Tom Brokaw
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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
Credits
The Front Runner (2018)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (voice)
Cola Wars (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
as Self - 1978 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)
as Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
as Self
1968 with Tom Brokaw (2007)
as Himself
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Gettysburg Address (2025)
as Self
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)
as Self
The White House Effect (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
RBG (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)
as Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
as Self
Last Best Chance (2005)
as Self
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State (2014)
as Self
Endangered (2022)
Actor
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
All the President's Men Revisited (2013)
as Self (uncredited)
The Making of Trump (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
as Self
Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
as Self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World (1999)
as Self
LA 92 (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner (2022)
as Self - NBC News Anchor (archive footage)
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (2011)
as Self
America: The Story of Us (2010)
as Himself
Celsius 41.11 (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Trump's Big FUSS: Fight for US Sovereignty (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing (2002)
as Self
Everything's Cool (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (2001)
as himself
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
as Self
Biden's Decision (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Rag Dolly in the U.S.S.R. (1986)
as Narrator
Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR (2020)
as Self
D-Day: Normandy 1944 (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Vertical Frontier (2002)
as Narrator
Home for the Holidays: Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square (2013)
as Self
1968 (2018)
as Self
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird (2011)
as Self
Crashing the Party (2016)
as Self
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Run for Your Life (2008)
as Himself
Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)
as Self (archive footage)
Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate (2006)
as Self
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine (1986)
as Narrator (voice)
Hamilton: Building America (2017)
Actor
41 on 41 (2015)
as Self
9/11: In Our Own Words (2011)
as Himself
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel (2009)
as Tom Brokaw
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership (2013)
as Narrator
Spin (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Iverson (2014)
Actor
Our Time (2009)
Actor
They Volunteered for This: Merrill's Marauders (2022)
as Narrator
Journeys with George (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
America's Library (2018)
as Self
We Are Columbine (2019)
as Self
Reflections on the Vietnam War (2017)
as Host
King (2008)
as Host
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story (2006)
as Himself
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire (2006)
as Narrator
Off Your Duff (—)
as Self
On Common Ground (2001)
as Self - Commentator
Operation Yellow Ribbon (2010)
as Self