
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)

The Gettysburg Address (2025)
as Self

Cola Wars (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
as Self

The Mayo Clinic (2018)
as Self

RBG (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

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

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

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

LA 92 (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of Trump (2015)
as Self (archive footage)

NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)
as Self

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

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019)
as Self

The White House Effect (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Endangered (2022)
Actor

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

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)

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

Iverson (2014)
Actor

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
as Self

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self

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

Biden's Decision (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Last Best Chance (2005)
as Self

Vito (2011)
as Self (archive)

Everything's Cool (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

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

Spin (1995)
as Self (archive footage)

Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)
as Self (archive footage)

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World (2011)
as Self

Celsius 41.11 (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

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

Run for Your Life (2008)
as Himself

41 on 41 (2015)
as Self

1968 (2018)
as Self

Our Time (2009)
Actor

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

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

We Are Columbine (2019)
as Self

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

Nichols and May: Take Two (1996)
as Self

America: The Story of Us (2010)
as Himself

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

Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR (2020)
as Self

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

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (2001)
as himself

Crashing the Party (2016)
as Self

1968 with Tom Brokaw (2007)
as Himself

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird (2011)
as Self
On Common Ground (2001)
as Self - Commentator

Hamilton: Building America (2017)
Actor

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

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

Journeys with George (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire (2006)
as Narrator
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
as Self

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

Deep Throat: The Full Story of Watergate (2006)
as Self
Mount Rushmore: The Shrine (1986)
as Narrator (voice)

Vertical Frontier (2002)
as Narrator

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

America's Library (2018)
as Self

Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)
as Self
The Passions & Politics of Ed Edelman: An Untold Story of Leadership (2013)
as Narrator

Off Your Duff (—)
as Self

King (2008)
as Host
9/11: In Our Own Words (2011)
as Himself

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel (2009)
as Tom Brokaw
NBC News Presents: Survivor: The Aron Ralston Story (2006)
as Himself

Reflections on the Vietnam War (2017)
as Host





