Tom Brokaw
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1940-02-06 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Webster, South Dakota, USA
- Also known as
- Thomas John Brokaw
Biography
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
Known For
TV Shows (32)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self / Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
American Masters
1986
as Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self (archive footage)
America: The Story of Us
2010
as Self
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
as Narrator
NBC Nightly News
1970
as Self
Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
Challenger: The Final Flight
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
2016
as Self
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The 2000s
2018
Fiasco
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Generation
2005
Movies (73)
The Front Runner
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
LA 92
2017
as Self (archive footage)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Self
RBG
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Self
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
2007
as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (voice)
Cola Wars
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self
The Making of Trump
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
as Self (archive footage)
All the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self (uncredited)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
as Self
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
2023
as Self (archive footage)
D-Day: Normandy 1944
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Spin
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)
The White House Effect
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Iverson
2014
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
as Self
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
2017
as Self
41 on 41
2015
as Self
Celsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Endangered
2022
1968
2018
as Self
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
1999
as Self
Everything's Cool
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Last Best Chance
2005
as Self
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
2002
as Self
We Are Columbine
2019
as Self
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
2006
as Self
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
2009
as Tom Brokaw
Biden's Decision
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Run for Your Life
2008
as Himself
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
2001
as himself
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
1986
as Narrator
1968 with Tom Brokaw
2007
as Himself
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self
Vertical Frontier
2002
as Narrator
America: The Story of Us
2010
as Himself
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
2011
as Self
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
2020
as Self
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
2013
as Self
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
2011
as Self
Our Time
2009
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
2017
as Self
On Common Ground
2001
as Self - Commentator
Crashing the Party
2016
as Self
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
2006
as Narrator
Journeys with George
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Hamilton: Building America
2017
America's Library
2018
as Self
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Reflections on the Vietnam War
2017
as Host
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
2022
as Narrator
Off Your Duff
as Self
King
2008
as Host
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
2006
as Himself
9/11: In Our Own Words
2011
as Himself
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership
2013
as Narrator
About Tom Brokaw
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 With 105 credits spanning from 1952 to 2025, Tom Brokaw has appeared in 73 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tom Brokaw Movies
- The Front Runner (2018) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- LA 92 (2017) — as Self (archive footage)
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) — as Self
- The Gettysburg Address (2025) — as Self
- RBG (2018) — as Self (archive footage)
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