About
Dan Rather
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2025 | The Inquisitor | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Biden's Decision | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Rather | Actor | Self - Journalist | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Lakota Nation vs. United States | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Howard | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Lombardi's Redskins | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Harry Benson: Shoot First | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Seventies | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2015 | The Draft | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Sixties | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2014 | All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Assassination of President Kennedy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | JFK: One PM Central Standard Time | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | The Big Interview with Dan Rather | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | Ghosts of Ole Miss | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Gloria: In Her Own Words | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The War You Don't See | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2009 | The Most Dangerous Man in America | Actor | Self - Reporter (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House | Actor | Self - Interviewee | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Everything's Cool | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2007 | The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash | Actor | Self - Host | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Dan Rather Reports | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2006 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 2004 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 2004 | Barbecue: A Texas Love Story | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | JFK: Breaking the News | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Commercial Entertainment Product | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Powaqqatsi | Actor | (archive footage) | 62 Fair |
| 1985 | Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | CBS Evening News | Actor | Self - Anchor | 67 Fair |
Production |
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| 2018 | Fail State | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |