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.

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