinetiesSelf (archive footage) · 2 episodesSeries
2017The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeSelfFilm
2017Road to 9/11Self (archive footage)Series
2017Reflections on the Vietnam WarHostFilm
2017Oscar Arias: Without a Shot FiredSelfFilm
2017Hamilton: Building AmericaFilm
2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Jackie RobinsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2016Crashing the PartySelfFilm
2015The Making of TrumpSelf (archive footage)Film
201541 on 41SelfFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
2014IversonFilm
2014D-Day: Normandy 1944Narrator (voice)Film
2014All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateSelfFilm
2013All the President's Men RevisitedSelf (uncredited)Film
2013Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple SquareSelfFilm
2013The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of LeadershipNarratorFilm
2012United in Anger: A History of ACT UPSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2011iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the WorldSelfFilm
2011VitoSelf (archive footage)Film
2011Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a MockingbirdSelfFilm
20119/11: In Our Own WordsHimselfFilm
2010America: The Story of UsHimselfFilm
2010America: The Story of UsSelf · 9 episodesSeries
2010Buccaneers & BonesNarrator · 49 episodesSeries
2010Operation Yellow RibbonSelfFilm
2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
2009Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fielTom BrokawFilm
2009Our TimeFilm
2008Run for Your LifeHimselfFilm
2008KingHostFilm
2007Star Wars: The Legacy RevealedSelfFilm
2007Everything's CoolSelf (archive footage)Film
20071968 with Tom BrokawHimselfFilm
2006This Film Is Not Yet RatedSelf - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2006Paul Conrad: Drawing FireNarratorFilm
2006Deep Throat: The Full Story of WatergateSelfFilm
2006NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston StoryHimselfFilm
2005The Colbert Report, Self (uncredited)Series
2005Last Best ChanceSelfFilm
2005The Greatest Generation · 4 episodesSeries
2004Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismSelf (archive footage)Film
2004Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)Film
2004Tanner on TannerSelfSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
2003Journalists: Killed in the Line of DutyNarrator (voice)Film
2002Journeys with GeorgeSelf (archive footage)Film
2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm
2002Vertical FrontierNarratorFilm
2002The Bush White House: Inside the Real West WingSelfFilm
2001Pearl Harbor: Legacy of AttackhimselfFilm
2001On Common GroundSelf - CommentatorFilm
1999When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldSelfFilm
1997The ViewSelfSeries
1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)Film
1996The Daily ShowSelf · 8 episodesSeries
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelfSeries
1996Nichols and May: Take TwoSelfFilm
1995SpinSelf (archive footage)Film
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf, Self - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 10 episodesSeries
1993Barbarians at the GateSelfFilm
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
1992Commercial Entertainment ProductSelf (archive footage)Film
1989Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)Film
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelfSeries
1986American MastersSelfSeries
1986Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.NarratorFilm
1986Mount Rushmore: The ShrineNarrator (voice)Film
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - GuestSeries
1981Entertainment TonightSelfSeries
1970NBC Nightly NewsSelf · 153 episodesSeries
196860 MinutesSelfSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1952TodaySelfSeries
1947Meet the PressSelfSeries
—Off Your DuffSelfFilm
Creator (1)
2005The Greatest GenerationCreatorSeries
Writing (1)
20071968 with Tom BrokawWriterFilm