Douglas Brinkley
Actor
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.
Filmography
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
as Self 2013
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
as Self 2004
Henry Ford
as Himself 2013
Race
as Himself 2010
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
as Self - Presidential Historian 2017
Rather
as Self - Historian & Author 2023
Public Trust
as Self - Professor of History at Rice University 2020
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
as Self 2009
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
as Self 2022
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
as self 2010
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
as Himself 2016