Tom Brokaw

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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 Daily Show

Self

The Front Runner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

RBG

Self (archive footage)

The Colbert Report

Self

The Colbert Report

Self (uncredited)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	The Gettysburg Address MOVIE	Self
2024	Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	The White House Effect MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Biden's Decision MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields TV	Self (archive footage)
2023	Bill Russell: Legend TV	Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
2022	Untold: Caitlyn Jenner MOVIE	Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
2022	Endangered MOVIE	Self
2022	They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders MOVIE	Narrator
2022	Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure TV	Self (archive footage)
2021	Fiasco TV	Self (archive footage)
2021	Black Art: In the Absence of Light MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR MOVIE	Self
2020	Challenger: The Final Flight TV	Self (archive footage)
2019	Alan Pakula: Going for Truth MOVIE	Self
2019	Cola Wars MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	Mike Wallace Is Here MOVIE	(archive footage)
2019	We Are Columbine MOVIE	Self
2018	America's Library MOVIE	Self
2018	Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists MOVIE	Self
2018	The Front Runner MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018	The Mayo Clinic MOVIE	Self
2018	The 2000s TV	Self
2018	Explained TV	Self (archive footage)
2018	RBG MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2018	Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media MOVIE	Self
2018	1968 MOVIE	Self
2017	The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee MOVIE	Self
2017	Reflections on the Vietnam War MOVIE	Host
2017	Hamilton: Building America MOVIE	Self
2017	Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold MOVIE	Self
2017	The Nineties TV	Self (archive footage)
2017	Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired MOVIE	Self
2017	LA 92 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	Crashing the Party MOVIE	Self
2016	Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	Jackie Robinson TV	Self
2015	The Making of Trump MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	41 on 41 MOVIE	Self
2014	All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State MOVIE	Self
2014	Iverson MOVIE	Self
2014	D-Day: Normandy 1944 MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2013	Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square MOVIE	Self
2013	All the President's Men Revisited MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2011	iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World MOVIE	Self
2011	9/11: In Our Own Words MOVIE	Himself
2011	Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird MOVIE	Self
2010	Buccaneers & Bones TV	Narrator
2010	America: The Story of Us MOVIE	Himself
2010	America: The Story of Us TV	Self
2009	Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel MOVIE	Tom Brokaw
2009	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
2009	Our Time MOVIE	Self
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2008	Run for Your Life MOVIE	Himself
2008	King MOVIE	Host
2007	1968 with Tom Brokaw MOVIE	Himself
2007	Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed MOVIE	Self
2007	Everything's Cool MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire MOVIE	Narrator
2006	Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate MOVIE	Self
2006	This Film Is Not Yet Rated MOVIE	Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006	NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story MOVIE	Himself
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self (uncredited)
2005	Last Best Chance MOVIE	Self
2005	The Greatest Generation TV	Self
2004	Celsius 41.11 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2004	Tanner on Tanner TV	Self
2004	Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2002	Vertical Frontier MOVIE	Narrator
2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Self
2002	Journeys with George MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing MOVIE	Self
2001	Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack MOVIE	himself
2001	On Common Ground MOVIE	Self - Commentator
1999	When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World MOVIE	Self
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Frank Capra's American Dream MOVIE	Self (voice)
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self
1996	Nichols and May: Take Two MOVIE	Self
1995	Spin MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1993	Barbarians at the Gate MOVIE	Self
1992	Commercial Entertainment Product MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1989	Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt MOVIE	Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1986	Mount Rushmore: The Shrine MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1986	American Masters TV	Self
1986	Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R. MOVIE	Narrator
1981	Entertainment Tonight TV	Self
1970	NBC Nightly News TV	Self
1968	60 Minutes TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self (archive footage)
1952	Today TV	Self
	Off Your Duff MOVIE	Self

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