Cast & creator
Dan Rather
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Simpsons
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.
Also known as: Dan Irvin Rather Jr.
52
film credits
33
television credits
81
1961–2026 · acting roles
7.0
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (85)
Showing 85 of 85 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Simpsons
Dan Rather (voice)
1989
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
1993Late Show with David Letterman
Self
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
1988
Chelsea
Self
2016
30 for 30
(archive footage)
2009
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
MLB Network Presents
Self
2015
Charlie Rose
Self
1991
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
2015
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Top Ten Revealed
Self
2018
Charlie Wilson's War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Cover-Up
Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage)
2025
CBS Evening News
Self - Anchor
1961CBS Evening News
Self - Saturday Anchor
1961CBS Evening News
Self - Weekend Anchor
1961
The Nineties
Self
2017
The Seventies
Self
2015
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Sixties
Self (archive footage)
2014
Road to 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2017
Cuomo
Self - Guest
2022
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Self (archive footage)
2024
Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
2004
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
2025
Dan Rather Reports
Self
2006Dan Rather Reports
Creator
2006
Howard
Self (archive footage)
2018
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Self
2007
Watergate
Self
2018
Roger & Me
Self (archive footage)
1989
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
2022
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
2021
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
The Inquisitor
Self
2025
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Self
2016
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
Archival / Himself
2026
Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz
Self
1995
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!
Self
2010
The Big Interview With Dan Rather
Self
2013
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2011
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Self (archive footage)
2022
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
2015
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
2009
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Real Malcolm X
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
1992
The Draft
Self
2015
Fail State
Executive Producer
2018
Powaqqatsi
(archive footage)
1988
The Assassination of President Kennedy
Self
2013
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Self
201348 Hours on Crack Street
Self - Reporter
1986
Everything's Cool
Self (archive footage)
2007
Rather
Self - Journalist
2023
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Self
2014
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Himself
2012
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Self
2004
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
2019
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Self (archive footage)
2015Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House
Self
2009
The War You Don't See
Self
2010Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Self
2013
Biden's Decision
Self (archive footage)
2024
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Self
2019
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
2003
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
2003
The Gospel Music of Johnny Cash
Self - Host
2007
Commercial Entertainment Product
Self (archive footage)
1992
Tiananmen Tonight
Himself
2025Video Shock: The Revolution in Your Living Room
Self
1985
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story
Self
2004
Nixon
Self (archive footage)
1990
Lombardi's Redskins
Narrator
2016Putin Youth : Rise of the New Russian Nationalists
Director
2009Putin Youth : Rise of the New Russian Nationalists
Producer
2009What We Saw
Himself
2002