Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). He 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
The Gettysburg Address
Self
2025
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
Self (archive footage)
2024
Biden's Decision
Self (archive footage)
2024
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
Self (archive footage)
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2023
Bill Russell: Legend
Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill · (1 episode)
2023
Endangered
2022
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
Narrator
2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Fiasco
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Self (archive footage)
2021
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
Self
2020
Challenger: The Final Flight
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Cola Wars
Self [Archival Footage]
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
We Are Columbine
Himself
2019
America's Library
Self
2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
2018
The Front Runner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
The Mayo Clinic
Self
2018
Explained
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018
RBG
Self (archive footage)
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self
2018
1968
Self
2018
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self
2017
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Host
2017
Hamilton: Building America
2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Self
2017
The Nineties
Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2017
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
Self
2017
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
2017
Crashing the Party
Self
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2016
Jackie Robinson
Self · (2 episodes)
2016
The Making of Trump
Self (archive footage)
2015
41 on 41
Self
2015
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Self
2014
Iverson
2014
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Narrator (voice)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
Self
2013
All the President's Men Revisited
Self (uncredited)
2013
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
Self
2011
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Self
2011
Buccaneers & Bones
Narrator · (49 episodes)
2010
America: The Story of Us
Himself
2010
America: The Story of Us
Self · (9 episodes)
2010
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Tom Brokaw
2009
Our Time
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Run for Your Life
Himself
2008
King
Host
2008
1968 with Tom Brokaw
Himself
2007
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Self
2007
Everything's Cool
Self (archive footage)
2007
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
Narrator
2006
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
Self
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
Himself
2006
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
Last Best Chance
Self
2005
Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
2004
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Vertical Frontier
Narrator
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Journeys with George
Self (archive footage)
2002
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
Self
2002
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
himself
2001
On Common Ground
Self - Commentator
2001
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
Self
1999
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (voice)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (8 episodes)
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Nichols and May: Take Two
Self
1996
Spin
Self (archive footage)
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (8 episodes)
1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Self
1993
Commercial Entertainment Product
Self (archive footage)
1992
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
1989
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
Narrator (voice)
1986
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
Narrator
1986
Off Your Duff
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
American Masters
Self · (1 episode)
1986
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981
60 Minutes
Self · (1 episode)
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952