Dan Rather
- Acting
- October 31, 1931 · Wharton, Texas, USA
Biography
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961. Rather spontaneously created the first radar weather report by overlaying a transparent map over a radar image of Hurricane Carla. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people. He reported on some of the most significant events of the modern age, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the war on terror.
Known for
Filmography
- Norwood, Where Legends Were Born · Archival / Himself
- Cover-Up · Self
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- Tiananmen Tonight · Self
- The Inquisitor · Self
- Biden's Decision · Self
- Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? · Self
- Rather · Self
- Cuomo · Self
- Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life · Self
- Lakota Nation vs. United States · Self
- Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror · Self
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy · Self
- Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins · Self
- Mike Wallace Is Here · Self
- Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation · Self
- Watergate · Self
- Fail State · Executive producer
- Explained · Self
- Howard · Self
- The Top Ten Revealed · Self
- Road to 9/11 · Self
- The Nineties · Self
- Lombardi's Redskins · Narrator
- Harry Benson: Shoot First · Self
- Chelsea · Self
- Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown · Self
- The Seventies · Self
- The Draft · Self
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Self
- Tab Hunter Confidential · Self
- MLB Network Presents · Self
- Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words · Self
- The Sixties · Self
- All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Assassination of President Kennedy · Self
- JFK: One PM Central Standard Time · Self
- Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World · Self
- The Big Interview With Dan Rather · Self
- Ghosts of Ole Miss · Self
- Gloria: In Her Own Words · Self
- The War You Don't See · Self
- The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice! · Self
- The Most Dangerous Man in America · Self
- 30 for 30 · (archive footage)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House · Self
- Putin Youth : Rise of the New Russian Nationalists · Director, Producer
- Charlie Wilson's War · Self
- Dirty Sexy Money
- Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed · Self
- Everything's Cool · Self
- The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash · Self
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions · Self
- Dan Rather Reports · Self, Creator
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated · Self
- WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception · Self
- Fahrenheit 9/11 · Self
- Barbecue: A Texas Love Story · Self
- Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty · Narrator (Voice)
- JFK: Breaking the News · Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- What We Saw · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- Commercial Entertainment Product · Self
- The Real Malcolm X · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- Charlie Rose · Self
- Nixon · Self
- The Simpsons · Dan Rather (Voice)
- Roger & Me · Self
- American Experience · Self
- Powaqqatsi · (archive footage)
- 48 Hours on Crack Street · Self
- Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- CBS Evening News · Self