Douglas Brinkley
Known for ActingBorn 1960-12-14Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
Known for
Public Trust
2020 · as Self - Professor of History at Rice University
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026 · as Self
Rather
2023 · as Self - Historian & Author
Race
2010 · as Himself
Fandango at the Wall
2020 · as Self
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013 · as Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · as Self
Henry Ford
2013 · as Himself
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017 · as Self - Presidential Historian
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
2009 · as Self
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
2016 · as Himself
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2004 · as Self
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
2022 · as Self
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
2010 · as Self