Douglas Brinkley
Acting
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.
As actor 18
The Colbert Report
2005
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
The Nineties
2017
Public Trust
2020
Rather
2023
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Race
2010
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026
Fandango at the Wall
2020
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
2016
Henry Ford
2013
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
2009
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
2022
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
2010