Personal Info
Known Credits
34
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1931-10-31 (94 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Wharton, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Dan Irvin Rather Jr.
Dan Rather
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. H ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Frontline: Biden's Decision
| Self (archive footage)
2023 --
Rather
| Self - Journalist
2023 --
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
| Self
2022 --
Lakota Nation vs. United States
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
| Self
2019 --
Mike Wallace Is Here
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
| Self
2018 --
Howard
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
Lombardi's Redskins
| Narrator
2016 --
Harry Benson: Shoot First
| Self
2015 --
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
The Draft
| Self
2014 --
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
| Self
2013 --
The Assassination of President Kennedy
| Self
2013 --
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
| Self
2013 --
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
| Self
2012 --
Ghosts of Ole Miss
| Himself
2011 --
Gloria: In Her Own Words
| Self (archive footage)
2010 --
The War You Don't See
|
2009 --
The Most Dangerous Man in America
| Self - Reporter (archive footage)
2009 --
Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House
| Self - Interviewee
2007 --
Charlie Wilson's War
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 --
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
| Self
2007 --
Everything's Cool
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004 --
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
| Self
2004 --
Fahrenheit 9/11
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004 --
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story
| Self
2003 --
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
| Narrator (voice)
1995 --
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
| Self
1992 --
Commercial Entertainment Product
| Self (archive footage)
1988 --
Powaqqatsi
| (archive footage)