Acting · Webster, South Dakota, USA · Born February 6, 1940
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
MovieThe Gettysburg Address
2025
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MovieTrump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
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MovieThe White House Effect
2024
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MovieBiden's Decision
2024
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TVPretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
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TVBill Russell: Legend
2023
as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill
MovieUntold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
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MovieEndangered
2022
MovieThey Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
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TVJoe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
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TVFiasco
2021
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MovieBlack Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
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MovieKatarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
2020
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TVChallenger: The Final Flight
2020
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MovieAlan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
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MovieCola Wars
2019
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MovieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
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MovieWe Are Columbine
2019
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MovieAmerica's Library
2018
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MovieBreslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
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MovieThe Front Runner
2018
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MovieThe Mayo Clinic
2018
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TVThe 2000s
2018
TVExplained
2018
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MovieRBG
2018
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
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Movie1968
2018
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MovieThe Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
2017
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MovieReflections on the Vietnam War
2017
as Host
MovieHamilton: Building America
2017
MovieJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
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TVThe Nineties
2017
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MovieOscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
2017
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MovieLA 92
2017
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MovieCrashing the Party
2016
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MovieEat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
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TVJackie Robinson
2016
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MovieThe Making of Trump
2015
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Movie41 on 41
2015
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MovieAll About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
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MovieIverson
2014
MovieD-Day: Normandy 1944
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieHome for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
2013
as Self
MovieAll the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self (uncredited)
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership
2013
as Narrator
MovieiGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
2011
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MovieVito
2011
as Self (archive)
9/11: In Our Own Words
2011
as Himself
MovieHey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
2011
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TVBuccaneers & Bones
2010
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MovieAmerica: The Story of Us
2010
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TVAmerica: The Story of Us
2010
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MovieSchabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
2009
as Tom Brokaw
TVThe Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieOur Time
2009
TVLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
MovieRun for Your Life
2008
as Himself
MovieKing
2008
as Host
Movie1968 with Tom Brokaw
2007
as Himself
MovieStar Wars: The Legacy Revealed
2007
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MovieEverything's Cool
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePaul Conrad: Drawing Fire
2006
as Narrator
MovieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDeep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
2006
as Self
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
2006
as Himself
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
MovieLast Best Chance
2005
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TVThe Greatest Generation
2005
MovieCelsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
TVTanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
MovieOutfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
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MovieJournalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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MovieVertical Frontier
2002
as Narrator
MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MovieJourneys with George
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
2002
as Self
MoviePearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
2001
as himself
On Common Ground
2001
as Self - Commentator
MovieWhen the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
1999
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TVThe View
1997
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MovieFrank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (voice)
TVThe Daily Show
1996
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TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
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MovieNichols and May: Take Two
1996
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MovieSpin
1995
as Self (archive footage)
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self
MovieBarbarians at the Gate
1993
as Self
MovieCommercial Entertainment Product
1992
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieCommon Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
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Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
1986
as Narrator (voice)
TVAmerican Masters
1986
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MovieRag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
1986
as Narrator
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
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TVNBC Nightly News
1970
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TV60 Minutes
1968
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVToday
1952
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MovieOff Your Duff
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