Douglas Brinkley
Birthday
1960/12/14 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also know as
Douglas Gregg Brinkley
Biography
Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.
Acting
(2013) Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
as Self
(2017) The Obama Years: The Power of Words
as Self - Presidential Historian
(2009) Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
as Self
(2013) Henry Ford
as Himself
(2022) Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
as Self
(2023) Rather
as Self - Historian & Author
(2010) Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
as self
(2016) Reagan: From Movie Star to President
as Himself
(2010) Race
as Himself
(2020) Fandango at the Wall
as Self
(2020) Public Trust
as Self - Professor of History at Rice University
(2004) Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
as Self
(2005) The Colbert Report
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(2018) Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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(1979) CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self