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Tom Brokaw

Writer | Producer

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Early in his news anchor career, saved a man's life using the Heimlich maneuver at a restaurant. See more trivia »

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Thomas John Brokaw
in Webster, South Dakota, USA
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1992 Brokaw Reports: 58 Days (TV movie)
 
1990 NBC News: Houston Homicide (TV documentary)
 
1989 The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on PBS (TV documentary)
 
1987-1989 NBC White Paper (TV series documentary)
– To Be an American (1989) (writer)
– To Be a Teacher (1987) (writer)
 
1984 NBC Reports: Iacocca - An American Profile (TV documentary)
 
1982 NBC Reports: Labor in the Promised Land (TV documentary)
 
1981 NBC Reports: The Changing West, Reflections on the Stillwater (TV documentary)
 
1980 NBC Reports: To Be a Doctor (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2006 Toots (documentary) (consulting producer)
 
1990 Expose (TV series documentary) (co-producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2007 The War (TV mini-series documentary) (extra special thanks - 2 episodes)
– A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945 (2007) (extra special thanks)
– A Necessary War: December 1941 - December 1942 (2007) (extra special thanks)
 
2007 Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1995 Frontline (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995) (special thanks)
 
1991 Something to Do with the Wall (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (127 titles)
1993-2013 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Cameo
– Episode dated 12 June 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #19.175 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #19.32 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #18.89 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #17.98 (2010) … Himself
See all 16 episodes »
 
2013 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 22 May 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2013 Oprah Presents: Master Class (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tom Brokaw (2013) … Himself
 
2013 The Cycle (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 March 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2005-2013 Meet the Press (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Moderator / Himself - NBC News Special Correspondent / …
– Episode dated 3 March 2013 (2013) … Himself - Roundtable Panalist
– Episode dated 6 May 2012 (2012) … Himself - NBC News Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 25 December 2011 (2011) … Himself - NBC Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 30 October 2011 (2011) … Himself - NBC News Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 31 July 2011 (2011) … Himself - NBC Special Correspondent
See all 23 episodes »
 
1976-2013 Today (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Special Correspondent / Himself - Correspondent
– Episode dated 21 January 2013 (2013) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 7 November 2012 (2012) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 5 November 2012 (2012) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 26 July 2012 (2012) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 9 April 2012 (2012) … Himself - Special Correspondent
See all 21 episodes »
 
2006-2013 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Tom Brokaw (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Tom Brokaw (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Tom Brokaw (2009) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #5.45 (2009) … Himself
– Tom Brokaw/Malcolm Gladwell (2008) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
2013 Herblock: The Black & the White (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Morning Joe (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
1994-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 September 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 30 October 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 April 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
See all 14 episodes »
 
2002-2012 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Democalypse 2012: Election Night - This Ends Now (2012) … Himself
– Tom Brokaw (2012) … Himself
– Tom Brokaw (2011) … Himself
– Tom Brokaw (2010) … Himself
– Tom Brokaw (2008) … Himself
See all 11 episodes »
 
2012 Ann Richards' Texas (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Brokaw Files (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2009-2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.777 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.185 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #1.27 (2009) … Himself
 
2012 The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 August 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Their Finest Hour (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2012 XXX Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The Flintlock Disaster (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2011 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2007-2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 December 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2011 iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 9/11: In Our Own Words (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982-2011 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Anchor / Himself - Special Correspondent / …
– Episode dated 21 July 2011 (2011) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 12 April 2011 (2011) … Himself - Special Correspondent
– Episode dated 5 May 2005 (2005) … Himself - Correspondent
– Episode dated 4 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
See all 15 episodes »
 
2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– All New! The Bravest Families in America with First Lady Michelle Obama, Tom Brokaw, Bob Woodward (2011) … Himself
 
2011 California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown (documentary)
 
2010 Buccaneers and Bones (TV series)
Narrator (2010)
 
2010 Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (TV mini-series)
Himself - Feature Reporter
 
2010 John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge
Himself
 
2010 Tom Brokaw Presents: Bridging the Divide (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 America: The Story of Us (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Millennium (2010) … Himself
– Superpower (2010) … Himself
– Bust (2010) … Himself
– WWII (2010) … Himself
– Cities (2010) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2008-2010 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 Tom Brokaw Presents: American Character Along Highway 50 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.137 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 'Hick' Town (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Life Is a Banquet (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Our Time (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Global Warming: The New Challenge with Tom Brokaw (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Return to Mexico City (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2003-2008 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Shriver & Brokaw (2008) … Himself
– Celebrity Authors (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2004-2008 Hardball with Chris Matthews (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 December 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 31 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
2008 Baseball's Golden Age (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Color Bearers (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 King (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2008 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.7 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 An Unlikely Weapon (documentary)
Himself
 
1993-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.23 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #2.214 (1993) … Himself
 
1999-2008 The View (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 December 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1993-2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 December 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2004 (2004) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode dated 23 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
See all 18 episodes »
 
