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

The Colbert Report
2006
CBS News Sunday Morning
2022
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2021
The Nineties
2017
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026
Public Trust
2020
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
Rather
2023
Fandango at the Wall
2020
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2013
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
18
Writing
2
2026
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
2023
Rather
as Self - Historian & Author
2022
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty
as Self
2022
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
2021
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2020
Fandango at the Wall
as Self
2020
Public Trust
as Self - Professor of History at Rice University
2017
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
as Self - Presidential Historian
2017
The Nineties
2016
Reagan: From Movie Star to President
as Himself
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
as Self
2013
Henry Ford
as Himself
2010
Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
as Self
2010
Race
as Himself
2009
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
as Self
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
2006
The Colbert Report
2004
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
as Self