Bryant Gumbel

Personal Info

Birthday

September 29, 1948

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Bryant Gumbel

Biography

Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel.

Since 1995, he has hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which has been rated as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the Los Angeles Times. It won a Peabody Award in 2012. Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show GrandStand with Jack Buck.

Known For

Seinfeld

Contact

Heaven Can Wait

The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed

Games People Play

Magic vs. Bird: The 1979 NCAA Championship Game

Filmography

2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self
2016
Harry Benson: Shoot First
as Self
2015
Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss
as Self - Host
2010
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
as Self - NBC Sports, 1974-82
2006
The N Word
as Self
2005
The Weather Man
as Himself
2003
The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed
as Présentateur
1998
The Mike Tyson Story
as Himself
1997
Contact
as Bryant Gumbel
1991
The Hard Way
as Self
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Self
1979
Magic vs. Bird: The 1979 NCAA Championship Game
as Commentator
1978
Heaven Can Wait
as TV Sportscaster (uncredited)