2007 1968 with Tom Brokaw (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2007 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Loose Change: Final Cut (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The States (TV series documentary)
Himself (South Dakota)
– Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Missouri, South Dakota (2007) … Himself (South Dakota)
 
2007 Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Himself
– Lincoln Center Special: Lincoln Center Festival: "A Gala Night At Alice Tully Hall" (2007) … Himself
 
2007 TV Junkie: Faces of Addiction (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Budapest to Gettysburg (documentary)
 
2006 Encore with John Palmer (TV series)
Himself
 
2006 Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Global Warming: What You Need to Know (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1994-2006 Dateline NBC (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Contributing Anchor (1994-present) / Himself - Host / …
– License to Kill/Global Warming/Web of Deceit/While You Were Sleeping/On the Rocks (2006) … Himself
– The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat (2006) … Himself/Narrator
– Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon (2004) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 21 September 1994 (1994) … Himself - Contributing Anchor (1994-present)
 
2006 The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV series)
Himself
– Charles Barkley for Saying, 'I Am Not a Role Model' (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Jonathan Dimbleby (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 There and Back Again (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Last Best Chance (video)
Himself
 
2005 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Costas Now (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Himself - Panelist
 
2005 The Thing About My Folks
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Science of Supervolcanos (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Science of Supervolcanoes (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 The Jane Pauley Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Election Night on Democracy Plaza (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Tanner on Tanner (TV series)
Himself
– Alex in Wonderland (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Beyond the Medal of Honor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 World War II Memorial Dedication (TV documentary)
Himself - Guest Speaker
 
2004 The Museum of Television & Radio Annual Honors a Salute to Tom Brokaw (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2004 Without Fear or Favor: The Best in Broadcast Journalism (TV special documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2003 Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2002 Vertical Frontier (documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 9/11 2002 Prime Time Concert for America (TV movie)
Himself
 
1996-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 May 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 June 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 2001 (2001) … Himself
See all 9 episodes »
 
2001 Breaking the News (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Essence Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001/I On Common Ground (documentary)
Himself - Commentator
 
2000-2001 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jackie Robinson (2001) … Himself
– Joe Louis (2000) … Himself
– Ted Williams (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Your Kids, Our Schools: Tough Choices (TV documentary)
 
2000 Window to the Universe (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1999 Radio City Music Hall's Grand Re-Opening Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours that Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Introducing Video
 
1997 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1990-1996 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Nichols and May: Take Two (1996) … Himself
– Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1990) … Himself
 
1996 InterNight (TV series)
 
1994 Digital Age (TV series)
Himself
 
1993 Now (TV series)
Himself - Anchor
 
1993 Barbarians at the Gate (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1982-1993 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 1991 (1991) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode dated 10 July 1991 (1991) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode #1.35 (1982) … Himself
 
1992 NBC News Decision 92 Republican Convention (TV movie)
Himself - News Anchor
 
1992 Brokaw Reports: 58 Days (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 NBC News: Houston Homicide (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Expose (TV series documentary)
Anchor
 
1989 The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on PBS (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1989 Gangs, Cops & Drugs (TV movie)
Himself - Anchor
 
1989 Off Your Duff (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966-1989 NBC White Paper (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself (introduction, 1997 version)
– To Be an American (1989) … Himself
– To Be a Teacher (1987) … Himself
– The Age of Kennedy, Part I: The Early Years (1966) … Himself (introduction, 1997 version)
 
1989 The More You Know (TV series)
Himself
 
1988 1988 Vice Presidential Debate (TV movie)
Himself - Panelist
 
1987 Election 1987 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Men, Women, Sex & AIDS (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1985 (1985) … Himself
 
1984 NBC Reports: Iacocca - An American Profile (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 D-Day Plus 40 Years (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter/Interviewer
 
1982 NBC Reports: Labor in the Promised Land (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 NBC Reports: The Changing West, Reflections on the Stillwater (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 TV Guide 1980: The Year in Review (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 NBC Reports: To Be a Doctor (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (36 titles)
2013 Moyers & Company (TV series)
 
2012 Big Miracle
Himself (uncredited)
 
2011 Vito (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
 
2009 Cleanflix (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Cartel (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Milk
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Food, Inc. (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2008 The National (TV series)
 
2008 Tyson (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Run for Your Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 At the Death House Door (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Definitely, Maybe
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Everything's Cool (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 CNN Presents (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 TV Junkie (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 This Film Is Not Yet Rated (documentary)
Himself - 1978 TV Newscaster (uncredited)
 
2005 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (TV series)
 
2005 America Undercover (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2002 Live from Baghdad (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Journeys with George (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Fear & Favor in the Newsroom (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Spin (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product (video short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Panama Deception (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Himself
 
1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (documentary)
Himself - News Reporter
 

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[on the many changes in the source of news stories] We're better off. We have so many more choices. What happens is, of course, that the squeaking wheel continues to get attention. I have a little tool in my house - you should get one - it's called the remote control. See more »

Trivia:

Early in his news anchor career, saved a man's life using the Heimlich maneuver at a restaurant. See more »

Trademark:

Midwestern accent See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius