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Douglas Brinkley
Also Known As: Douglas Gregg Brinkley
Birth Date
December 14, 1960
(65 years old)
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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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.
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The Colbert Report
2005 • 1 episode
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979 • 2 episodes
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018 • 1 episode
The Nineties
2017 • 7 episodes
Public Trust
Self - Professor of History at Rice University
2020
Rather
Self - Historian & Author
2023
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
2026
Race
Himself
2010
Fandango at the Wall
Self
2020
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
2006
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Self - Presidential Historian
2017
Henry Ford
Himself
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
Self
2013
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Self
2009
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
Himself
2016
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
Self
2004
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
Self
2022
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
Self
2010