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Tom Brokaw

Acting • 1940-02-06 • Webster, South Dakota, USA

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

Iverson

Iverson

2014

Endangered

Endangered

2022

Hamilton: Building America

Hamilton: Building America

2017

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

2009

Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

The Greatest Generation

The Greatest Generation

2005

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Filmography

2025
The Gettysburg AddressFilm
Self
2024
The White House EffectFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2024
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US SovereigntyFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 1.0
2024
Biden's DecisionFilm
Self (archive footage)
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2023
Bill Russell: LegendTV
Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2022
EndangeredFilm
★ 6.4
2022
Untold: Caitlyn JennerFilm
Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
★ 6.8
2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under PressureTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 8.6
2022
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's MaraudersFilm
Narrator
2021
Black Art: In the Absence of LightFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
2021
FiascoTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
2020
Challenger: The Final FlightTV
Self (archive footage) • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
2020
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDRFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2019
Cola WarsFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
2019
We Are ColumbineFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2019
Mike Wallace Is HereFilm
(archive footage)
★ 6.5
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2018
The Front RunnerFilm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.9
2018
RBGFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
2018
ExplainedTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2018
The 2000sTV
★ 6.4
2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2018
The Mayo ClinicFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2018
1968Film
Self
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaFilm
Self
2018
America's LibraryFilm
Self
2017
LA 92Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2017
The NinetiesTV
Self (archive footage) • 2 episodes
★ 6.9
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2017
Road to 9/11TV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 8.4
2017
Reflections on the Vietnam WarFilm
Host
★ 9.3
2017
Hamilton: Building AmericaFilm
★ 7.0
2017
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot FiredFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
2016
Jackie RobinsonTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.3
2016
Crashing the PartyFilm
Self
2015
The Making of TrumpFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 4.4
2015
41 on 41Film
Self
★ 6.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2014
IversonFilm
★ 7.0
2014
D-Day: Normandy 1944Film
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.9
2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2013
All the President's Men RevisitedFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 7.0
2013
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple SquareFilm
Self
2013
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of LeadershipFilm
Narrator
2012
United in Anger: A History of ACT UPFilm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
2011
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the WorldFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2011
VitoFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2011
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a MockingbirdFilm
Self
2011
9/11: In Our Own WordsFilm
Himself
2010
America: The Story of UsTV
Self • 9 episodes
★ 8.2
2010
America: The Story of UsFilm
Himself
★ 6.4
2010
Buccaneers & BonesTV
Narrator • 49 episodes
★ 4.0
2010
Operation Yellow RibbonFilm
Self
2009
Late Night with Jimmy FallonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fielFilm
Tom Brokaw
★ 7.0
2009
Our TimeFilm
2008
Run for Your LifeFilm
Himself
★ 7.9
2008
KingFilm
Host
★ 6.0
2007
Star Wars: The Legacy RevealedFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2007
Everything's CoolFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
2007
1968 with Tom BrokawFilm
Himself
★ 4.5
2006
This Film Is Not Yet RatedFilm
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
2006
Deep Throat: The Full Story of WatergateFilm
Self
2006
Paul Conrad: Drawing FireFilm
Narrator
2006
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston StoryFilm
Himself
2005
The Colbert ReportTV
★ 7.0
2005
The Colbert ReportTV
Self (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
Last Best ChanceFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2005
The Greatest GenerationTV
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2004
Tanner on TannerTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
2004
Celsius 41.11Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.5
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
2003
Journalists: Killed in the Line of DutyFilm
Narrator (voice)
2002
Journeys with GeorgeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
2002
Vertical FrontierFilm
Narrator
★ 9.0
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2002
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West WingFilm
Self
2001
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of AttackFilm
himself
★ 6.8
2001
On Common GroundFilm
Self - Commentator
1999
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1997
The ViewTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
Frank Capra's American DreamFilm
Self (voice)
★ 6.3
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 8 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.1
1996
Nichols and May: Take TwoFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1995
SpinFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
1993
Late Show with David LettermanTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1993
Late Show with David LettermanTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 6.5
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 10 episodes
★ 7.3
1993
Barbarians at the GateFilm
Self
★ 6.9
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV
★ 5.3
1992
Commercial Entertainment ProductFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.7
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltFilm
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
★ 6.9
1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1986
American MastersTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1986
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.Film
Narrator
★ 10.0
1986
Mount Rushmore: The ShrineFilm
Narrator (voice)
1982
Late Night with David LettermanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1981
Entertainment TonightTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.4
1970
NBC Nightly NewsTV
Self • 153 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
60 MinutesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1952
TodayTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1947
Meet the PressTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.8