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 Front Runner
(2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
RBG
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
LA 92
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
(2006)
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
(2021)
Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
(2017)
Self
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
(2017)
Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R.
(1986)
Narrator
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine
(1986)
Narrator (voice)
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Commercial Entertainment Product
(1992)
Self (archive footage)
Barbarians at the Gate
(1993)
Self
Spin
(1995)
Self
Nichols and May: Take Two
(1996)
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
(1997)
Self (voice)
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World
(1999)
Self
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
(2001)
himself
Vertical Frontier
(2002)
Narrator
Journeys with George
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing
(2002)
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(2002)
Self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Celsius 41.11
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Last Best Chance
(2005)
Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
(2006)
Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
(2006)
Narrator
1968 with Tom Brokaw
(2007)
Himself
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
(2007)
Self
Everything's Cool
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Run for Your Life: The Fred Lebow Story
(2008)
Himself
King
(2008)
Host
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
(2009)
Tom Brokaw
Our Time
(2009)
America: The Story of Us
(2010)
Himself
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
(2011)
Himself
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
(2011)
Self
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square
(2013)
Self
All the President's Men Revisited
(2013)
Self (uncredited)
Iverson
(2014)
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
(2014)
Self
D-Day: Normandy 1944
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
The Making of Trump
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
41 on 41
(2015)
Self
The Gettysburg Address
(2015)
Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Crashing the Party
(2016)
Self
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
(2017)
Himself
Reflections on the Vietnam War
(2017)
Host
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
(2017)
Self
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
(2017)
Self
Hamilton: Building America
(2017)
LA 92
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
(2018)
Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
(2018)
Self
1968
(2018)
Self
The Front Runner
(2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
America's Library
(2018)
Self
RBG
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
We Are Columbine
(2019)
Himself
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
(2019)
Self
Cola Wars
(2019)
Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
(archive footage)
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR
(2020)
Self
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
(2021)
Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders
(2022)
Narrator
Endangered
(2022)
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing