Douglas Brinkley
Known for: Acting
Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.
Filmography
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Series
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Series
The Nineties
2017
Film
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
2006
Film
Public Trust
Self - Professor of History at Rice University
2020
Film
Fandango at the Wall
Self
2020
Film
Rather
Self - Historian & Author
2023
Film
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
2026
Film
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Self
2013
Film
Race
Himself
2010
Film
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Self - Presidential Historian
2017
Film
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Self
2009
Film
Henry Ford
Himself
2013
Film
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
Self
2004
Film
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
Himself
2016
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
Self
2022
Film
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
Self
2010