Tom Brokaw Filmography

Born:: February 6, 1940 in Webster, SD
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Hands down one of the most popular broadcast journalists in America during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, Tom Brokaw began his reporting career in 1962, at Omaha, Nebraska's KMTV, then enjoyed stints on the Late Evening News at WSB-TV in Atlanta and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles before moving to NBC News...Read More

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King

Actors: Tom Brokaw, Andy Young, Harry Belafonte, Bill Clinton, Condoleezza Rice

Synopsis: Celebrated newsman Tom Brokaw headlines this feature-length, eponymous documentary portrait of the life of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. A program originally produced for cable's History Channel to commemorate the 40th anniversary of King's death, it affords equal attention Read More

2008
1968 With Tom Brokaw

Actors: Tom Brokaw

2007
Toots

Crew: Consultant/advisor

Actors: Frank Gifford, Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Gay Talese, Yogi Berra

Synopsis: Between 1939 and 1959, Toots Shor ran what was debatably the most famous saloon in America. The son of a poor family in South Philadelphia, Shor was a blustery, larger-than-life character who came to New York City in 1930 and soon landed a job as a bouncer in a mob-run speakeasy. Shor had smarts Read More

2006
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire

Synopsis: Filmmakers Barbara Multer-Wellin and Jeffrey Abelson pay tribute to three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad in this documentary featuring nearly 200 of his best-known cartoons in addition to interviews with Conrad's family, friends, and colleagues. While the prominent Read More

2006
The Greatest Generation: Memories of World War II

2005
To War and Back

2005
How's Your News? On the Campaign Trail

2004
Picking Our Presidents: The Greatest Moments

2004
D-Day: Leap Into History

2004
Prisoners Among Us: Italian-American Identity & World War II

Synopsis: This documentary examines the place of Italian immigrants in American culture from the 19th century through World War II. Through the use of photographs, music, poetry and the commentary of historians, the changing Italian identity is explored along with the prejudices that it faced in American Read More

2004
Vertical Frontier

Actors: David Brower, Yvon Chouinard, Lynn Hill, Jim Bridwell, Hans Florine

Synopsis: While it's Mount Everest that might get the most attention in terms of daring climbs, the walls of Yosemite have challenged many a rock-scaler over the years, and director Kristi Denton Cohen profiles several of them in her documentary Vertical Frontier. In addition to a historical chronology of Read More

2003
Bioterror: The Invisible Enemy

Actors: Tom Brokaw

2003
Price for Peace: From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki

Actors: Tom Brokaw

Synopsis: This riveting TV documentary was a joint effort between Hollywood superproducer Steven Spielberg, WWII historian Stephen E. Ambrose and director James Moll, the man responsible for the Oscar-winning Holocaust account Last Days. Concentrating on the final days of the War in the Pacific, from Iwo Read More

2001
The Greatest Generation Speaks: Father's Day - Now and Forever

Synopsis: This video chronicles the tireless efforts of news anchor Tom Brokaw to commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of the American men and women who fought and won World War II. In this tape, the deeds of these men and women are described in letters written to Brokaw in response to his earlier books on Read More

2001
The Boys in Winter: The Toughest Season

Actors: Pee Wee Reese, Dorothy Reese, Carl Erskine

2001
On Common Ground: An American-German WWII Reunion

Synopsis: Over a half a century after the last shots were fired at the Huertgen, German and American soldiers agreed to reunite on the battlefield to reconcile the pains of the past, recount their wartime memories, and look beneath the surface to address the questions that have haunted soldiers on both Read More

2001
The Greatest Generation

Synopsis: NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw brings to life his best-selling book The Greatest Generation. In this video of the same name, Brokaw introduces you to men and women who were raised during the difficult years of the Great Depression, who fought for the sake of freedom in World War II and later Read More

1999
The Birth of the Cold War

1997
NBC White Papers: The Kennedy Era - The Presidency

1997
NBC White Papers: The Kennedy Era - The Early Years

1997
China In Crisis: Tiananmen Square

1992
Ronald Reagan: An American Success Story

Synopsis: This program finds President Ronald Reagan reflecting on his life in movies and politics. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, the documentary follows Reagan as he recounts stories from his youth, his start in broadcasting, his Hollywood years, and his eventful political career. The conversation between Reagan Read More

1992
D-Day Plus 40 Years

1984
Survival of Spaceship Earth

1972
The Today Show [TV Series]

1952
In the Mix: Politics... Sifting Thru the Spin

Actors: Bob Dole, Dan Rather, Mary Matalin, Tom Brokaw, Bill Schneider