Tom Brokaw
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
1993
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
2005
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Meet the Press
Self
1947
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
Series
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
NBC Nightly News
Self
1970
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Series
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
Series
America: The Story of Us
Self
2010
Series
The 2000s
2018
Series
Challenger: The Final Flight
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Buccaneers & Bones
Narrator
2010
Series
Road to 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2017
Series
Bill Russell: Legend
Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
2023
Film
The White House Effect
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
The Front Runner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Series
Tanner on Tanner
Self
2004
Film
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
2019
Series
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Gettysburg Address
Self
2025
Series
Jackie Robinson
Self
2016
Film
Barbarians at the Gate
Self
1993
Film
Endangered
2022
Film
The Mayo Clinic
Self
2018
Film
RBG
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self
2017
Series
Fiasco
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
2022
Film
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Film
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Self
2007
Film
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Film
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Film
The Making of Trump
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
2018
Film
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
1989
Film
Crashing the Party
Self
2016
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self
2018
Film
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (voice)
1997
Film
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Self
2017
Film
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Self
2014
Film
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
1968
Self
2018
Film
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Vertical Frontier
Narrator
2002
Film
Run for Your Life
Himself
2008
Film
All the President's Men Revisited
Self (uncredited)
2013
Film
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
himself
2001
Film
America: The Story of Us
Himself
2010
9/11: In Our Own Words
Himself
2011
Film
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Everything's Cool
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
Self
2020
Film
Vito
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Self
2011
Film
Iverson
2014
Film
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
Self
2002
Film
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
Self
2011
Film
Last Best Chance
Self
2005
On Common Ground
Self - Commentator
2001
Film
Biden's Decision
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
Self
1999
Film
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Film
Commercial Entertainment Product
Self (archive footage)
1992
Film
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
Self
2017
Film
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
Self
2013
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
Narrator (voice)
1986
Film
Nichols and May: Take Two
Self
1996
Film
Spin
Self (archive footage)
1995
Series
The Greatest Generation
2005
Film
Hamilton: Building America
2017
Film
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
Narrator
1986
Film
Operation Yellow Ribbon
Self
2010
Film
Journeys with George
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Our Time
2009
Film
We Are Columbine
Self
2019
Film
Off Your Duff
Self
Film
1968 with Tom Brokaw
Himself
2007
Film
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Host
2017
Film
41 on 41
Self
2015
Film
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
Self
2006
Film
America's Library
Self
2018
Film
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Tom Brokaw
2009
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership
Narrator
2013
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
Himself
2006
Film
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
Narrator
2006
Film
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
Narrator
2022
Film
King
Host
2008