Tom Brokaw

Personal Info

Birthday

February 6, 1940

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Webster, South Dakota, USA

Also Known As

Thomas John Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Biography

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

Known For

Buccaneers & Bones

Vertical Frontier

D-Day: Normandy 1944

Mike Wallace Is Here

Reflections on the Vietnam War

King

They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

Filmography

2025
The Gettysburg Address
as Self
2024
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
as Self (archive footage)
Biden's Decision
as Self (archive footage)
2023
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
as Self (archive footage)
2022
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
as Narrator
2021
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
as Self
2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Cola Wars
as Self [Archival Footage]
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
We Are Columbine
as Himself
2018
America's Library
as Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
The Front Runner
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mayo Clinic
as Self
RBG
as Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self
1968
as Self
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
as Self
Reflections on the Vietnam War
as Host
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
as Self
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
as Self
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Crashing the Party
as Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Making of Trump
as Self (archive footage)
41 on 41
as Self
2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self
D-Day: Normandy 1944
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
as Self
All the President's Men Revisited
as Self (uncredited)
2011
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
as Self
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
as Self
2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
as Tom Brokaw
2008
Run for Your Life
as Himself
King
as Host
2007
1968 with Tom Brokaw
as Himself
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
as Self
Everything's Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
as Narrator
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
as Himself
2005
Last Best Chance
as Self
2004
Celsius 41.11
as Self (archive footage)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Vertical Frontier
as Narrator
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
Journeys with George
as Self (archive footage)
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
as Self
2001
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
as himself
On Common Ground
as Self - Commentator
1999
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
as Self
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (voice)
1996
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self
1995
Spin
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Barbarians at the Gate
as Self
1992
Commercial Entertainment Product
as Self (archive footage)
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
1986
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
as Narrator (voice)
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
as Narrator