Dan Rather

Dan Rather

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1931-10-31 (92 years old)

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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.

Rather also famously reported from Dallas in November 1963 at the time that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Based on such impactful reporting, he was promoted at CBS News, where he served as White House correspondent beginning in 1964. He served as foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam over the next two years before returning to the White House correspondent position. He covered the presidency of Richard Nixon, including Nixon's trip to China, the Watergate scandal, and the president's resignation.

In 1981, Rather was promoted to news anchor for the CBS Evening News, a role he occupied for 24 years. Along with Peter Jennings at ABC News and Tom Brokaw at NBC News, he was one of the "Big Three" nightly news anchors in the U.S. from the 1980s through the early 2000s. He frequently contributed to CBS's weekly news magazine, 60 Minutes.

Rather left the anchor desk in 2005 following the Killian documents controversy, in which he presented unauthenticated documents in a news report on President George W. Bush's Vietnam War–era service in the National Guard. He continued to work with CBS until 2006, when he was abruptly fired.In September 2007, Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its former parent company Viacom. Rather accused the network and its ownership and management of making him a "scapegoat" in the Killian story. An intermediate New York state appeals court dismissed the lawsuit in September 2009, and the New York Court of Appeals refused to reinstate it in January 2010.On the cable channel AXS TV (then called HDNet), Rather hosted Dan Rather Reports, a 60 Minutes–style investigative news program, from 2006 to 2013. He also hosts several other projects for AXS TV, including Dan Rather Presents, which provides in-depth reporting on broad topics such as mental health care or adoption, and The Big Interview with Dan Rather, in which he conducts long-form interviews with musicians and other entertainers. In January 2018, he began hosting an online newscast called The News with Dan Rather on The Young Turks YouTube channel. Since 2021, he has been writing the newsletter "Steady" on the Substack platform.

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Filmography

all 61

self 56

Movies 32

TV Shows 29

Producer 1

Narrator 1

Actor
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter (2024)

Movie
Rather

Rather (2023)

Movie
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life (2023)

Movie
Self - Guest
Cuomo

Cuomo (2022)

TV
Self
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (2019)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

Movie
Self
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)

Movie
Self
Watergate

Watergate (2018)

TV
Executive Producer
Fail State

Fail State (2018)

Movie
Self - Fmr Anchor, CBS Evening News
1968: The Year That Changed America

1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Explained

Explained (2018)

TV
6
Self (archive footage)
Howard

Howard (2018)

Movie
Self
The Top Ten Revealed

The Top Ten Revealed (2018)

TV
Self - Former Anchor, CBS Evening News / CBS News
The Nineties

The Nineties (2017)

TV
Self - 60 Minutes
The Putin Interviews

The Putin Interviews (2017)

TV
Self
Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History

Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (2017)

TV
Narrator
Lombardi's Redskins

Lombardi's Redskins (2016)

Movie
Self
Harry Benson: Shoot First

Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)

Movie
Self
Chelsea

Chelsea (2016)

TV
Self
I Voted?

I Voted? (2016)

Movie
Self - Narrator
The Timeline

The Timeline (2015)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown (2015)

Movie
Self - Fmr White House Correspondent / Self - Managing Editor, 'Dan Rather Reports'
The Seventies

The Seventies (2015)

TV
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)

Movie
Self - CBS News / Self - Anchor
The Sixties

The Sixties (2014)

TV
Self
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State

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

Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

TV
6.58
Self
The Assassination of President Kennedy

The Assassination of President Kennedy (2013)

Movie
Self - CBS News, 1963
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

JFK: One PM Central Standard Time (2013)

Movie
Self
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013)

Movie
Self - Host
The Big Interview With Dan Rather

The Big Interview With Dan Rather (2013)

TV
Self
Newsreaders

Newsreaders (2013)

TV
4
Self
Ghosts of Ole Miss

Ghosts of Ole Miss (2012)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gloria: In Her Own Words

Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)

Movie
Self
Piers Morgan Live

Piers Morgan Live (2011)

TV
Self - CBS news anchor 1981-2005
The War You Don't See

The War You Don't See (2010)

Movie
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)

Movie
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)

TV
Self - Interviewee
Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House

Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House (2009)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Movie
6.56
Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money (2007)

TV
6
Self
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)

Movie
Self
Buying the War

Buying the War (2007)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Everything's Cool

Everything's Cool (2007)

Movie
Self - Host / Self / Self - Correspondent
Dan Rather Reports

Dan Rather Reports (2006)

TV
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

Movie
8
Self
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Movie
8
Self
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story

Barbecue: A Texas Love Story (2004)

Movie
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)

TV
6.5
Self
The Daily Show

The Daily Show (1996)

TV
6.75
Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz

Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz (1995)

Movie
Self
Commercial Entertainment Product

Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)

Movie
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

TV
5.75
Self (CBS News)
Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose (1991)

TV
Dan Rather (voice)
The Simpsons

The Simpsons (1989)

TV
6.75
Self - Host / Self / Host
48 Hours

48 Hours (1988)

TV
6
Self / Self - Guest Host
Larry King Live

Larry King Live (1985)

TV
6
Self - Anchor
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell

CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (1941)

TV
9
Self
Bill Moyers Journal

Bill Moyers Journal

TV

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1931-10-31 (92 years old)

Birth Place
Wharton, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Dan Irvin Rather Jr.

Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Award, News and Documentary Emmy Award, Television Hall of Fame, Radio Television Digital News Association, Academy of Achievement, Peabody Awards, Trustees Award, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech


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