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Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbel

Actor · Born 1948-09-29 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which has been rated as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the Los Angeles Times. It won a Peabody Award in 2012. Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show GrandStand with Jack Buck. From 1975 until January 1982 (when he left to do The Today Show), he hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball, college basketball and the National Football League. He returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990. NBC News made Gumbel the principal anchor of Today beginning September 27, 1982, and broadcast from Vietnam, Vatican City, Europe, South America, and much of the United States followed between 1984 and 1989. Gumbel's work on Today earned him several Emmys and a large fanbase. He is the third longest …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Contact (1997) — Bryant Gumbel
  2. Seinfeld (1989) — Bryant Gumbel
  3. The Nanny (1993) — Bryant Gumbel
  4. The Weather Man (2005) — Himself
  5. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self (uncredited)
  6. The Hard Way (1991) — Self
  7. Heaven Can Wait (1978) — TV Sportscaster (uncredited)
  8. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  9. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  10. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  11. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
  12. Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010) — Self - NBC Sports, 1974-82
  13. Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016) — Self
  14. Finding Your Roots (2012) — Self
  15. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) — Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
  16. The Best That Never Was (2010) — Self (Archive Footage)
  17. The Chris Rock Show (1997) — Self
  18. The Early Show (1999) — Self - Host
  19. The Emmy Awards (1949) — Self
  20. The N Word (2006) — Self
  21. CNN This Morning (2022) — Self
  22. Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995) — Self - Host
  23. The Mike Tyson Story (1998) — Himself
  24. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948)
  25. The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed (2003) — Présentateur
  26. The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence (2002)
  27. Magic vs. Bird: The 1979 NCAA Championship Game (1979) — Commentator
  28. Games People Play (1980) — Host
  29. Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss (2015) — Self - Host
  30. UFO Invasion at Rendlesham (2003) — Self - Host
  31. The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980) — Self
  32. Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018) — Self
  33. God's Miracles (1982) — Host