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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1931
Place of Birth
Wharton, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Dan Irvin Rather Jr.
Dan Rather
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
0.0
Self
The Inquisitor
2025
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Biden's Decision
2024
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
2024
6.0
Self - Journalist
Rather
2023
0.0
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2023
3.9
Self - Guest
Cuomo
2022
5.3
Self (archive footage)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
7.4
Self
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
2019
Credits
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
2025
7.0
The Inquisitor
as Self
2025
0.0
Biden's Decision
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Rather
as Self - Journalist
2023
6.0
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self
2023
0.0
Cuomo
as Self - Guest
2022
3.9
Lakota Nation vs. United States
as Self (archive footage)
2022
5.3
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.8
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
as Self
2019
7.4
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
as Self
2019
7.3
Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.5
Howard
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.8
The Top Ten Revealed
as Self
2018
8.0
The Nineties
as Self
2017
6.9
Lombardi's Redskins
as Narrator
2016
0.0
Harry Benson: Shoot First
as Self
2016
6.6
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
🎬
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
as Self (archive footage)
2015
9.2
The Seventies
as Self
2015
7.3
The Draft
as Self
2015
8.0
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
2015
6.6
MLB Network Presents
as Self
2015
8.0
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.2
The Sixties
as Self
2014
7.4
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self
2014
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Assassination of President Kennedy
as Self
2013
7.2
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
as Self
2013
10.0
🎬
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
as Self
2013
0.0
The Big Interview With Dan Rather
as Self
2013
6.6
Ghosts of Ole Miss
as Himself
2012
7.0
Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2011
6.7
The War You Don't See
2010
7.8
The Most Dangerous Man in America
as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
2009
7.3
30 for 30
as (archive footage)
2009
7.4
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
🎬
Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House
as Self - Interviewee
2009
0.0
Charlie Wilson's War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
6.5
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
6.2
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
as Self
2007
7.2
The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash
as Self - Host
2007
8.0
Everything's Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2007
8.1
Dan Rather Reports
as Self
2006
7.0
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
7.1
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
as Self
2004
6.9
Fahrenheit 9/11
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
7.1
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story
as Self
2004
5.0
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
as Narrator (voice)
2003
0.0
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2003
0.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
🎬
What We Saw
as Himself
2002
0.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
as Self
1995
0.0
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
6.4
Commercial Entertainment Product
as Self (archive footage)
1992
8.5
The Real Malcolm X
as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
1992
0.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
5.4
Charlie Rose
as Self
1991
5.9
The Simpsons
as Dan Rather (voice)
1989
8.0
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.9
Powaqqatsi
as (archive footage)
1988
7.3
🎬
Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room
as Self
1985
0.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
CBS Evening News
as Self - Anchor
1961
4.9
CBS Evening News
as Self - Saturday Anchor
1961
4.9
CBS Evening News
as Self - Weekend Anchor
1961
4.9
🎬
Tiananmen Tonight
as Himself
N/A
0.0