Douglas Brinkley
December 14, 1960 (63 years old) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Rather as Self - Historian & Author
- 2022 · Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty as Self
- 2020 · Fandango at the Wall as Self
- 2020 · Public Trust as Self - Professor of History at Rice University
- 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as
- 2017 · The Obama Years: The Power of Words as Self - Presidential Historian
- 2016 · Reagan: From Movie Star to President as Himself
- 2013 · Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker as Self
- 2013 · Henry Ford as Himself
- 2010 · Race as Himself
- 2009 · Soul of a People: Writing America's Story as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as