Dan Rather
Acting • Born 1931-10-31
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. 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 credits
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Movie • 2009
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Movie • 2004
Self
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Movie • 1995
Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rather
Movie • 2023
Self - Journalist
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Movie • 2019
Self
Charlie Wilson's War
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Movie • 2007
Self
Howard
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Movie • 2014
Self
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Movie • 2013
Self
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Movie • 2013
Self
The War You Don't See
Movie • 2010
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Movie • 2012
Himself
The Draft
Movie • 2015
Self
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story
Movie • 2004
Self
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Biden's Decision
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Commercial Entertainment Product
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage)
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Movie • 2016
Self
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Movie • 2019
Self
Lombardi's Redskins
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Everything's Cool
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The Assassination of President Kennedy
Movie • 2013
Self
Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House
Movie • 2009
Self - Interviewee
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Powaqqatsi
Movie • 1988
(archive footage)
The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash
Movie • 2007
Self - Host
The Inquisitor
Movie • 2025
Self
JFK: Breaking the News
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room
Movie • 1985
Self
Tiananmen Tonight
Movie • 2025
Himself
What We Saw
Movie • 2002
Himself
The Real Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Breakdown: 1975
Movie • 2025
Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Cover-Up
Movie • 2025
Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage)
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Movie • 2010
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Dan Rather (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Dirty Sexy Money
TV • 2007
Charlie Rose
TV • 1991
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV • 2015
Self
The Top Ten Revealed
TV • 2018
Self
Dan Rather Reports
TV • 2006
Self
Explained
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
The Seventies
TV • 2015
Self
The Sixties
TV • 2014
Self
The Big Interview With Dan Rather
TV • 2013
Self
The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Cuomo
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self - Anchor
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
30 for 30
TV • 2009
(archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
TV • 2024
Self (archive footage)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
MLB Network Presents
TV • 2015
Self
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self - Saturday Anchor
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self - Weekend Anchor
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV • 2006
Self (archive footage)