Cast & creator
Jim Lehrer
Best known for The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, PBS News Hour
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Charles Lehrer (May 19, 1934 – January 23, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Lehrer was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS NewsHour on PBS, known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns. He authored numerous fiction and non-fiction books that drew upon his experience as a newsman, along with his interests in history and politics.
Also known as: James Charles Lehrer, James Lehrer
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film credits
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television credits
14
1969–2017 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (17)
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The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Colbert Report
2005
PBS News Hour
Self - Anchor
1975PBS News Hour
Creator
1975
Zoolander 2
Jim Lehrer
2016
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self
2017
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
Self (archive footage)
2009
Viva Max!
Novel
1969
The Last Debate
Book
2000
How to Win the TV Debate
Self
2010
Mitt
Self (archive footage)
2014
JFK: Breaking the News
Self
2003
War Made Easy
Self (archive footage)
2007Horowitz at the White House
Self - TV Broadcast Host
1978
Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk
Self
2005
American Umpire
Narrator
2016