Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). He 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

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • as Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996 • as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 • as Self - Guest

Filmography

2025

The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/19/2025

2024

Movie
Biden's Decision
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/6/2024
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/2024

2023

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/1/2023
Bill Russell: Legend
Bill Russell: Legend
as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
TV - Released: 2/8/2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 4/3/2023

2022

They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/18/2022
Endangered
Endangered
Movie - Released: 6/12/2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/6/2022

2021

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/24/2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/9/2021
Fiasco
Fiasco
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/19/2021

2020

Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/2020
Challenger: The Final Flight
Challenger: The Final Flight
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 9/16/2020

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/26/2019
We Are Columbine
We Are Columbine
as Himself
Movie - Released: 4/15/2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/12/2019
Cola Wars
Cola Wars
as Self [Archival Footage]
Movie - Released: 8/18/2019

2018

RBG
RBG
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/4/2018
America's Library
America's Library
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/15/2018
Movie
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/24/2018
1968
1968
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/25/2018
The Front Runner
The Front Runner
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/6/2018
Explained
Explained
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 5/23/2018

2017

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/18/2017
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Reflections on the Vietnam War
as Host
Movie - Released: 11/28/2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/4/2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/11/2017
Hamilton: Building America
Hamilton: Building America
Movie - Released: 11/14/2017
LA 92
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/28/2017
The Nineties
The Nineties
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 7/9/2017

2016

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/3/2016
Crashing the Party
Crashing the Party
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/21/2016
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
as Self
TV - Released: 4/11/2016

2015

The Making of Trump
The Making of Trump
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/30/2015
41 on 41
41 on 41
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/9/2015

2014

Iverson
Iverson
Movie - Released: 4/27/2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/28/2014
D-Day: Normandy 1944
D-Day: Normandy 1944
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/21/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

All the President's Men Revisited
All the President's Men Revisited
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/21/2013
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/1/2013

2011

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/13/2011
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/16/2011

2010

America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us
as Himself
Movie - Released: 9/14/2010
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us
as Self
TV - Released: 4/25/2010
Buccaneers & Bones
Buccaneers & Bones
as Narrator
TV - Released: 12/31/2010

2009

Our Time
Our Time
Movie - Released: 4/2/2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
as Tom Brokaw
Movie - Released: 11/2/2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 3/2/2009

2008

Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/29/2008
King
King
as Host
Movie - Released: 4/8/2008

2007

1968 with Tom Brokaw
1968 with Tom Brokaw
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/9/2007
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/28/2007
Everything's Cool
Everything's Cool
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/26/2006
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/7/2006
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/1/2006
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

2005

Last Best Chance
Last Best Chance
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
TV - Released: 10/17/2005

2004

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/14/2004
Celsius 41.11
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/22/2004

2003

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/25/2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2003

2002

The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/27/2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/5/2002
Vertical Frontier
Vertical Frontier
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/1/2002
Journeys with George
Journeys with George
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/8/2002

2001

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
as himself
Movie - Released: 5/27/2001

1999

Movie
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Nichols and May: Take Two
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/22/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/10/1996

1995

Spin
Spin
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/5/1995

1993

Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/20/1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

Commercial Entertainment Product
Commercial Entertainment Product
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/24/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1989

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1989

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1986

Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/12/1986
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/4/1986
American Masters
American Masters
as Self
TV - Released: 6/23/1986

1981

Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1981

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1968

60 Minutes
60 Minutes
as Self
TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1952

Today
Today
as Self
TV - Released: 1/14/1952