Tom Brokaw Biography (1940-)
Full name, Thomas John Brokaw; born February 6, 1940, in Webster, SD; son ofAnthony Orville "Red" (a government worker and construction foreman) and Eugenia "Jean" (a post office clerk and in sales; maiden name, Conley) Brokaw; married Meredith Lynn Auld (a developer and proprietor of a chain of toy storesand a writer), August 17, 1962; children: Jennifer Jean (a doctor), Andrea Brooks (a music producer), Sarah Auld (a social worker).
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Television journalist
- Birth Details
- February 6, 1940
- Webster, South Dakota, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Appearances
- Interviewer, Survival of Spaceship Earth, 1972
- Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South, 1988
- Himself in archival footage, The Panama Deception (documentary), Empowerment Project, 1992
- The Gate of Heavenly Peace, 1996
- Commentator, On Common Ground, Columbia, 2001
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Host (with others), Today (also known as NBC News Today andThe Today Show), NBC, 1976-1981
- Anchor, NBC Nightly News (also known as NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw), NBC, 1982-?, also broadcast online on MSNBC, 1999-?
- Dateline NBC, NBC, beginning c. 1992.
- Movies
- Himself, Barbarians at the Gate, HBO, 1993
- Specials
- Presenter and interviewer, D-Day Plus 40 Years (documentary), 1984
- Correspondent, To Be a Teacher, 1987
- Correspondent, Wall Street: Money Greed and Power, 1987
- Host and moderator, The Arms, the Men, the Money, 1987
- Interviewer, A Conversation with Mikhail S. Gorbachev, 1987
- Correspondent, Home Street Home, 1988
- Presenter of introduction, NBC White Paper: The Age of Kennedy--Part I, The Early Years (also known as NBC White Papers: The Kennedy Era--The Early Years), NBC, 1997
- Himself, Breaking the News (documentary), 2001
- Anchor of the report "To Be an American"; anchor of a number of specialstitled The Brokaw Report. Anchored coverage of political conventions and other programs.
- Episodic
- Anchor, First Tuesday, NBC, 1971
- Appeared in episodes of other shows, including Larry King Live, CNN; Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC; The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS; and Today (also known as NBC News Today and The Today Show), NBC. Appeared in chat room sessions on American Online.
- Radio Appearances
- Host of a brief daily feature broadcast on Westwood One. Appeared in episodes of other shows.
- RECORDINGS
- Taped Readings
- The Greatest Generation, 1999
- The Greatest Generation Speaks, Random House, 2000
- WRITINGS
- Teleplays
- With Others; Series
- Dateline NBC, NBC, beginning c. 1992
- Specials
- The Arms, the Men, the Money, 1987
- Wrote other teleplays.
- Nonfiction
- Author of introduction, The Best of Photojournalism, Volume 5: People,Places, and Events of 1979, University of Missouri Press, 1980
- The Greatest Generation, Random House, 1998
- The Greatest Generation Speaks, Random House, 2000
- An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation, Random House, 2001
- Contributor to Backpacker, Diversions, Family Weekly, Life, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, New York Daily News, New York Times, Outside, Sports Illustrated, and the Washington Post.