
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

Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Today
1952
as Self

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

Buccaneers & Bones
2010
as Narrator

NBC Nightly News
1970
as Self

Bill Russell: Legend
2023
as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill

Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Self

Challenger: The Final Flight
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson
2016
as Self

The 2000s
2018

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Fiasco
2021
as Self (archive footage)

The Greatest Generation
2005
Movies (73)

The Front Runner
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cola Wars
2019
as Self (archive footage)

LA 92
2017
as Self (archive footage)

The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Self

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self

Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Self

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
2007
as Self

RBG
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (voice)

Celsius 41.11
2004
as Self (archive footage)

The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Self

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
as Self (archive footage)

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Iverson
2014

Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
as Self

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
2017
as Self

The Making of Trump
2015
as Self (archive footage)

All the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self (uncredited)

D-Day: Normandy 1944
2014
as Narrator (voice)

Vito
2011
as Self (archive)

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
2023
as Self (archive footage)

The White House Effect
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Spin
1995
as Self (archive footage)

41 on 41
2015
as Self

All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
as Self

Endangered
2022

Everything's Cool
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Crashing the Party
2016
as Self

Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
as Self

Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty
2024
as Self (archive footage)

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
1999
as Self

Last Best Chance
2005
as Self

1968
2018
as Self

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
2011
as Self

The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
2002
as Self

Biden's Decision
2024
as Self (archive footage)

We Are Columbine
2019
as Self

Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Vertical Frontier
2002
as Narrator

Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate
2006
as Self
On Common Ground
2001
as Self - Commentator

Run for Your Life
2008
as Himself

America's Library
2018
as Self

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
2001
as himself

Hamilton: Building America
2017

Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
1986
as Narrator

Journeys with George
2002
as Self (archive footage)

America: The Story of Us
2010
as Himself

1968 with Tom Brokaw
2007
as Himself

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
2009
as Tom Brokaw

Our Time
2009
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self

Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
2020
as Self

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
2017
as Self

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003
as Narrator (voice)

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
2011
as Self

Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
2006
as Narrator

Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
2013
as Self

Off Your Duff
as Self

They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
2022
as Narrator

Reflections on the Vietnam War
2017
as Host
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership
2013
as Narrator
9/11: In Our Own Words
2011
as Himself

King
2008
as Host
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story
2006
as Himself
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
1986
as Narrator (voice)
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)
- Cola Wars (2019) — as Self (archive footage)
- LA 92 (2017) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Gettysburg Address (2025) — as Self
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) — as Self
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