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Tom Brokaw

Known for The Daily Show · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · The Front Runner

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

Snapshot 2026-10-16

Born
Feb 6, 1940
Birthplace
Webster, South Dakota, USA
Known For
Acting

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

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Known For

TVThe Daily Show
The Daily ShowSelf · 1996
★ 6.4
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 2014
★ 5.8
MOVIEThe Front Runner
The Front RunnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2018
★ 5.9
TVThe Colbert Report
The Colbert Report1 eps · 2005
★ 7.0
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 2003
★ 5.6
TVLate Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David LettermanSelf · 1993
★ 6.5
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1993
★ 7.3
TVThe View
The ViewSelf · 1997
★ 4.3

Filmography

Movies

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Mount Rushmore: The ShrineNarrator (voice)
1986
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.Narrator
1986
Common Threads: Stories from the QuiltSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
1989
Commercial Entertainment ProductSelf (archive footage)
1992
Barbarians at the GateSelf
1993
SpinSelf (archive footage)
1995
Nichols and May: Take TwoSelf
1996
Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)
1997
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the WorldSelf
1999
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On Common GroundSelf - Commentator
2001
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attackhimself
2001
Journeys with GeorgeSelf (archive footage)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2002
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West WingSelf
2002
Vertical FrontierNarrator
2002
Journalists: Killed in the Line of DutyNarrator (voice)
2003
Celsius 41.11Self (archive footage)
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismSelf (archive footage)
2004
Last Best ChanceSelf
2005
Deep Throat: The Full Story of WatergateSelf
2006
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NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston StoryHimself
2006
Paul Conrad: Drawing FireNarrator
2006
This Film Is Not Yet RatedSelf - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
1968 with Tom BrokawHimself
2007
1968 with Tom BrokawWriter
2007
Everything's CoolSelf (archive footage)
2007
Star Wars: The Legacy RevealedSelf
2007
KingHost
2008
Run for Your LifeHimself
2008
Our Time
2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fielTom Brokaw
2009
America: The Story of UsHimself
2010
Operation Yellow RibbonSelf
2010
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9/11: In Our Own WordsHimself
2011
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a MockingbirdSelf
2011
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the WorldSelf
2011
VitoSelf (archive footage)
2011
United in Anger: A History of ACT UPSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
All the President's Men RevisitedSelf (uncredited)
2013
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple SquareSelf
2013
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The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of LeadershipNarrator
2013
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star StateSelf
2014
D-Day: Normandy 1944Narrator (voice)
2014
Iverson
2014
41 on 41Self
2015
The Making of TrumpSelf (archive footage)
2015
Crashing the PartySelf
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
2016
Hamilton: Building America
2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not HoldSelf
2017
LA 92Self (archive footage)
2017
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot FiredSelf
2017
Reflections on the Vietnam WarHost
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben BradleeSelf
2017
1968Self
2018
America's LibrarySelf
2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf
2018
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf
2018
RBGSelf (archive footage)
2018
The Front RunnerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
The Mayo ClinicSelf
2018
Alan Pakula: Going for TruthSelf
2019
Cola WarsSelf (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here(archive footage)
2019
We Are ColumbineSelf
2019
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDRSelf
2020
Black Art: In the Absence of LightSelf (archive footage)
2021
Endangered
2022
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's MaraudersNarrator
2022
Untold: Caitlyn JennerSelf - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
2022
Biden's DecisionSelf (archive footage)
2024
The White House EffectSelf (archive footage)
2024
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US SovereigntySelf (archive footage)
2024
The Gettysburg AddressSelf
2025
Off Your DuffSelf

Television

Meet the PressSelf · 1 eps
1947
TodaySelf · 1 eps
1952
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962
60 MinutesSelf · 1 eps
1968
NBC Nightly NewsSelf · 153 eps
1970
Entertainment TonightSelf · 1 eps
1981
Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1982
American MastersSelf · 1 eps
1986
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf · 1 eps
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1 eps
1992
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 10 eps
1993
Late Show with David LettermanSelf · 1 eps
1993
Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1993
The Daily ShowSelf · 8 eps
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf · 1 eps
1996
The ViewSelf · 1 eps
1997
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 1 eps
2003
Tanner on TannerSelf · 1 eps
2004
The Colbert Report1 eps
2005
The Colbert ReportSelf (uncredited) · 1 eps
2005
The Greatest Generation4 eps
2005
The Greatest GenerationCreator
2005
Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf · 1 eps
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2009
America: The Story of UsSelf · 9 eps
2010
Buccaneers & BonesNarrator · 49 eps
2010
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 1 eps
2014
Jackie RobinsonSelf · 2 eps
2016
Road to 9/11Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
2017
The NinetiesSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2017
ExplainedSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2018
The 2000s1 eps
2018
Challenger: The Final FlightSelf (archive footage) · 2 eps
2020
FiascoSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2021
Joe Montana: Cool Under PressureSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2022
Bill Russell: LegendSelf - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill · 1 eps
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2023

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