Dan Rather

Dan Rather

10/31/1931 (94 years old)Wharton, Texas, USA

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.

Filmography (72 titles)

Cover-Up7.1Movie

Cover-Up

Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage) · 2025

Breakdown: 19756.8Movie

Breakdown: 1975

Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage) · 2025

Tiananmen TonightMovie

Tiananmen Tonight

Himself · 2025

The InquisitorMovie

The Inquisitor

Self · 2025

Biden's DecisionMovie

Biden's Decision

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Show

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Rather3.2Movie

Rather

Self - Journalist · 2023

Cuomo3.9Show

Cuomo

Self - Guest · 2022

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeMovie

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Lakota Nation vs. United States6.2Movie

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy6.8Movie

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins7.5Movie

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

Self · 2019

Mike Wallace Is Here6.5Movie

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation7.3Movie

Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation

Self · 2019

Watergate10.0Show

Watergate

Self · 2018

Explained7.5Show

Explained

Self (archive footage) · 2018

Howard6.8Movie

Howard

Self (archive footage) · 2018

The Top Ten Revealed8.0Show

The Top Ten Revealed

Self · 2018

The Nineties6.9Show

The Nineties

Self · 2017

Lombardi's RedskinsMovie

Lombardi's Redskins

Narrator · 2016

Harry Benson: Shoot First6.6Movie

Harry Benson: Shoot First

Self · 2016

Chelsea5.1Show

Chelsea

Self · 2016

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown9.2Movie

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Self (archive footage) · 2015

The Seventies7.4Show

The Seventies

Self · 2015

The Draft8.0Movie

The Draft

Self · 2015

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson6.7Show

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self · 2015

Tab Hunter Confidential7.3Movie

Tab Hunter Confidential

Self (archive) · 2015

MLB Network Presents8.0Show

MLB Network Presents

Self · 2015

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words7.2Movie

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Self (archive footage) · 2014

The Sixties7.5Show

The Sixties

Self (archive footage) · 2014